New Product - "Quick Tenon - It's Aptly Named"

	This time, she will start by making the socket in the leg. The side piece is 5 1/2" wide so she wants to make her sliding dovetail 5 1/4"" long.
The legs are made of dense oak, so she will use a straight cutter to cut the groove in several passes. The depth of the groove is 3/4".  When that is done, she will switch bits and use an 11/16" dovetail bit to make the final groove.
	Unlike the tenon she just made, this sliding dovetail will have an open end — at the top of the leg.    This requires a different stop to be used. She inserts the one that positions the leg further in the jig.
Here is the leg clamped in the cutting position.
	Maureen has to reset the stops so that this cut can be made in the right place. I will explain the setting of the stops for different cuts in the next section.
Since she is making a straight cut, she changes the back stop so that the square end is in place.
	She will route the socket, or groove, by placing the router in the space closest to her and move the router against the left fence. She will cut forwards and then back, keeping the router firmly against this edge.    This is the way to make mortises. She has a 3/8" straight bit mounted in the router and has set the depth of cut to 1-inch. She will make several passes and advance the router 1/4" deeper on each pass.
She inspects the straight bit groove. It looks good.
	An 11/16" dovetail bit is mounted in a fixed base router and the depth set to 3/4".
Now with the router off, Maureen carefully places the router in the space at the end closest to her. She wants to start the router with the bit not touching the work piece.
	Just as she did with the straight bit, she keeps the router firmly against the left side of the jig base and routes until she hits the back stop, and then, she brings the router straight back towards her.    She turns off the router and lets it come to a complete stop before lifting it from the jig.
She inspects her work. It looks good. So, now to make the sliding dovetail that will fit this perfect dovetail socket. By the way, it takes less time to make the dovetail socket than it did for you to read this scenario — that's the fun part of the Quick Tenon jig — it's precise and it's fast.