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   user-148830 | Aug 10, 2008 07:40pm | #1

   Hey,
   Yeah I wouldn't go vertical with a piece that long. Too much chance of error. You could either go with a dado blade and a miter gauge. Take small bites until you sneak up on a fit. Better yet, just get close to a fit and then finish up with a shoulder or bullnose plane to get a perfect fit in the mortise.

   My own habit is to use a plunge router topside on a long board. I set it up with a fence and long auxiliary fence. Have some scrap of the same thickness around to help support the cut especially out at the edges of the board. Sneak up again on a fit.

   A last method but perhaps problematic is to cut the tenon shoulders on your crosscut jig. Then rough out the cheeks on the band saw. Finally head over to your router table and put in a big diameter bit. Sneak up on a fit by raising up the bit to cut both cheeks. It just might be tough hanging onto something this long and get consistent results. But it might be the least prone to a mistake.

   Good luck. Gary