Derek Cohen
02-19-2024, 9:06 AM
A while back I began using a DW500 for loose tenon joinery. That is, requiring mortices wider than the standard dominos. Looking for a way to mark these accurately, I used this little marker to build 10mm wide mortices for a bed rail ...
https://i.postimg.cc/y6jnWjJY/3.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Marke the one side, then the other, and clean up the centre ...
https://i.postimg.cc/NFs4p9nc/2.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
https://i.postimg.cc/vHmhnn97/4.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Marking accurately is even more important when you make through mortices, which are routed from each side, and especially when in curved chair legs ...
https://i.postimg.cc/SxkLpkc6/Legs5.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
https://i.postimg.cc/pTNXcJP2/New2.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
I came up with a new marker, which is much easier to use. This is simply a clear saddle square ...
https://i.postimg.cc/8zGb1RPc/6.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
This will do 6mm, 8mm and 10mm mortices.
Note that a 6mm domino is 20mm wide, the 8mm is 22mm wide, and the 10mm is 24mm wide. The centre marks the spot.
As we know, the mid point of a Domino mortice is aligned so ...
https://i.postimg.cc/CdTzss6q/2.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Start by marking the outer boundaries of the mortice ...
https://i.postimg.cc/NjxkLK54/3.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Set the left side of the marker on the left end of the mortice (A) and then mark the centre of the domino cut (B).
https://i.postimg.cc/HsX2DZmF/4.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Repeat at the other end ...
https://i.postimg.cc/KcdNWX6n/5.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Now domino the mortice ...
https://i.postimg.cc/wxt2FxGq/1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Regards from Perth
Derek
https://i.postimg.cc/y6jnWjJY/3.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Marke the one side, then the other, and clean up the centre ...
https://i.postimg.cc/NFs4p9nc/2.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
https://i.postimg.cc/vHmhnn97/4.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Marking accurately is even more important when you make through mortices, which are routed from each side, and especially when in curved chair legs ...
https://i.postimg.cc/SxkLpkc6/Legs5.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
https://i.postimg.cc/pTNXcJP2/New2.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
I came up with a new marker, which is much easier to use. This is simply a clear saddle square ...
https://i.postimg.cc/8zGb1RPc/6.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
This will do 6mm, 8mm and 10mm mortices.
Note that a 6mm domino is 20mm wide, the 8mm is 22mm wide, and the 10mm is 24mm wide. The centre marks the spot.
As we know, the mid point of a Domino mortice is aligned so ...
https://i.postimg.cc/CdTzss6q/2.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Start by marking the outer boundaries of the mortice ...
https://i.postimg.cc/NjxkLK54/3.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Set the left side of the marker on the left end of the mortice (A) and then mark the centre of the domino cut (B).
https://i.postimg.cc/HsX2DZmF/4.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Repeat at the other end ...
https://i.postimg.cc/KcdNWX6n/5.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Now domino the mortice ...
https://i.postimg.cc/wxt2FxGq/1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Regards from Perth
Derek