NeatGuy Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I thought I would share a method I use to make tenons. I use a mag drill and this jig to hold my stock. It will hold round and square stock up to 1 1/4 . Tenon takes about 40 seconds to make. Close up of cutter and stock. And the stock with the tenon. The tenon is not concentric because I failed to make the centre of the stock accurately. brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Aspery Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 That seems like a clever way of making a tenon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimenickel Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 sweet... !!!! thats an annular cutter.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Hey, that's cheating! Well done Brad. Gonna tell everybody what a mag drill and the cutters cost? Hmmm? Of course a drill press will work just fine too. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeatGuy Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 I us the mag drill because I have on and it is handy. Yes a mag drill is fairly expensive, but my drill press is junk. I think if the drill press had a low enough speed and a good motor it could turn an annular cutter no problem. I wonder if a post drill would work ? brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnr Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I have used my post drill for finishing seats on tongs with a facecutter with no problems, the low speed works out nicely. Finnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 A post drill sure would Brad. Hmmmm. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Emig Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Hi There, That's not cheating. In the Yellin shop they used to cut all their tenons with a hollow ground end mill (basically like the annular cutter) with the stock vertical in a drill press. If it was good enough for a shop that did the quality of work like the Yellin shop did it's good enough for me! Cool idea. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Emig Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 One added thing-I read that to help center the tenon, they forged a short blunt point on the bar. That way the center of the cutter would "find" the center of the bar easier. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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