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Woodnthings - I like your jig but I don't have that micro adjusting fence. You make a good point about the necessity of micro adjustment.

MasterSplinter - I believe that most of the commercial jigs are probably the same. I own a Jet just like the one you show and my Jet jig serves me well. I can't speak for the others, but I know my Jet is very heavy and solid and the micro adjustments are great and easy to use.
 

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I have the Delta version and rarely use it. While some of it is built stoutly, there are parts that are poorly made and make setup a pain. You can probably do just as well, or better, with a homemade jig.
 

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What do you mean here AL?

....back it with a 6" wide board...
Are you holding the backer vertically?
Are you laying the workpiece flat on the table and "chewing" the waste away by multiple cuts?
I don't understand..... :blink:

If you hold the work vertically, it may get cumbersome if it's 3 or 4 ft long, like on a table leg or stretcher. I had to make a kerf in the end of a replacement bed rail a while back for the existing hardware, it was all I could do to manage the height. Others later suggested laying the work flat on the bench and using a circ saw. If using a table saw, the tenon length is limited to the maximum height of the raised saw blade, usually about 3" or so.

Actually, with a fine tooth blade, the bandsaw can make some fast and easy tenons. :yes:
 

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I have a Woodcraft model. It sits there gathering dust while I use one very similar to the one that woodnthings made. Mine rides along the Biesemeyer fence.

I got a rather good deal when I bought the jig from Woodcraft but with 20-20 hind sight, it was money wasted.

One of the magazines had the plan for my tenon jig. (Don't remember which one.) It was a free-be. I would say to build your own. The concept is simple and the most difficult part is putting a fence on the jig that is perpendicular to the table.
 
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woodnthings said:
....back it with a 6" wide board...
Are you holding the backer vertically?
Are you laying the workpiece flat on the table and "chewing" the waste away by multiple cuts?
I don't understand..... :blink:

If you hold the work vertically, it may get cumbersome if it's 3 or 4 ft long, like on a table leg or stretcher. I had to make a kerf in the end of a replacement bed rail a while back for the existing hardware, it was all I could do to manage the height. Others later suggested laying the work flat on the bench and using a circ saw. If using a table saw, the tenon length is limited to the maximum height of the raised saw blade, usually about 3" or so.

Actually, with a fine tooth blade, the bandsaw can make some fast and easy tenons. :yes:
Okay here's a picture. If I have 100 to cut I would make a jig with a little more to it. But if I have a few. The picture shows my method. The first cuts are done with the sled.

Wood Steel Plywood Metal


See how the blade hides inside the "pusher". If I didn't have a unisaw. I might need a little more than this.

Table Furniture Room Wood Floor


Sometimes I use this.

I wouldn't cut anything longer than 4' on the table saw. But bigger is easier for me.

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rrich said:
I have a Woodcraft model. It sits there gathering dust while I use one very similar to the one that woodnthings made. Mine rides along the Biesemeyer fence.

I got a rather good deal when I bought the jig from Woodcraft but with 20-20 hind sight, it was money wasted.

One of the magazines had the plan for my tenon jig. (Don't remember which one.) It was a free-be. I would say to build your own. The concept is simple and the most difficult part is putting a fence on the jig that is perpendicular to the table.
I agree with Rich. I had one of those monsters. Worked like a real heavy miter gauge. Sloppy and very slow. So easy to move the piece when clamping. Build one. You will like it so much more.

Al

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