Review on 3/4 HP Heavy-Duty Shop Fox W1671 Mortising Machine by Patrick Hilzer

I haven't had a chance to use it yet because I am going to have to make at least one modification to assemble it--the elongated circular holes in the clutch, in which the hand lever is supposed to fit, are too small. I will have to file the edges in order to enlarge the holes on both the bottom and the top of the clutch to get the handle to go through. I have perused other reviews to see if anyone else had had this problem, but so far I haven't found this exact issue. I ended up with a duplicate set of parts since box 2 of the 2-box shipment didn't arrive the first time and Revain sent another. I reopened the box, which I had already prepared to ship back to Revain, and tried the clutch in that box with the handle I had--same problem. Poor quality control.Day 2 Update. I slightly enlarged the hole in the clutch using a Dremel tool grinding stone attachment on my drill press and was able to get the handle through. I have not been able to get the gas spring on to the ball end junctions because of the force required to compress the spring even slightly to line it up. I am 5' 10" and in great shape, but I am going to need my husband to help me when he gets back from a business trip. It is a challenge to compress and hold the spring while also attaching it to the machine. I am curious to see the ergonomics of the mortiser and going to be able to compress the spring with a push of the handle--it was so hard to compress even a quarter inch by hand that I thought the thing was defective.Another annoying issue--the machine is supposed to come with TWO chisel bushings to accept both 5/8" and 3/4" shank chisels, but mine only came with the 5/8" bushing, so I can't even use the 3/4" shank chisel that was included! I was curious as to whether this was just a packing mistake, so I RE-opened the box of parts I had ready to ship back to Revain and found that it, too, only contained the 5/8" bushing. I have some 5/8" shank chisels I use with my Delta drill press, but, come on. If the company is trying to save a few pennies, at least include the bushing that fits the chisel that comes with the mortise!. I am going to have to call the company today.