Customer Reviews

LOGMAN TENON MAKER KIT

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Took some drilling on the base to set the router, and an adjustment. Made a perfect 1" tenon on the second try. More adjustability than I expected, but hey, I can make 4 tenon sizes for less cost than 2 pincel sharpner type tenon makers. Easy to feed and little consern of the work piece catching and thrashing me. Fairly safe set up. I did have to hunt some extra bolts for the table mounting. The instructions are not for beginners. Smallest tenon is a 5/8 and I have found no offering for a 1/2" tenon guide.

Works great, was making furniture 1/2 hour after opening the box and starting assembly. I mounted it on a length of 2x8 board which I then clamped in a Stanley portable workbench Stanley 93-292 FatMax Mobile Project Center 33-Inch Tall Clamping Work Bench and Hand Truck with wheels. Now, the whole rig rolls easily out to my driveway so I don't bury the garage with wood chips when I use it. When done, I fold the bench with router and Logman kit all in place and stow it inside.
The only weak point I see are some of the setup and use instructions, but common sense and trial and error can make up for it. One hint I maybe missed in their instructions: to start a piece well and get a good, on-center tenon, they say to first taper the edges of the log, but they don't suggest how. I found it fast and easy to hold the log against the router bit in the Logman, at about 30-45 degrees above horizontal and rotate it a few times, WITHOUT trying to feed it forward through the Logman.

I am a builder of log homes and log furniture. It does take time to set up but i have done thousands of joints on the same bit no issues. I love it. [...]