And I see high end ($4000+) industrial units (e.g.
I see see lots of people have tried the grizzly horizontal boring machine to use as a slot mortiser, with all the associated drawbacks. It needs a smooth functioning X-Y table with a decent clamp, and a sturdy, accurate, perpendicular motor mount (for the router motor of my choosing).
I don't really need/want to even make tenons with it (the TS does just fine for that). I just want to make make horizontal slots repeatably, accurately.
JDS Multi-router)? I don't want to cut dovetails, boxjoints, copy sign lettering, brew coffee, whatever with it. Why doesn't anyone make a bench-top horizontal slot mortiser that is durable/repeatable but isn't $3000 (e.g.
