I have to go with Sarge's method. I find that the easiest and most accurate for me. I setup a stop block on my bandsaw fence and then cut to the stop block, with the fence a little wide. Then I gradually work in until I get nearly the exact size I want. Then I clean up the edges down to the exact size. Lately, I've started making the shoulder cuts first on the tablesaw with the SMT. But I am a newbie with MT joinery. Just doing what I read in a few bandsaw books.
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If you have the $$$, the Leigh FMT is a fabulous way of making perfect M & T joints very quickly. It's certainly not the same as acquiring the skill to hand do them, it is simply an alternative. That is why different tools have been introduced to the marketplace, no one way is better than another. It's all up to the individual craftsman. The same could be said for dovetail jigs as well. Hand cut are pretty special but the jig manufacturer's sure sell a lot of product...Howard, the Plano BT3'r.
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