I couldn't find any reviews for Bailey's Tenon Maker online
http://baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=16501&catID=
and was curious if anyone has used one and what there thoughts are. It seems very cheap compared to most of the tenon bits I saw over at Northern Tool.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200347999_200347999
I am going to be furnishing the house and doing lots of different projects so the 4 sizes for one price really appealed to me. Thanks.
I have a logman and it does work.
Takes a little practice but I was able to make tennons with it just fine, I would prefer this one though: http://www.lumberjacktools.com/
In fact, while I like having the logman, I'm still hoping to get the Lumberjack cutter this year too :)
We did it the other way around; had the pencil sharpeners and got the logman. The pencil sharpeners are much faster, but without a jig to hold the log and drill, the cut often wanders in our experience, plus the big ones are extremely pricey...
Someone posted a really low cost way to get tenons a few months ago. They would use a hole drill bit. Then the remove the wood around it. You could use a drawknife to remove the excess and be left with a perfect tenon.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_300706-70-PC134L_0__?productId=3031567&Ntt=hole+bit&pl=1¤tURL=%2Fpl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dhole%2Bbit&facetInfo=
I have both types, and for small (< 1.25") tenons, the pencil sharpener types from Lee Valley are better. Once you get into the 1"+ diameter the router-style cutter becomes easier and easier to use.
Both take some practice to make larger tenons, and some vices or jigs tend to help you make tenons which are both centered on the stick/log and fairly true to the central axis of the stick/log. You have to have a pretty stout drill to use the larger pencil sharpener types. I used a Harbor Freight copy of the Hole Hawg.