scotian

More of a question than a comment--I thought it was a safety "no no" to use a rip fence as a stop guide together with a miter gauge as Michael did on cutting the tenons. I thought the correct "safe" approach was to clamp a stop block to the rip fence that was positioned just in front of the blade so that when the work piece was being cut there was no impingement opposite the saw blade that might make the work piece twist and create a safety problem. Any comment, Michael?

I do have a comment, also--I have used a router quite successfully to cut tenons. All of the tenons that are to be the same size can be ganged up on the bench, clamped toether and cut with multiple router passes against a guide. This is another way of assuring that the tenons are all the same length and the shoulder depth is uniform.