Thread: Carba-tec tenoning jig

Gunnaduit,

I suggest you get a refund and make your own micro-adjustable tenoning jig for about $20. See http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...e+tenoning+jig .
If you PM me your e-mail address, I will send you the plans.

Rocker

Take it back & ask (tell) them to set it up on one of their floor stock saws, see if they can't work it out. Then get your money back & buy the gear required to build Rocker's tenoning jig (do a search for this).

Reg
(BTW I have a jig like yours but haven't used it in anger yet, only for half laps)

Edit, Rocker beat me to it

Rocker, yeah right ... had a look at your link and the mdf type you made up --- looks like it will do the job although not as 'swish' as the cast iron type promised to be. I saw another home-type design in Ian Kirby's "Accurate Table Saw" but yours seems more to-the-point.

Looks like I'll have to take the hunk o' junk back and see if the shop staff are a little more successful with setting it up. I still can't see how the design of it can be satisfactory although the vagaries of mass production might mean the occasional purchaser, at random, gets one that works straight from the box.

Anyone else got a comment?

Hi Gunnaduit!

I too bought one of those, looked at it closely, put it on a shelf for a few months then sold it.

I made my own, far more effective, jig quite easily, and it works very well for the few times that I need to make a series of tenons. If it's only a few, I'll just hand cut them.

Originally Posted by Auld Bassoon

If it's only a few, I'll just hand cut them.

That's ok if you're a black-belt in dozuki, but you know, as a relative neophyte I'd been keen on the cold mechanical efficiency of screw micro-adjustment

Just a little practice mate - and use a tenon saw rather than a back saw (a la japanese saws). It can be very satisfying. After all, hobbyist woodies are mostly into the craft of woodworking than the more industrial production processes; at least I am...

Take the thing back and have a bit of fun with the counter hoppers.

Seriously, making your own is not brain science. If Rocky sends you his plans, it's even easier.

About 30 minutes, I'd estimate.

Hi Gunnaduit,

I have the same Carbatec tenoning Jig. Mine seems to work fine.
I've used it on a lot of tenons over the last couple of months and they have all turned out really well.

Thats not to say the jig is perfect - the instruction were woeful. Two months (and dozens of tenons) later they still don't make any sense.

I'd definitely be heading back to Carbatec for an exchange (or refund).

-Cal

I have the same thing but from Leda. The only problem I had was "zeroing" it to the blade - I couldn't get close enough. What I ended up doing was attaching a piece of mdf as a sacrificial face, now it is very useful.

Hi Gunnaduit,

I've got one of these, didn't have any problems with it being parallel, but did have problems with it not being snug it the t-slot of the mitre track. I took it apart, and got a mate with a milling machine to take about 1.5 mm off the bar's bearing surface where the circular bushes (that engage the t-slot) rest against. Problem solved now I'm pretty happy with it.

Yours sounds like a dud though, I'd take it back and either leave with a demonstrably good one, or a refund.

Cheers,


Justin.

Yep sounds like it was made on a friday arvo.

I'd be lost without mine...

To adjust jig to be parrallel to saw blade you loosen the screws that hold the guide rod onto the base, place jig in mitre slot, loosen main lock handle and make adjustment, tighten handle and then remove jig from slot and tighten guide rod screws.

The guide rod screws are located under the base at one end perpendicular to the mitre slot bar.

Send me a pm with a fax number and I can fax the relevant page from the Jet manual. (unfortunately it does not seem to be on their website anymore)

That why I always buy JET. Same price and mine works fine.

Jet Manual