Quote Originally Posted by Jim Koepke View Post
Going the shop made route will allow you to make a few variations for different jobs.
Sometimes when making multiple tenons, I've thought it would be handy to have two router planes: one that's used for getting close to the final depth, and one that's set to a final depth. With the first plane, you'd do the the rougher work, cutting and adjusting the cutter deeper to get close to the end. Once you get close, use the second plane to finish. If you keep the second plane with the same setting and if you start with stock that has the same thickness, the tenons will be cut to the same thickness. You can also use the second plane as a marking gauge to lay out the tenon. Now that I think of it, I think Paul Sellers actually does just that in one of his videos about the topic -- that's probably where I got the idea from.