Mortice Jig

[jork45]

I was thinking of purchasing a mortice Jig for speeding up the proccess of fitting mortice locks,I would usually cut them out by hand with the help of a flat bit,but as you know it can take up to an hour on some jobs,If anyone that has one or used one can give me their recomendations and veiws on them that would be very helpfull,the jig I was thinking of was the DBB mortice jig which as far as I know uses a drill and special cutters that come with the jig rather than a router which has a limited depth of cut due to the length of available router bits,also the router spins so fast that it would cause a lot of fine wood dust,making a bit of a mess to the customers premises,I would imagine the drill jig would cause less of a dust cloud and more of a shavings pile on the floor,any help on this question would be appreciated,
thanks guys.

[haldor]

I use the souber jig (DBB) which I recommend highly. You can buy an extra long shaft too. I haven't got the aluminium cutters . It should cut your time in half for the job. A carpenter friend of mine can fit a deadlock in half an hour , start to finish but I'm slower -1 hour. But my carpentry skills are not outstanding.. £136 from SKS with cutters.

Cheers

[haldor]

Loads of wood shavings fly everywhere though!

[taylorgdl]

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I think this covers most things.

I've only recently got one, and the finish is excellent, much better than (me) doing it by hand.

G.

[gazzaull25]

hi if you dont want to splash out to much get a set of 3d wood bits makes it a lot quicker and you dont have to mess about with the bits you miss with the flat bit the drill bit cut in all directions

[jork45]

Thanks for the input guys I have heard that you can get a lot of different cutters for the mortice jig,including a long bore shaft,although I did'ent order the jig from Souber I think thats the one I have coming

[acl]

Stick with your flat bits untill your good with them. IM a bit of an old fart but with practice a 114 shouldnt take you more than half hour .Ive used the jig and found it to be longer to set up than actually fitting one normallly

[Shrub]

Ive got to agree there, i used mine for around 10 fittings then reverted back to the drill and chisels.

By the time youve got the hoover out, the kit out then set it up youve got the holes already in the door ready to be chiseled out.

I do like to use it if fitting a lock to a glass door as theres less chance of breaking the glass.

[acl]

Paul,glass door?
I have that book sitting here in front of me should i send it or bring to Telford?

[Shrub]

Well a door that has a narrow frame and the rest is glass lol

Bring it to Telford mate, less chance of it getting damaged or lost in the post and if we miss each other we can sort somthing out afterwards.

Ill get those things off to you this coming week now things are coming together my end

[acl]

And heres me thinking youve got your jig out on APG!!
No worries book with me in Telford ,we WILL meet up this time i guarantee it.Unless Chris and Shaun get me to hammerd on the friday.
You just up for Sat? Are you staying?

[Shrub]

Just the Sat mate, im drag racing on the Sunday at Santa pod

[acl]

Telford to Santa pod?

[Shrub]

Yes and after telford before santapod im going visiting my sister in hereford till late then driving the 3 1/2 hours back at the end of the day late on

[acl]

We'll persuede you to to stay i reckon!