Mortising jig


KenMasco

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That's a great looking jig, and very similar to one that I had made before going with a Leigh FMT Pro. I went with the FMT because I was facing a job that required over 1600 mortise and tenon joints. The job easily paid for the jig, but when it was all over I think it could have been done with the shop made jig and floating tenons, but it likely would have taken a bit longer. I was mostly concerned with the repeatability of the shop made jig. The FMT made it easy, and was very accurate and repeatable. No tenon stock to make either. 

When I was using my shop made jig I was making my tenon stock using my planer, and making the stock in thicknesses to match the diameter of the router bits that I was using. Then I was cutting the floating tenons from this stock on the table saw as I needed them. This worked very well, with almost no waste. 

 

Charley

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