On this week’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, John and Phil catch up with Logan on the latest with the Woodsmith Shop TV show and all things in the woodworking magazine world.
My first major power tool purchase was a Shopsmith back in 1986. It is a great machine, especially since I only had enough space in my shop for one tool, and with the Shopsmith I got several tools in one footprint. My shop space has expanded and over the 30+ years since, I have purchased several other stationary tools, but the Shopsmith remains as my drill press, lathe, and disk sander.
byggz
Despite all the talk of tenoning jigs and methods, no one invoked, (at least by about the 24-minute mark), the name of the oracle, the teacher and user of THE tenoning jig on that inspiring show that is making a comeback on YouTube.
p.s. Windsor, Ontario, Canada is due south of Detroit, Logan.
jeffbaker
If you have ever made raised panel, or simply paneled cabinet doors where you are cutting the rails and stiles with a molding cutter, then you're going to want to use a tenoning jig. I'm sure there are guys w/ molding planes, or some use the router table, but I inherited an old Craftsman table saw from the early 70s where my father used it to add some cabinets to our kitchen. He had matching blade sets cut (or maybe they were off the shelf) and made the doors exclusively with the table saw and a jig that Craftsman branded as 'The Universal Jig'. I was even able to recreate a broken stile for a buddy at work using a molding cutter and tenoning jig. Sometimes you just want to work with the tools you have and not invest in new tools for a one-time job for a buddy. Oh, first rule of word working: don't tell your friends at work that you're into woodworking. "My kid used the stretcher of my Windsor chair as a step ladder rung. Hey, you do woodworking!"
Alfetta
So, Logan, you can cut mortise and tenons on the Shopsmith with the horizontal boring feature, much like the pantorouter as I understand it. Don't like commercial made tenoning jigs as they are too heavy, don't slide well, and seem cumbersome. Shopsmith here go from $ 100 (rusty 10ER) to about $ 600 for a good 510.
floydolden
Here’s a question for you … Pantorouter or Shaper Origin?
puppydoc
I found Logan laughing at Shopsmith totally inappropriate and al he complained about was the price yet never gave any other discussion. Yes the new ones are expensive but they have a place. Yes Logan they are not for your shop but they are appropriate. Laughing at the Shopsmith tenoning jig without describing what is wrong with it was also inappropriate. Good bye I departing from you show now. I wish you all well.
