Densa

Does anyone have a set up that would help me make tennons on a router table? I'm building a clock case and need to make a number of small tennons in 1"x1" oak and it would be great if they were all the same. I'm being steered to a jig for my table saw but think I would have more control with my router.
Bob

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Mike

Bob, once you have done the set up on your router table you should get consistant tenons. Just remember to use a backerboard to prevent tear out.

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JimH

I used my router to build a jig for my table saw to make either lap joints or tenons. If you use the same setting principles as you would for the router, you get a consistent tenon or lap joint every time.

kp91

You can use a bottom cleaning bit (they make some pretty wide ones) for cutting tenons quickly (2 passes instead of 6) on each side. If you are going to be doing a lot of them, it might be something you would like to invest in. A sample is at the site below. Either a sled or a large backer block will keep your tenons square.

http://pricecutter.com/html/catalog/...tGroup.asp/487

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joekuhn

On a couple of Router Workshop episodes, I have seen the Rosendahls use a router tenoning bit which simultaneously removes material at the top and bottom of a piece of stock leaving leaving a tenon. If I remember correctly, the bit was adjustable for different tenon widths. It seemed to me that this method was superior to using a tenoning jig on a table saw. Unfortunatley, I haven't been able to find a bit like this in any of my catalogs and it isn't offered by Oak Park. Does anyone out there know where such a bit can be obtained?

Mike

Rockler or Woodcraft both stock tenoning bits. Adjustable tenoning bits are made by Freud & Amana.

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template tom

Have you considered 'Floating Tenons'?? where the router in the Plunge mode could be used
Tom

joekuhn

Mike:

I have looked in my Rockler and WoodCraft catalogs. I have looked at the Freud and Amana websites. I can't find any tenoning bits, adjustable or otherwise, in any of these sources. Could you give me specifice page numbers or model numbers.

Thanks,

Joe

Mike

Joe, I viewed the Amana adjustable bit in an ad in The Woodworkers Journal. I believe the Freud bit was in Popular Woodworking, and I am pretty sure I saw it at the Performance line tool store in Warren, MI. http://www.performancelinetool.com/
These are relatively new bits.

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jerrymayfield

Are you speaking of an adjustable rabbeting bit ?. By the way I live in Mi. also.

regards
jerry