old morso chopper

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I recently purchased a used morso chopper. I subsequently found out that it was 64 years old, having been made in the 1940's. I paid $800 for it. Did I get taken ? Also, I was told that Morso chopper blades should not be narrower than 65-70mm or they will not be effective. Does anyone know anything about this? Would TechMark know about this?
 
A Morso is virtually indestructible….. and all parts for all Morso machines ever made are still available…………you can get many details for your Morso at the manufacturer’s site.. http://www.morso-guillotines.dk if you email them with serial number they will send you on an instruction and parts manual…

And if you keep it in good shape you will most likely get more money for it when you sell it than you paid for it.

From the Morso site:
A lady in London recently bought a second hand Morsø F. She asked us for an instruction manual to the machine with serial number 1394. We went trough our records and found out that the machine left our factory the 17th of May 1952 and at that time the price for a Morsø F was DKK 843,- ( approx GBP 80,- ) She has paid about DKK 4400,- ( GBP 400,- ) for her second hand machine.
 
I recently got one used, it is a maroon color. It is very old fashion in style, I think it is about 50 years old. There is nothing that has really changed on these machines. Did you get taken? No if it is in good shape.

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MiterMark, I thought you said that your new Morso was old...

Heck, 1940s is new! The one I first learned to Harley kick left the plant in 1928.... oops, sorry.. it was a Jyden. :D Morso's twin brother.

I'm considering buying a "personal" Jyden.... it left the plant in 1894.... if I can just sneak it into my wood shop with out Mrs Baer seeing it.

I just kind of pointed out the fact that we have about 48 Longaberger baskets... discount or no.. how did we get along without them before we spent $4K on them???

And they aren't even tools that make you money!:kaffeetrinker_2:
 
Mine is a tank and probably older than me. I imagine it will be in as good of shape in 40 more years as it is today. That is with different blades of coarse. My blades are too narrow right now. When you chomp down, there was a tiny gap where the blades don't go all the way down into the bottom knives. DON'T POKE FUN AT ME, but I put 1x's under the feet and it bought me a whole 3/4" of blade depth. Next time, I guess I'll have no choice but to buy more blades. That won't be soon though.
 
Jay H said:
My blades are too narrow right now. When you chomp down, there was a tiny gap where the blades don't go all the way down into the bottom knives. DON'T POKE FUN AT ME, but I put 1x's under the feet and it bought me a whole 3/4" of blade depth. Next time, I guess I'll have no choice but to buy more blades. That won't be soon though.
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That is easily adjustable with the rod that attaches the foot pedal to the head. There is a nut above and below the upside-down v-shaped strap that's attached to the foot pedal. Loosen the top one and keep turning it up a half inch or so. Then "tighten" the bottom one up so that it takes up the slack given by the top one. You can fine-tune it if you want. I prefer to have the knives not go down any further than they have too - it's all that much higher you have to start out at. I like to set them about 1/8 below the table, and then adjust them as needed.

The blades are not too small until the inside of the bevel on the blade is above the casting of the head they attach to. When that happens, the shavings will catch in that little pocket there, eventually getting to the point where you will start ripping the chips off on softer wood. Our first solution to that problem was to machine the edge of the casting away - in our opinion it was overdone at the tip and uneven, so we evened it up and bought room for another few sharpenings. Then we bought new blades.
 
I should have known there was a much logical solution. But then what would I about my handy chip removal system huh?
 
Jay H said:
But then what would I about my handy chip removal system huh?
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Absolutely - some of the worlds best inventions were accidents. Rubber, microwaves and "formica" quickly come to mind. There are many others.
 
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