Dowelmax or Mortise Machine

There a few very complete reviews on Dowel max and Festool here .
Just type in Dowelmax in the search box at the top to the page.
This one has a video with it and was done by a friend of mine.

bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

If it means anything, I sold my Mortiser because it was just gathering dust. I bought a Leigh FMT mortiser and I wont use anything else.

-- making sawdust....

I have read nothing but good things about the Dowelmax system. It is on my wish list.

-- Festool4

I started out with a Jet mortiser; it was a workhorse in my shop. I build Craftsman and cut lots of mortises. Now I have two Jets. One is always set for 1/2” for frames and the other at 1/4” for panels. I have extra bits so a sharp one is always around. For what it’s worth I cut mortises for lots of through tenons so Dowelmax is not my choice. bbqKing.

-- bbqKing, Lawrenceville

I have both the dowelmax and a Jet mortiser. I got the mortiser first, but now rarely use it as the dowelmax is lots quicker.

-- Bruce from Central New York

You might want to look into getting the new hand-held
doweling machine from Triton.

List price is under $200.oo.

http://www.tritonwoodworking.com/ddowlingmachine.htm

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Neither!
http://www.woodcentral.com/articles/reviews/articles_729.shtml
Get the Grizzly G0540 It will do both, slot mortising and doweling. Slot mortising is far superior to a chisel mortiser, faster and simpler. Loose tenons is a much better way to go. Like having a Dowelmax and Festool Domino for a fraction of the cost. I’ve using a slot mortiser professionally for 25 years. I’ve also used all the other methods in factories and commercial shops.