Customer Reviews

DELTA 17-935 Mortising Attachment

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Nothing personal,but Delta dropped the ball on this one.
It will make a true mortise cut,but adjusting the chisel with the auger bit is a lot a work.I purchased this tool hoping to save some work.Tends to overheat.I'm a casual user of this tool.The Idea is wonderful,but needs some re-engineering.

This set appears to be good quality and set up is easy enough.
It requires bit sets with 5/8 shoulder and those appear to be mostly delta bits. The Grizzly bits have 3/4 inch shoulders and do not fit.

I am returning this item and ordering the delta set that comes with 4 bit sets.

It would help if the descriptions of the bits and attachments included the sholder size requirement for the bit sets.

I recently bought the Delta 17-935 mortising attachment for my 12" Delta drill press. Drilling/mortising through poplar for mortise and tenon joints was a breeze. I didn't have to brace the bottom and it still worked like a charm. Highly recommended for a backyard furniture maker.

I bought this mortising attachment for my DELTA 17-950L drill press. The drill press is a 16.5" press, Delta brand but does the attachment fit? Well, that's the joke. It's not just that you have to bang the attachment over the quill, but you find (after banging and scratching up your press) that the bushings do not fit. Don't worry, it doesn't mention much of anything about this in the directions so unless you read it here you're going to find out the same on your own after a few hours. Hopefully they're not hours you intended to use this on a project and some of the few good daylight hours in the middle of winter. OH! Wait, maybe they're not only that but the last few daylight hours in the end of an unseasonably warm winter where the weather reports that the weather will be returning to colder, normal winter temps starting in 12 hours for the next few months. Also, heaven forbid you tear this thing up trying to get it on your drill press and have to explain to some retail idiot you've never even gotten a chance to use it but it looks like you've abused it for the last 20 years. Oh, and then don't be in the position of having bought this on a trip to a larger city 120 miles away where they had the only decent woodworking shop in the area. Yeah. Delta, someone needs a good old fashioned beating for this one and I mean a physical beating with a bat or crow bar.