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   pdeyoung | Dec 02, 2004 11:57pm | #1

   I have the Delta Tenoning Jig and it works well.  My complaint is that is came covered in dirty packing grease and easily rusts if you don't keep it protected.  I don't know much about the Rockler jig. 

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   jackiechan | Dec 03, 2004 12:51am | #2

   L',

   Another option would be to build your own.  Here is a link to the plans for a tenoning jig on Highland Hardware's web site.

   http://www.tools-for-woodworking.com/tablesawtenonjig.pdf

    

   Dan Kornfeld, Owner/President - Odyssey Wood Design, Inc.

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   chills1994 | Dec 03, 2004 04:51am | #3

   OR....

   You could take a look at my tenoning jig article in the February 2002 issue of FWW.  Page 73. 

   It's the issue with Lonnine Bird's secretaire on the front.  The original prototype could easily be made out of scraps hanging around the shop.  Handles and runners can be made out wood too.

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   BG | Dec 03, 2004 02:16pm | #4

   Livent,

   I remember a discussion about tenoning jigs on here a bit more than a year or so ago.  As I recall from that discussion, there does not appear to be a whole lot of difference between any of them with two exceptions:  the weight and heft, and some (General International) are reverseable..ie. can use either side of table saw.  I would make sure most of the parts are removable so I can modify the jig to various needs.  good luck

       

    

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   douglas2cats | Dec 03, 2004 03:06pm | #5

   Here's one thing you might have to watch out for. You didn't mention what kind of TS you're using - and it shouldn't matter, except that not every TS maker has the same idea of how wide a 3/4" mitre gauage slot is supposed to be. I think most of the major makers get it right, but at one time I had a Craftsman Contractor Saw which thought that 3/4" = 0.74x". Delta's tenoning jig wouldn't fit the slot and at the time there really weren't other after-market options around so I ended up making one myself from plans I saw in a WW mag. Even if you got a non-standard size slot, I think I've seen 3-4 different aftermarket jigs pop up in the last few years. One of them is bound to fit. There's always the option of getting the bar machined if you run into this problem. The homemade one worked fine BTW. I let it go with the saw when I bought a PM66 with PM's tenoning jig.

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   highfigh | Dec 03, 2004 06:34pm | #6

   The Rockler, Delta and Woodcraft tenoning jigs are the same, other than the price and color. I got mine from Woodcraft when it was on sale for $59.95 and it seems to fit the slots on my saw better than the Rockler or Delta on the saws at the Rockler store. I checked the one at Woodcraft on the same brand of saws less than 15 minutes after I went to Rockler. Most of the tools and machines from overseas have the grease on them. Scrape off the major stuff and use mineral spirits and a brush on the rest. A couple of coats of paste wax or top dressing has kept mine from rusting.
   "I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."