I know everyone has opinions, so I'd like to hear some regarding the Leigh FMT. Right now, I'm working on a design for 8 dining room chairs for my home. The prototype(s) come next and 'm considering getting the jig to help with these as well as the production run.
The chairs will be strongly influenced by the Blacker House dining chairs (Greene & Greene style), so there will be lot's of opportunities for angled M&T joints.
One question I have is how easy is it to mortise both sides of the joint and use a floating tenon? Jig seems to be designed to primarily make both the M and T. I may run across a situation where the angle of the joint and/or grain of the wood may make a floating tenon the better choice to avoid a weak short grain situation. From the descriptions Ive read, the jig seems capable of floating tenon work. Is this correct? If so, is it as quick and painless as using the jig in it's "standard" configuration?
I'm interesed in both specific thoughts as to use as well as overall opinions, so thanks in advance for you're comments.
Regards,
John