Homemade tenoning Jig

Nice work. I am glad to see these fine examples of tenoning jigs, as I am getting ready to create some m/t joints myself. At this point I am trying to pick the most efficient method. Thanks for posting these pictures.

-- John

Great creative use of the sliding table Dick.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

I like the sturdiness of this a lot Dick but don’t have a sliding table. Do you think it is to heavy or bulky for a runner mounted on the bottom of it for the miter track? I guess I would also need slots or something to move it perpendicular to the saw. Hmmm. Well, thanks for showing it.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Yeah, this is really sturdy looking. I like it. Yesterday when I was cutting down a sheet of plywood I was wishing for a sliding table…

Are those springs between the horizontal support that holds the work piece to the jig? If so, that’s a great idea. I may have to steal that.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Hi Chip.
I modified this from a plan in a book. The plan had a crossfeed base for a regular saw. I’ll check to see if I can find it.

I made this from an old solid core door material.

I have too many reference books. It may take me awhile.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

LOL. You can never have too many reference books Dick. : ^ )

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Good Eye Jeff,
Those are springs it makes it self adjustable for thicker stock.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Great looking jig Dick, that is one heavy duty handle too. Ig’s just to big for my say. I could make a mini version. thanks for showing us. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Dick – Great looking jig! I like the strudiness and construction – very useful for accuarcy when cutting tenons.

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Dick – Great looking jig! I like the strudiness and construction – very useful for accuarcy when cutting tenons. I have used springs in a similar way. Please keep these posts coming – we have much to learn and share.

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I finally remembered the book I got this plan from. It’s listed on Amazon for $7.95

It has a lot of other good stuff. I have the whole set of these books.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

7.95 is a bargin. Thanks for the pic as reference Dick.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Looks good. It is much more heavy duty than the one I made. I like the on board clamp. Mine is much smaller, but the I’m happy with the results. I have to use a clamp to secure the workpiece, however. I keep meaning to attach some type of hold down clamp to it, but haven’t got around to it. Keep em coming.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Those Woodsmith books are a great series! I learn a lot every time I open one.

And … A great modification of the jig they showed! Super work to save time.

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards

Ahh…a BT3 at it’s finest! Ironically, I too have plans on my first M&T project this spring and have a BT3100, so this project is a perfect fit for me. Thanks for the glimpse, I’ll have to get that book…

-- ...straight lines or tight lines, either will make me happy! Muddler

You can also find it a your local library!

-- Jesus is Lord!

Must work perfectly.

-- Jiri

Thanks Jiri,

It works very well, you may notice in picture, on the book, the plan for a slotted table has a sideways adjustment

perpendicular to the blade. You should check Amazon, & see if they have this book available yet.

It has quite few good jigs in it.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Looks like it would work really well, especially with that sliding table. I especially like the handle. Is it easy to move toward and away from the blade and still keep parallel?

-- Dust collectors suck.

Lookin’ good, Diick.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Blake.

On my sliding table when I lock it in place it automatically is squared up.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Hi Dick
Somehow I missed this post.
Beautiful work and very nice usage of the BT3 sliding table

It look like you are working a lot….considering the amount of dust on the saw… :-)

The only thing that I would change is the wing nuts to knobs…it’s painful on my old fingers

Regards
niki

Thanks Niki!

It doesn’t take much torque to tighten them, but like they say,

”no pain, no gain”

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Dick that is nice work…....I just bought the same book from a used book store here call Half Priced Books along with several others. I was thinking of building one, but alas other half wants some shelves, soooo

TopE5!

Tell her you need that jig to make the shelves. LOL

I have the whole set of these books, & I’m planning on building nice display case for them,

one of these days.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Thanks Niki!

It doesn’t take much torque to tighten them, but like they say,

“no pain, no gain”

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Now I know where my Craftsman saw came from. It’s a spitting image of your Ryobi. Mine is on a collapsible roll around stand. I have a heck of a time keeping everything lined up with the blade. Everything on this saw except the tiny little area around the blade moves around all the time. I also do not much like how they made the miter slots in a separate section that moves and not on each side of the blade.

I’m in the process now of fixing all my dislikes about this saw. I am building a new top for it. Will post all the info when I get it finished.

-- Getting to be an antique - been there, done that, can't remember!

Nice looking jig! Great modification of the SMT. It looks like you’ve got a BT3000? If so, how old is it and did you ever have any problems with the shims? I have a 10 yr. old 3000 and had the shims go out after about 2 years. I put in the 3100 shim upgrade and it’s been working fine since. The little 90 degree stop pin on the SMT snapped off the other day, but other wise no real problems.

-- Hailey, ID