A few years ago I received a Woodcraft flier in the mail. Usually not a big deal and pretty harmless to the pocketbook, except this time I was traveling to a city major city with a Woodcraft store. The result was that I walked out of there with a tenoning jig that sat for a while in its box. I think there was a move involved :0)
Assembly wasn’t too bad, the pieces fit where they were supposed to, and the instructions were clear enough I could follow them. There are two slots on the bottom for bar that fits into the miter gauge track. I find myself switching back and forth between these frequently depending on what I’m cutting.
This thing is solid! It holds long pieces of wood on end easily while running them through the table saw. All of the adjustment screws run smoothly and hold tightly. If only I could work out a fool proof way to cut mortises I would be set :0).
The only drawback has been that it sticks a little at the end of the run when the runner bar is on a certain side. I’ve waxed, sanded and tried to figure out where it’s catching on but haven’t quite gotten it figured out yet. It mostly results in turning the saw off to pull the sled back toward me instead of leaving it running. It’s probably a combination problem of the saw and jig, not necessarily the jig alone.
Do you need a tenoning jig? I keep hoping that someday I’ll move on from shop fixtures to more furniture type things. As of right now it isn’t something I use very often. Every time I’ve gotten it out it has saved me time cutting tenons, I think it’s been worth the impulse purchase so far ;0) if you think you need one too, you can check it out at the Woodcraft store here.
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