Several ways are available:

(1) Mortises with chisel and hammer--tenons with a hand saw
(2) Mortises with a router --tenons with a router
(3) Mortises with a router --tenons with a table saw
(4) Mortises with a drill press -- tenons with a table saw
(5) mortises with mortiser -- tenons with a table saw/router

All of the above methods work equally well but some are more
time consuming than others.

My personal favorite at the moment is # 3.

You need to start buying books and magazines.....

You can NEVER have too many tools....

You are going to need to start collecting clamps....

Buy the most expensive your heart and wallet can stand.
They will outlive you and serve you well.




wrote:

Another noob question. Sorry! :-) Just wonderin' what most of you
guys/gals use to make mortise and tenons. Seems like this is a very
common joint for furniture construction and I'm trying to decide what
the next thing I need for my fledgling woodworking shop. I just ordered
a router and dovetail jig.