Log Tenon Cutter for $5 - Use your tablesaw to make log furniture, log railings from branches etc

Hey woodworkers and DIY people! You can create cylinders, tenons, cones, tapers, etc with this jig! It's super simple to make, using a few bolts from the hardware store. You can make log tenons, log furniture, log cabins, rustic furniture, round tenons, etc. Basically, I needed a way of cutting tenons on raw log wood pieces to fix my broken railing. I bought a drill powered tenon cutter and wasn't quite happy with the results. It produced quick tenons, but they were a little rough; but worse of all they didn't fit in the mortise holes on my deck. I realized the angle of my tenons were probably cut on a 10" table saw. So, I decided to make a jig to create the shape. Instead of $200 for a cutter I made the equivalent for about $5 (excluding wood, which I had on hand) and used my saw. The resulting tenon was straighter, cleaner and looked better. They do take longer to cut! If I was doing a new project, I would likely buy a tenon cutter and not have to deal with the time it takes to use a jig like this. You don't need a mill; and you don't need a lathe to cut these. Or even a drill!

Materials:
* 2 --- 5/16" bolts, 5" length, full thread
* 2 --- 5/16" bolt washers
* 2 -- 5/16" t-nuts
* A few wood screws - 2-1/2" long (drywall screws are fine)
* A 2x6; the length and amount varies depending on the long length that you want to cut tenons on
* A tablesaw!

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Chapter makers:
0:00 Intro
0:15 Alternative options
0:48 Materials & The Build
2:21 Using the completed jig
3:47 Outro

Have fun making stuff out of wood!

[johnfitbyfaithnet]

Nice! Probably better for hardwoods than the cutters

[coryh]

My dad had a 2x4nshoot backwards at Mach 3 and shoot.right through a wall. I'd be cAreful. That bites.and you'll be sorry.

[mathiassmith]

This is awesome - so glad I saw this before buying a cutter. I already have a nice set of forstner bits so this is perfect. Thanks.

[philvale]

Hi 👋, Well thought out, Stay safe keep up the great, Phil from the moulin France

[dgalson]

Very nice video. Clear instructions. Good pace.

[jrad]

Thanks for this video. I am going give this a go for a project I am working on currently.

[MildarValsik]

I just realized. If I really want to do Tenon cutters I could use the wood lathe I have. Yet this jig can do any possible length if need be just a few adjustments.

[michaelfinn]

Super innovative table saw jig. Thanks for sharing your ingenuity.

[JimSowers]

Cool! Were you able to return the cutters?

[michaelburke]

I’m guessing this only works using straight logs that are not to long

[deek]

Nice jig, but it looks like this will only work for perfectly straight logs coming from a lathe.