This was my first time using my new shop fox hollow chisel mortiser. Well the thing bit me !! Well the chisel bit me while i was installing it Well as i fumbled around for the First Aid kit I noticed the plastic cover for the bit. Is this to be installed on the bit while you install it. Where were you guys on that one Well I figured out that those chisels are really sharp the hard way.
Mine first experience with the mortiser was similar. Now I keep a glove nearby and a piece of scrap wood to hold under the chisel while I'm fitting it to the machine.