Tom, when I was getting started with my shop over a year ago I was watching so many of these videos and it’s great to go back again. I’m always amazed at how easily it is to miss some detail that is essential to it working right. For years in carpentry you get pretty good at using the miter saw however it is definitely true that this jig along with the crosscut sled(s) is needed to get truly accurate cuts (the shooting board is awesome for that fine tuning). One other thing I appreciate so much with you is the simple yet accurate jigs and approach as well. I was getting almost discouraged with some many trends and channels of feeling like you need o buy a million things. Who can afford it, 1 and 2 you end up more of a tool junkie than actually focusing on the piece of woodworking. (That being said, the amount of innovation and creativity w cos like Woodpeckers and others is pretty impressive). But I think when possible it’s nice to make these jigs and aids as simple as possible but effective. Your channel is awesome along with the Neighborwood. Just so appreciative to you and Kris for all of this.
A great jig Tom. Every shop needs a decent tenon jig. Yours does everything a tenon jig should do. And it's simple to build and to use. My only criticism is that you turned a 20 minute video into a 43 minute video.😁😁
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed and found some value in the video. I apologize for the longer form, but that’s a result of these videos being recorded as a livestream, each Thursday night at 8 PM (eastern time zone). You might enjoy checking it out sometime (epicwoodworking.com), a different experience to watching the typical canned tightly edited video…more like real life hanging out together in the shop. Either way, thanks again 👍
Hi Tom and Kris I been away for a few months it's good to be back. Great tenon cutting jig I will be building one for myself. Glad to hear your son is home until things get better. Thank you for shop night live and streaming videos. Stay safe and healthy.
Thanks Tom for the video. Going to make me one of these jigs this week for my new SawStop. And wow! Shot right when the lockdowns got rolling. It seems like a lifetime ago but still very fresh.
I just built one following your video. I'm very pleased with the results. Thanks very much. It's a lot harder than it looks. Would not have been very good if I'd made it without following your example. First tried assembling it without the dado and cutting the side with the dado blade and fence in the same position. But couldn't get the fence dead nuts square. Brilliant idea. I'm a big fan. God Bless Mo Chara.
Once again great show Tom and Kris! Tom, I just wanted to add my little bit of knowledge to the conversation regarding the glue blocks and why they are chamfered on one edge...Back in the "olde" days one of the tasks for the apprentices in the shop was to practice using the hand plane by truing up two sides of the material used for the glue blocks to a 90 and to chamfer the opposite edge of the 90. Once that was done the lengths of glue block material were then cut into various lengths and tossed into bins at the master's benches throughout the shop. The chamfer was put there for two reasons, 1) It allowed the master to reach into the bin and feel for the chamfered edge and this would tell him the opposite edge was the 90. 2) Once the glue was applied the glue block was put in place and the master would use his thumb on the chamfer to slide the block back and forth (rub joint) and for a few seconds put pressure onto the glue block. Apologies for the long-winded description. ;-)
That’s an awesome back story to glue blocks Dan, thanks! It makes a lot of sense, I never thought of the champher indicating the square side is opposite...but it makes perfect sense, especially since I’ve done that myself in practice but never considered the source. Now I can repeat that next time I’m asked and sound as historically knowledgeable and impressive as you do right now 😎👍
Thanks Duncan, it doesn’t get talked about as much but for everything I have pass on with certainty, there’s probably a learning “mistake” experience in there!
Tom, just viewed this episode and thought your British accent to indicate the GerrRipper was very funny. Keep practicing that accent and you will sound like a sophisticated carpenter. As a ~Brit myself I will be happy to critique your British accent progress. Great episode by the way for this Tennon Jig, building one later. Keep up the good work, you would normally pay a lot of money to go see this sort of entertainment. Haha SteveX
Thanks Steve, I can use all the help with my British accent I can get…and who better to learn from than a try Brit like yourself?! 👍 I know I need a lot of work on it, I always fear I slip more into a Scottish twang as I go along! To us Americans, everything sounds more impressive when delivered with a British accent😎 So glad you enjoyed the jig as well. Thanks for watching and being part of us from that side of the pond! 👍👍
The reason plywood is undersized is because most plywood is imported from Europe on the metric system and measured in mm. eg. 12mm= 15/32 or 23/32= 18mm. Mostly imported from Scandinavia and Germany.
