I was checking out some of the cool stuff on woodgear.ca and am quite impressed by the guy's tenon jig. I'm thinking of ordering his plan (only $11). It looks like it'll be a quick, easy (well, except for the building of the jig itself) way to cut accurate tenons. I was wondering what you guys think of it. Is it worthy?
I do agree that it's more complicated than necessary. And it would take, probably, quite a bit more effort to make than is required to accomplish the same task. It looks to be potentially very accurate. And, to me, it has a definite cool factor.
I guess I was hoping for people to say "Heck yeah, that's awesome! You need to build one right away!".
Would I be insane to buy the plan and build it? Maybe I'll just go with a tall fence and be happy with that. That's really all I need to do the job.
Scotty's in cool, but I think it rides the fence. I can't ride my Delta Unisaw fence so I came up with this one. It's basically 3 blocks of wood all at right angles, a horizontal to run against the fence, a vertical to hold the work and another one on edge and extending out to prevent it from tipping over. A stop is added to the tall vertical to mount the hold downs and to keep the work piece vertical. bill
BTW all the pieces must be totally square to each other and the table!
Nothing like ridiculous degrees of overkill to make a simple cut, huh? Maybe some day then. But not today.
I could conceivably come up with other handy uses for it as well.
Thanks for the picture of yours. I guess my tenon jig will be something along those lines instead.
I was wondering where you guys put all these self made monsters after you make them. My shop is only 18' X 22' and when it comes to needing a tool I have to consider the storage aspect. Yes, I do have home made jigs, but only if the price of the store bought tool to do the job is out of sight. If the store bought tool is under a $100.00, I shop around and buy it because usually something made of metel will not sit in a corner and dry out or warp. Just rust maybe. You can buy a good tenon jig for under $75.00. Just a thought! :innocent:
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