She's a beaut aint she?

Way to go Jason, so what's next, mission furniture, some Greene and Greene?  She sure is pretty, kind of wish you didn't have to use her huh?

Let us know what your doing with it, and if you'd like, we sure would appreciate a tool review on this one, from shipping to the first cut, thanks Jason.

Wow, one of those Gold tools.

Congratulations Jason!!!!

Thanks, happy birthday present for me, huh? I mentioned to my lovely wife they had a 15% off sale, and she practically made me get it. I'm a lucky fella

I want to build mission style furniture for our house, starting with end tables and bookshelves and down the road hopefully some stuff with a Greene and Greene influence.

So far I am more than pleased with it. Ordered it on a Friday afternoon, and received it the following Wednesday (of course the WMH office is an hour and 15 minute drive). No problems to report from the shipping. I took it out of the box and cleaned up the shipping oils on all the cast iron using rags and alcohol, put on the handle, and in less than 10 minutes it was ready to use. The clarity of the manual is above average, and one thing I liked is that the manual in English is independant of the ones in Spanish, French, etc. So in other words, those other languages are at the dump and I don't have to skip around to review the manual in words I can understand. As you might expect, I had to test it out a little in some scrap, and it performs exactly as one would hope. I chose it over the competition because of the fantastic workpeice hold-downs (it has 2 rubber wheels that lock independently that rotate to allow you to move the stock left and right and simultaneously keep it pushed firmly against the fence), the bigger motor (3/4 HP vs. 1/2 HP on Jet, Delta, and others), and the fact that it can accept larger chisels than most other benchtop models. On the downside, it costs above average (although less than the General model, which tilts) and does not come with the chisels. So far I am very happy with it. Time and hard use will have to determine the rest of the story...

Beautiful, just beautiful. Don't forget to sharpen those chisels when you get them.

Rick

Excellent review Jason, so, in other words, so far you'd recommend this machine based on your observations thus far?

Keep us informed man on the usage and sweetness of that piece of gold!

Jason Wilkerson said:

Thanks, happy birthday present for me, huh? I mentioned to my lovely wife they had a 15% off sale, and she practically made me get it. I'm a lucky fella
I want to build mission style furniture for our house, starting with end tables and bookshelves and down the road hopefully some stuff with a Greene and Greene influence.

So far I am more than pleased with it. Ordered it on a Friday afternoon, and received it the following Wednesday (of course the WMH office is an hour and 15 minute drive). No problems to report from the shipping. I took it out of the box and cleaned up the shipping oils on all the cast iron using rags and alcohol, put on the handle, and in less than 10 minutes it was ready to use. The clarity of the manual is above average, and one thing I liked is that the manual in English is independant of the ones in Spanish, French, etc. So in other words, those other languages are at the dump and I don't have to skip around to review the manual in words I can understand. As you might expect, I had to test it out a little in some scrap, and it performs exactly as one would hope. I chose it over the competition because of the fantastic workpeice hold-downs (it has 2 rubber wheels that lock independently that rotate to allow you to move the stock left and right and simultaneously keep it pushed firmly against the fence), the bigger motor (3/4 HP vs. 1/2 HP on Jet, Delta, and others), and the fact that it can accept larger chisels than most other benchtop models. On the downside, it costs above average (although less than the General model, which tilts) and does not come with the chisels. So far I am very happy with it. Time and hard use will have to determine the rest of the story...

So far, I absolutely would. I did my research and am very happy I went with the PM over the other choices in benchtop models.

It's up for debate whether a mortiser makes sense for most guys anyway, given the many (not to mention cheaper)ways to create a mortise. I chose to go ahead and get one because of the work I want to do compared to the limited shop-time I get, and the fact that (at 26 years old) I expect to be able to benefit from the use of it for a long time to come.

I will definitely pass along how it performs under heavy use.

The American Woodworker said:

Excellent review Jason, so, in other words, so far you'd recommend this machine based on your observations thus far?
Keep us informed man on the usage and sweetness of that piece of gold!

Jason Wilkerson said:

Excellent! Inquiring minds want to know!

Joshua D. Rollins said:

I'm just impressed you know what a mortise is :-P