Tenoning Jig

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Yes, can you read .dwg files? It uses your fence as a guide tather than your miter slot and you must modify deminsions for your particular fence. You will need to also add a clamp to hold the wood.

Yes, I made my own tenoning jig. Sorry, I don't have pictures but I will describe the process:

I have an older table saw with a very accurate miter gauge and hold-down and I used the miter gauge as the foundation of the jig. I had a straight scrap of hard maple about 7" wide and 18" long. I cut off one piece and turned it at right angles to the other and glued and screwed them together. I added a stiffener to the top of the vertical piece (fence) to keep it from twisting or warping and affixed a stop strip along the back of the fence to keep the workpiece oriented viertically. I also added a stop block to the horizontal piece so the fence (and thus the screws) could never come into contact with the blade. For added assurance I always cut the cheek farthest from the fence and flip the workpiece over to make the other cheek cut.

I don't have micro adjustment capability -- I have to loosen the miter gauge hold down and reset the jig -- but that has not presented much of a problem except some increased setup time. I have one of those accu-cut disks on my saw's table and it makes it very easy to gauge the cut line on the workpiece. I usually cut my tenons a little too thick on the first pass and "sneak up" on the final dimension. That assures me of a nice snug fit.

A caveat: I happened to get my fence perfectly vertical on the first try but the cut line was off a fraction. I had to re-do it to make the cheeks perfectly parallel to the workpiece sides.

Work slowly and carefully with a framing square (preferred) or speed square of proven accuracy. Test your results by making a stub tenon on a scrap and fitting it into a groove plowed into another scrap. I did this with nominal

Good luck...work safely.

Leon, I often send drawings to others that don't have cad software. PDF is the way to go. Actually, It is rare that I will send a dwg almost always a pdf. I use PDF 995. Works well and it's cheap.

Thanks CW, Is PDF995 cheap as in free? I agree that PDF is truly the way to go if you have a way to convert.

Leon, send it even if you can't convert it. I'll find a way to convert it on Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free btw. Thanks a whole bunch! Dave

Actually, thanks To CW I am able to convert to .pdf format also now. I'll send you a .pdf file.