Cutting tenons with a handsaw when we have no experience or patience can be a bit of a hassle. Learning to make them by hand with a saw is a personal satisfaction because it is the most typical wood joint, the one we all want to make to build our furniture as we see the old carpenters doing so skillfully. The thing is, when we calculate the number of joints of this type we need to make for a single piece of wooden furniture and what it costs to properly cut a single tenon, we quickly think there must be a way to make them with some of the DIY and woodworking machines we have in the workshop.
Don’t forget to check out the videos about the kickback, as it can also happen similarly on the table saw.
We have already seen how to make them with the router using a jig we made in a post on this blog, but I admit that this type of jig can be challenging to make even if you understand the procedure and follow it step by step. In some videos, I’ve seen how to make tenons with the table saw, but since not all of us have a decent table saw (the one I used was the upper part of a miter saw that could be used as such), we had to first make a table saw with the circular saw (see the previous post on this blog).
The system to make tenons with the table saw is very simple. You just need to build a jig to hold the wood piece vertically while making the cuts. Once the jig is made, we adjust the position to make the cuts on the head of the wood piece. In total, there are 8 cuts for each tenon that can be made with just two adjustments, as we will see in the video.
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Well, everything was going well with this post and the video, but it couldn’t be. The latest is that according to YouTube, the music I use in the video is similar to one that has copyright. The music I use in the video is this one, which is under a Creative Commons license with attribution (including use and monetization). They gave me the option to appeal, so I’ll wait a couple of days to see if it gets resolved, and if not, I’ll change the music and move on.
I just noticed they give themselves a month to address the appeal, so I’ll post the video. The difference is that while they don’t address the appeal, YouTube won’t give me a single cent for putting ads on my video :(. I’ll wait to see what happens, and if they don’t accept the appeal, I’ll remove it, change the music, and re-upload it. I’ll keep you posted.
How quick! In just a couple of days, they have reviewed the appeal and accepted it. And I was worried about the month they gave themselves. I wish everything could be resolved this quickly.