I do mine either with my drill press or my router table. Sometimes I'll do them by hand too, but only in softer hardwoods. Pine is too soft for me to get great results and oaks and maple are too hard to be convenient with my low-quality chisels.
I clicked on hand tools, but it depends on the mortise. For through mortises or really small, deep mortises, I will bore them out first on the drill press and then clean them up with chisels. (BTW, drill press isn't on your list...)
How about a mortise machine? (da!!!!) (:
I do mine either with my drill press or my router table. Sometimes I'll do them by hand too, but only in softer hardwoods. Pine is too soft for me to get great results and oaks and maple are too hard to be convenient with my low-quality chisels.
I clicked on hand tools, but it depends on the mortise. For through mortises or really small, deep mortises, I will bore them out first on the drill press and then clean them up with chisels. (BTW, drill press isn't on your list...)