Tom, I truly enjoy your style of presentation and thoroughness of showing the details (where the devil is). I need to make a tenoning jig for my tablesaw. Your version is pretty close to what I have in mind. One thing that bothers me is the cough you have. I notice it in many of the videos. Please check that out. We need to keep you healthy and making furniture -- so that we can continue to learn better ways.
Thank you Norman. I was not aware I was coughing that much but I appreciate your concern and will get checked out soon. I’m glad you enjoy the videos! 👍
Hello again, and once again thank you for your time. Those mugs are awesome sadly seems i cant get one. ( i live in mexico) but, i'd love to be able to invite you and the camera lady a cup of coffe.... is there a way for me to contribute via donation or something? Well, i've enjoyed today's episode a lot. I can't thank you guys enough. Stay safe and healthy.
Hi Cristófano, this is Kris -- want to apologize for my error in not including the international shipping option there last night. That has been remedied now. And of course we'd love to come by for coffee sometime! :) We have had several others ask about contributing to what we're doing here so we do have a place for that -- I've included the link in the description above under the "Show More" link. Thanks for asking!
Tom, when I was getting started with my shop over a year ago I was watching so many of these videos and it’s great to go back again. I’m always amazed at how easily it is to miss some detail that is essential to it working right. For years in carpentry you get pretty good at using the miter saw however it is definitely true that this jig along with the crosscut sled(s) is needed to get truly accurate cuts (the shooting board is awesome for that fine tuning). One other thing I appreciate so much with you is the simple yet accurate jigs and approach as well. I was getting almost discouraged with some many trends and channels of feeling like you need o buy a million things. Who can afford it, 1 and 2 you end up more of a tool junkie than actually focusing on the piece of woodworking. (That being said, the amount of innovation and creativity w cos like Woodpeckers and others is pretty impressive). But I think when possible it’s nice to make these jigs and aids as simple as possible but effective. Your channel is awesome along with the Neighborwood. Just so appreciative to you and Kris for all of this.
A great jig Tom. Every shop needs a decent tenon jig. Yours does everything a tenon jig should do. And it's simple to build and to use. My only criticism is that you turned a 20 minute video into a 43 minute video.😁😁
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed and found some value in the video. I apologize for the longer form, but that’s a result of these videos being recorded as a livestream, each Thursday night at 8 PM (eastern time zone). You might enjoy checking it out sometime (epicwoodworking.com), a different experience to watching the typical canned tightly edited video…more like real life hanging out together in the shop.
Either way, thanks again 👍
Hi Tom and Kris
I been away for a few months it's good to be back. Great tenon cutting jig I will be building one for myself. Glad to hear your son is home until things get better. Thank you for shop night live and streaming videos. Stay safe and healthy.
Thanks Steve, glad to have you back, thanks for watching and being part of it!
Thanks Tom for the video. Going to make me one of these jigs this week for my new SawStop. And wow! Shot right when the lockdowns got rolling. It seems like a lifetime ago but still very fresh.
Thanks Matt, yes, we ramped it up when the pandemic did 😎
I just built one following your video. I'm very pleased with the results. Thanks very much. It's a lot harder than it looks. Would not have been very good if I'd made it without following your example. First tried assembling it without the dado and cutting the side with the dado blade and fence in the same position. But couldn't get the fence dead nuts square. Brilliant idea. I'm a big fan. God Bless Mo Chara.
Thanks Michael. I’m so glad you enjoyed making the jig and it went well for you! 👍😎
I have the same Powermatic table saw and fence.Im going to build this tenon jig.Perfect
Thanks for showing us.
