Host David Thiel teaches a mini-course on using a tenoning jig. A tenoning jig locks a board against a plate and holds it tightly in place so that you can cut cheeks and shoulders on all four sides of a tenon. A stop piece keeps the board square in both directions. Cutting on all four sides of a tenon allows for a better fit, thus making the joint easier to conceal.
1. Make a mark on the board where the tenon will be located. 2. Attach tenoning jig to the table saw. Lock the board in place on the jig (figure A). 3. Turn the fine adjustment knob to line up the marks you made with the teeth of the blade (figure B).
4. Lock down the jig and set the height of the blade for the tenon.5. Now you’re ready to make your cut -- a two-pass process. Cut one side of the tenon, then the other. This defines the edges of the tenon. Another way to do this is to determine the size of the tenon and plane a board to the thickness of the tenon plus the thickness of the blade (figure C). Then you can use that board as a spacer for the first pass of the tenon. The board automatically spaces to the right size tenon. Take the spacer out and make the second cut (figure D).
6. Having cut two sides, you already have a structural tenon (figure E). For a cosmetic tenon (a tenon that has four sides cut out for easier concealment of the joint), turn the board sideways and cut the cheeks of the tenon. (This will, of course, require two passes.)7. To cut the waste pieces, remove the jig from the table saw. Use a spacer block against the fence so that the waste piece doesn’t get caught between the fence and the blade. As you make the cut, the spacer is left behind. Now you have a great cosmetic tenon (figure F).
RESOURCES :
Irwin Quick Clamps
Phone: 800-GO-IRWIN (464-7946)
Website: irwin.com
Bosch Table Saw (TS2000) and the Gravity Lift Stand
Phone: 877-Bosch99 (267-2499)
Website: www.boschtool.com
Delta Tenoning Jig / Delta Hybrid Table Saw
Delta Machinery
4825 Hwy. 45 North
P.O. Box 2468
Jackson, TN 38302-2468
Phone: 800-223-7278
E-mail: contactus@pnrtoolgroup.com
Website: www.deltawoodworking.com
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