collinb Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Wife's family was up over the Christmas break. Took brother-in-law and father-in-law over to my local toy store one day. Had not seen the PM-TJ before. Almost fell in love at first sight. And then touching it. Smooth bearings, easy adjustments. What a nicely engineered piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Wife's family was up over the Christmas break. Took brother-in-law and father-in-law over to my local toy store one day. Had not seen the PM-TJ before. Almost fell in love at first sight. And then touching it. Smooth bearings, easy adjustments. What a nicely engineered piece! So did you buy it?? Sent from my SGH-I337M using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Aanddd.... now it's yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 At $344 USD list, it better be nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collinb Posted December 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 2 hours ago, Brendon_t said: Aanddd.... now it's yours? No. Not yet. May be a while. 2 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: At $344 USD list, it better be nice! And when you slide it the bearings feel nice and tight. Makes a guy want to become a machinist. After all, it was not that awfully long ago that photographers were also chemists and painters fabricated their own medium. So for a woodworker to also be a machinist ... isn't that what building jigs is all about? It's not just about cobbling them together but making them as useful as possible. Jig maturity Hence T-channel and all the things that attach. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Well that was anticlimactic.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Ok, I'll dummy up. What is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janello Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 It's a table saw tenon jig, coop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 It's a tenon jig.. I have a a couple of them but, don't use them much since putting the Domino in the shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Damn, that looks more complicated than a four way marriage! Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Really not too complicated and they do work really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Kev, just curious, why do you have two of them? Are they the same model shown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 No, that's PM's newest latest greatest. I have a Grizz and a shop made version. If I needed one today, I would probably use the shop made version for it's simplicity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 I have a Delta one but rarely use it, same reason Domino ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 I guess I'd better Google shop made ones as I'm tired of using a dado stack with the board flat on the ts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 14 minutes ago, K Cooper said: I guess I'd better Google shop made ones as I'm tired of using a dado stack with the board flat on the ts. Pretty simple.. I can post or send you a pic in the morning.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 This is Powermatics attempt at combining the idea of the brilliant tenon master from Bridge City Toolworks, with the same tenon jig that has been on the market for a hundred years. If you want to make tenons, there are better and cheaper ways of doing it that this contraption. Not to mention that the BCTW version is about a third the price... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 That's how tenons become rocket science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 14 minutes ago, TIODS said: Pretty simple.. I can post or send you a pic in the morning.. Thanks, I appreciate that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Try this one, Coop: https://woodgears.ca/tenon/jig.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Ross if you post a link and expect coop to click it, you have to expressly say so and highlight it. . He's a bit dense that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheperd80 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Doo-hickey imho. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Here you go Coop.. Simple and easy.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collinb Posted January 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 9 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: Try this one, Coop: https://woodgears.ca/tenon/jig.html That's a nice design in general. Might make a good project. One thing I'd add is a worm gear. There are those clamp kits for just a few dollars which give you 2 nuts and a threaded post. Just a handle or knob on the end could create a nifty jig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 The new PM looks like a nice unit, at least at first glance in terms of fit and finish...what you would expect from PM. But after watching that video that Marc posted a couple months back, the jig seems way too fidgety, poorly designed...too complicated to make adjustments. Aside from the build quality I really don't see the advantage over a traditional model for a fraction of the price. I mean if you can't cut a tenon with one of the old tenon jigs you should probably give up woodworking, because it ain't hard. Another solution for a problem that doesn't exist...it's becoming an epidemic...so much unnecessary crap out there these days. Build it well and make it shiny and people will buy them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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