Urgent: Which router? Which features?

[scorrpio]

Does any plunge router have sufficient travel to cut a 4" deep mortise I don;t think so , that's even the far end of a mortising machine.

I believe mortises are nowhere near that deep - a post above says they are 3/4" deep, and are 3/4" wide x 1.5" long

[davidtu]

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I believe mortises are nowhere near that deep - a post above says they are 3/4" deep, and are 3/4" wide x 1.5" long

Correct: the fence is a little garden fence, only 1.5 ft high of fencing (atop a stack of railroad ties)... so the mortises are indeed 1.5x.75x.75".

Thanks to everyone who helped me out with this decision. I went with my default answer, which is to not decide... that is faced with two choices I usually choose both. This was no exception.

"Let's see... mortiser or router... router or mortiser.... how about both!?"

So... FYI I ordered the Delta Mortiser as I expect to be doing plenty of mortises over time, I am marrying an architect and she is not going to accept any rounded tenons, LOL!

Actually, I was going for the mortiser and darn it the Bosch kit came up for sale again and so I had to grab it for $161 - $25.

Now I am off to Sears to see if I can buy a Jointer for $104 despite the fact that I don't even know what it is... but the buzz on that thread has be convinced I shouldn't miss it if I can help it.

Cheers to everyone for all your great advice!