# STL317: Tenons on the router table

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2024-05-31
- Length: 1h 07m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-05-31-stl317-tenons-on-the-router-table
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl317-tenons-on-the-router-table

## Summary

Mike Pekovich, Amanda Owen, and Ben Steinhauer discuss techniques for matching historic trim using custom router bits or reverse-engineered profiles, and explore making tenons on a router table using horizontal router setups and sleds. The hosts compare the Panabore and Shaper Origin tools, debating their respective strengths for production versus custom work, and debate the merits of leg vices versus Moxon vices for workholding. They also cover shop lighting, off-beat skills like steam bending, and digital design workflows involving SketchUp and Procreate.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-05-31-stl317-tenons-on-the-router-table#t=6) Introduction and Announcements
- [1:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-05-31-stl317-tenons-on-the-router-table#t=95) Matching Historic Trim: Custom Bits vs. Reverse Engineering
- [12:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-05-31-stl317-tenons-on-the-router-table#t=735) Making Tenons on a Router Table: Horizontal Routers and Sleds
- [24:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-05-31-stl317-tenons-on-the-router-table#t=1449) Panabore vs. Shaper Origin: Production vs. Custom Work
- [37:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-05-31-stl317-tenons-on-the-router-table#t=2275) Workholding: Leg Vices, Moxon Vices, and Bench Design
- [48:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-05-31-stl317-tenons-on-the-router-table#t=2920) Shop Lighting and Off-Beat Skills Between Projects
- [1:00:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-05-31-stl317-tenons-on-the-router-table#t=3646) Digital Design: iPad, SketchUp, and Procreate Workflows

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Shaper Origin (tool)
- Panabore (tool)
- SketchUp (tool)
- Procreate (tool)
- Lee Nielsen (company)
- Moxon (other)

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