# Woodworking Dopers-Newbie here and need some (or lots) of advice please!

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 11, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodworking-dopers-newbie-here-and-need-some-or-lots-of-advice-please/673651 "2013-11-11T15:46:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodworking-dopers-newbie-here-and-need-some-or-lots-of-advice-please/673651/41 "2014-02-14T15:58:06Z")

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Nice work on the chair.

I don’t know if a bandsaw of that quality would be capable of repeating cuts to a higher level of accuracy. Depends on the wheels, the blade, your ability to set the blade to track straight, etc.

I’ve done tenons with a dado blade on the table saw, sliding jig upright on the table saw, router jigs, router table and finally settled on hand saw method. The handsaw method works best in a non-industrial environment. Cutting them by hand means that I can cut each tenon to fit the mortise, no requirement to plane all my lumber to same thickness, or even keep my tenon in the center of the board. I can be flexible as needed for the joint in question.

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**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodworking-dopers-newbie-here-and-need-some-or-lots-of-advice-please/673651/42 "2014-02-14T16:04:21Z")

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Missed the edit window for adding evidence for which I speak.

A set of[Modern-ish nightstands](http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/FordPrefect_photo/furniture/Modern%20Nightstands/DSC05156.jpg). 56 hand cut tenons and chopped mortises. [Hand cut dovetails](http://s178.photobucket.com/user/FordPrefect_photo/media/furniture/Modern%20Nightstands/DSC05159.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2) to boot.

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