Table Saw Tenon Jig | Popular Woodworking

Nothing wrong with simple. This tenoning jig performs one task, and does it safely and accurately. It costs little, and makes use of the existing table saw fence for fine adjustments.

With five pieces of wood and a clamp, you can make vertical cuts safely.

Most magazine articles about jigs miss the point entirely. Jigs exist to make work easier, safer and more accurate. They shouldn’t be complicated projects in and of themselves – they should be something simple you can put together quickly so you can get on with your work.

We admit to falling into this trap ourselves in the magazine’s shop. The corners of our shop are home to jigs that were built for articles about jigs. We can’t throw them out because the amount of hardware and time that went into making them has us convinced that they’re valuable. The problem is, we almost never use them. They’re too…