Woodcraft Tennon Jig???

Thanks for the info Donnie, I'll be heading up to St. Louis in a few weeks
and will probably pick one up.

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Mike S.
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"Donnie Vazquez" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Mike S. wrote:
> > Anyone have or use the Woodcraft Tennon Jig? How's it rate as compared
to
> > Delta or Jet?
> > I'm have the Jet contractor saw with cast wings.
> > Thanks
>
> I have the jig and the same saw but with stamped wings. I've never used
> any other brand so I can't compare. I've made one practice tenon and 4
> "real" ones. The results were perfect and it was a breeze to set up for
> the cuts. There are some issues though. The base will scratch the s*^t
> out of your saw top if you don't ease the sharp edges on the base
> DAMHIK. I went around the entire bottom of the base with some emory
> cloth and rounded off all of the edges. That seemed to take care of it.
> I also had a problem with the bar for the mitre slot being way too
> tight. All I did was remove the discs that hold it in the slot. It seems
> to work fine that way. There's plenty of weight to keep it flat on the
> table. With a little work, it does a great job and it's about $50.00
> cheaper than the Jet or Delta so it's not a bad deal if you don't mind
> it's imperfections.
>
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> Donnie Vazquez
> Sunderland, MD
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>

Ditto! Same scratches, same solution. Same problem with tight bar,
slightly different solution. The problem is there isn't enough distance
from the bottom of the jig to the washers for the T-slot, in other words the
washers need to go further down into the tablesaw slot. I added a couple of
shims under the jig bar and that did the trick. Works great now. I looked
at the Woodcraft jig and the Delta and they seemed to be the same except the
Delta has nicer knobs. For $50 I'll take the cheaper knobs.
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Larry C in Auburn, WA

"Donnie Vazquez" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mike S. wrote:
> > Anyone have or use the Woodcraft Tennon Jig? How's it rate as compared
to
> > Delta or Jet?
> > I'm have the Jet contractor saw with cast wings.
> > Thanks
>
> I have the jig and the same saw but with stamped wings. I've never used
> any other brand so I can't compare. I've made one practice tenon and 4
> "real" ones. The results were perfect and it was a breeze to set up for
> the cuts. There are some issues though. The base will scratch the s*^t
> out of your saw top if you don't ease the sharp edges on the base
> DAMHIK. I went around the entire bottom of the base with some emory
> cloth and rounded off all of the edges. That seemed to take care of it.
> I also had a problem with the bar for the mitre slot being way too
> tight. All I did was remove the discs that hold it in the slot. It seems
> to work fine that way. There's plenty of weight to keep it flat on the
> table. With a little work, it does a great job and it's about $50.00
> cheaper than the Jet or Delta so it's not a bad deal if you don't mind
> it's imperfections.
>
> --
> Donnie Vazquez
> Sunderland, MD
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>

Mike S. wrote:
> Anyone have or use the Woodcraft Tennon Jig? How's it rate as compared to
> Delta or Jet?
> I'm have the Jet contractor saw with cast wings.
> Thanks

I have the jig and the same saw but with stamped wings. I've never used
any other brand so I can't compare. I've made one practice tenon and 4
"real" ones. The results were perfect and it was a breeze to set up for
the cuts. There are some issues though. The base will scratch the s*^t
out of your saw top if you don't ease the sharp edges on the base
DAMHIK. I went around the entire bottom of the base with some emory
cloth and rounded off all of the edges. That seemed to take care of it.
I also had a problem with the bar for the mitre slot being way too
tight. All I did was remove the discs that hold it in the slot. It seems
to work fine that way. There's plenty of weight to keep it flat on the
table. With a little work, it does a great job and it's about $50.00
cheaper than the Jet or Delta so it's not a bad deal if you don't mind
it's imperfections.

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Donnie Vazquez
Sunderland, MD
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