Shop Made Tenon Jig - Accessory for the Super Sled - Mitering and Crosscut Sled

A commercial tenon can jig can cost a lot of money. This video will show you how to build a tenon jig that has all the features of a commercial tenoning jig. You can build this shop made tenon jig with basic skills and materials that you may have leftover from other projects. This shop jig has a micro adjustment feature, a built in scale, and a unique leveling system.

This tenon jig is designed as an accessory to the Super Sled Mitering and Crosscut sled. The Super Sled combines two of my best shop jigs!

I love my original crosscut sled, so when you (the viewers) asked me to make a video about how to make that sled, I started to think of ways to improve upon the existing design.

I regularly use two different sleds in my shop:
1. My crosscut sled which I use mainly for crosscutting, and cutting shoulder cuts on tenons.
2. Wood Magazines Universal Tablesaw Jig which I use exclusively for mitering.

The Super Sled has all the benefits of my original crosscut sled, including a t-track for adjustable stop blocks. The new sled uses a flip stop, so you can keep the stop in the same place, but flip it up out of the way to make other cuts in between.

I really love mitering with Wood Magazines Universal Tablesaw jig which is why I wanted to incorporate all the features of this jig into the Super Sled. The Universal Tablesaw jig needs to be switched from one side of the blade to the other when doing complementary miters. With an identical setup on both sides of the blade, you can easily miter on either side of the blade.

I designed the Super Sled with versatility in mind. The four slots in the main board of the fence function the same as t-tracks, and allow for the inclusion of stop blocks, the miter fence, and other add-on jigs like a tenon or box joint jig.

Visit www.EagleLakeWoodworking.com to download measured drawings and view the photo gallery for the Super Sled.

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• tenon jig

[megajoel1983]

Great video! And an excellent design too. Very nice!

[EagleLakeWoodworking]

@megajoel1983 Thanks!

[hochbob]

Very well done. Thanks for posting.

[nylouie516]

AWESOME. I am just getting into wood working and this was an awesome vid. Keep up the great work

[carricky93]

Very nice work John!