larry merlau
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ok how do you cut your tenons for a mortice? jig or by hand with a bandsaw or hand saw, table saw? show us your method and tell us why yu choose this way.
Not going to tell ya.
It would be considered by most to be unsafe.
Chuck cuts his freehand with a chainsaw in one hand and the workpiece in the other...
Chuck cuts his freehand with a chainsaw in one hand and the workpiece in the other...
Here's how I've done it.
Set the depth of the blade to just as high as you want the sholders. Say you are using 3/4" thick lumber and you want a to have the tenon the same thickness as the two shoulders. So you want a 3/8" tenon and 3/16" shoulders.
I use my tablesaw sled and set the height of the blade to 3/16" above the sled.
I set a stop block on my sled for the width of the tenon, say 1.5".
I then proceed to make the shoulder cut all the way around the piece. Do so for all similar pieces.
I think setup the tenon jig to make the shoulder cuts.
For the top and bottom, I take it to the bandsaw and trim off the litle pieces...
tablesaw just using a regular blade to cut the shoulders and a dado to cut the cheeks.