That’s great Ed, so glad you enjoyed it! I love my Powermatic 66, it’s difficult to make the switch over to the Sawstop. 😎 Thanks for watching! 👍
Once again great show Tom and Kris! Tom, I just wanted to add my little bit of knowledge to the conversation regarding the glue blocks and why they are chamfered on one edge...Back in the "olde" days one of the tasks for the apprentices in the shop was to practice using the hand plane by truing up two sides of the material used for the glue blocks to a 90 and to chamfer the opposite edge of the 90. Once that was done the lengths of glue block material were then cut into various lengths and tossed into bins at the master's benches throughout the shop. The chamfer was put there for two reasons, 1) It allowed the master to reach into the bin and feel for the chamfered edge and this would tell him the opposite edge was the 90. 2) Once the glue was applied the glue block was put in place and the master would use his thumb on the chamfer to slide the block back and forth (rub joint) and for a few seconds put pressure onto the glue block. Apologies for the long-winded description. ;-)
That’s an awesome back story to glue blocks Dan, thanks! It makes a lot of sense, I never thought of the champher indicating the square side is opposite...but it makes perfect sense, especially since I’ve done that myself in practice but never considered the source. Now I can repeat that next time I’m asked and sound as historically knowledgeable and impressive as you do right now 😎👍
Another fun learning experience with Kris and Tom sharing knowledge that experience alone can teach. Thumbs up.
Thanks Duncan, it doesn’t get talked about as much but for everything I have pass on with certainty, there’s probably a learning “mistake” experience in there!
Tom, just viewed this episode and thought your British accent to indicate the GerrRipper was very funny. Keep practicing that accent and you will sound like a sophisticated carpenter. As a ~Brit myself I will be happy to critique your British accent progress.
Great episode by the way for this Tennon Jig, building one later. Keep up the good work, you would normally pay a lot of money to go see this sort of entertainment. Haha SteveX
Thanks Steve, I can use all the help with my British accent I can get…and who better to learn from than a try Brit like yourself?! 👍 I know I need a lot of work on it, I always fear I slip more into a Scottish twang as I go along! To us Americans, everything sounds more impressive when delivered with a British accent😎
So glad you enjoyed the jig as well. Thanks for watching and being part of us from that side of the pond! 👍👍
Once again you hit it out of the park. It’s was opening day today. Great team work.
Thanks Dean! The mugs were a huge hit, sold out the first batch last night and had to reorder...so thank you!!!
The reason plywood is undersized is because most plywood is imported from Europe on the metric system and measured in mm. eg. 12mm= 15/32 or 23/32= 18mm. Mostly imported from Scandinavia and Germany.
Thanks for the explanation! 👍
Tom, I truly enjoy your style of presentation and thoroughness of showing the details (where the devil is).
I need to make a tenoning jig for my tablesaw. Your version is pretty close to what I have in mind.
One thing that bothers me is the cough you have. I notice it in many of the videos. Please check that out. We need to keep you healthy and making furniture -- so that we can continue to learn better ways.
Thank you Norman. I was not aware I was coughing that much but I appreciate your concern and will get checked out soon. I’m glad you enjoy the videos! 👍
BTW - I am interested to know more about Pug Moore’s background. Who did he apprentice with?
Seems like the experience was good for you - and us!
Hello again, and once again thank you for your time. Those mugs are awesome sadly seems i cant get one. ( i live in mexico) but, i'd love to be able to invite you and the camera lady a cup of coffe.... is there a way for me to contribute via donation or something?
Well, i've enjoyed today's episode a lot. I can't thank you guys enough. Stay safe and healthy.
Hi Cristófano, this is Kris -- want to apologize for my error in not including the international shipping option there last night. That has been remedied now. And of course we'd love to come by for coffee sometime! :) We have had several others ask about contributing to what we're doing here so we do have a place for that -- I've included the link in the description above under the "Show More" link. Thanks for asking!
Why not add triangles in the back to help squareness
Sure Jim, you could do that just as well, nice suggestion 👍
Only i see him resembling Michael Douglas?
Okay, that’s possible I guess...but need the chin dimple I think to pull it off 😎