Derek Cohen
01-14-2023, 3:25 AM
As much as I enjoy hand tools, chopping mortices into Jarrah is not one of the fun times. I now prefer a router, but more recently I have come to recognise the value of a Domino ... although not the way that Festool intended the machine to be used https://www.woodworkforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
Anyway, recently I built two beds, which I have just got back to. Having completed them, I discovered that they were 40mm too long and too wide! Duh ... after many measurement checks!
https://i.postimg.cc/dvmwCQDk/3.jpg
Obviously this meant pulling them apart and shortening the lengths and widths. I started yesterday.
The head-and foot board leg joinery is loose mortice-and-tenon. 110mm long x 10mm wide. This was made fairly easy with a Domino machine. The loose tenons were sized on a jointer/thickness-planer, and then rounded over on a router table. All wood is Jarrah. The aim was for an exact fit.
I am really appreciating the extra bench top space afforded by the new MFT table (yes, the Veritas hold down, although it is sized for a 19mm dog hole works very well on a 20mm dog hole) ...
https://i.postimg.cc/CY2r8SR8/1.jpg
I made a small positioner to mark the centre of the domino, and plunged for the outer ends ...
https://i.postimg.cc/LmtxGPNk/2.jpg
Then complete the mortice by nibbling away the centre section ..
https://i.postimg.cc/09Rttnd2/3.jpg
Tight fit in the rail ..
https://i.postimg.cc/FNJWg8SB/4.jpg
Tight fit in the post ..
https://i.postimg.cc/kn7TC5p0/5.jpg
This was taken during the build, and how the legs are once again ...
https://i.postimg.cc/M6fP4hHD/15.jpg
In this example, the Domino is used with the fence for depth. Mine has always been been secure - no drift. However, I have made it a little more secure by replacing the adjustment levers with others that permit more tightening. This mod is great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyHctMqslxo&ab_channel=sedgetool
Regards from Perth
Derek
Anyway, recently I built two beds, which I have just got back to. Having completed them, I discovered that they were 40mm too long and too wide! Duh ... after many measurement checks!
https://i.postimg.cc/dvmwCQDk/3.jpg
Obviously this meant pulling them apart and shortening the lengths and widths. I started yesterday.
The head-and foot board leg joinery is loose mortice-and-tenon. 110mm long x 10mm wide. This was made fairly easy with a Domino machine. The loose tenons were sized on a jointer/thickness-planer, and then rounded over on a router table. All wood is Jarrah. The aim was for an exact fit.
I am really appreciating the extra bench top space afforded by the new MFT table (yes, the Veritas hold down, although it is sized for a 19mm dog hole works very well on a 20mm dog hole) ...
https://i.postimg.cc/CY2r8SR8/1.jpg
I made a small positioner to mark the centre of the domino, and plunged for the outer ends ...
https://i.postimg.cc/LmtxGPNk/2.jpg
Then complete the mortice by nibbling away the centre section ..
https://i.postimg.cc/09Rttnd2/3.jpg
Tight fit in the rail ..
https://i.postimg.cc/FNJWg8SB/4.jpg
Tight fit in the post ..
https://i.postimg.cc/kn7TC5p0/5.jpg
This was taken during the build, and how the legs are once again ...
https://i.postimg.cc/M6fP4hHD/15.jpg
In this example, the Domino is used with the fence for depth. Mine has always been been secure - no drift. However, I have made it a little more secure by replacing the adjustment levers with others that permit more tightening. This mod is great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyHctMqslxo&ab_channel=sedgetool
Regards from Perth
Derek