Vintage Lock Mortising Machine

Way once upon a time – back before Stanley bought Black & Decker – Stanley made electric power tools. I used to work in a shop where they had some old Stanley routers – probably from the 1970s. Here’s a video I found of an even earlier lock mortising machine from Stanley…

It’s probably the granddaddy of the mortising machine in this blog entry by Jesse Wright.

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May 17, 2012

I used to own one of these, it really did the trick, but when rockwell made one I got rid of the stanley. Ken

Posted By: Davis39@cox.net | Time: 11:25:48.2 AM

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David Frane is a former foreman with Thoughtforms Corp., a construction company based in West Acton, Mass., and former editor of Tools of the Trade.

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