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[attachment=5263]I'm working on a table base, has 8 curved legs with angles on each end. It was a nightmare to get everything lined up level and square. I've got the joinery done, now shaping the pieces.
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Danny, that looks like a straight bit you have installed. If so, you'll find a spiral upcut bit cuts more easily and gives better results. For really deep mortises you can use center cutting end mills. 1/2" diameter ones are available up to at least 6" OAL and 3" cutting length. That's a little extreme, but they exist, and there are lots of choices in the 4" OAL which will get you around 2-1/2" depth; HSS steel ones of that size are less than $30 and last a surprisingly long time.
John