I’ve seen some amazing timber work over the years. Contributing editor Robert Courtney’s brother, Doug Courtney, built these white oak trusses using a combination of traditional joinery and fasteners. He had a Mafell mortise machine there, as well, but I’d never seen one in use before. Here, in the post below, @stillwater_woodworks (Phillip Mitchell) says that this Mafell LS103Ec mortiser is fast – faster than its Makita counterpart. Here’s a clip of him running 2” x 9 3/4” x 5 3/4” deep. He makes nine cuts in about one minute.

The Mortiser Time Trials 🕑 – this is normal mortising speed for me with this machine. Miles faster than the Makita. . Mortise size – 2” x 9 3/4” x 5 3/4” deep . Material – Douglas Fir . Mortiser – Mafell LS103Ec . Time – 1:04 …finished just after 1 min vid time limit. . . . Who’s next?? 😆😆 . . #highcountrytimberframe #timberframe #mafell #mortiseandtenon #joinery @mafellusa

A post shared by Phillip Mitchell (@stillwater_woodworks) on Apr 19, 2018 at 9:32am PDT