Home made XL domino tenons?

[Joe Calhoon]

That's surprising to hear.

I've been making them a bit oversized .005" - .010" and shrink (super dry) them in a microwave right before use (sort of green wood chair esque). They should swell back to equilibrium and be a interference fit. It may not make a big difference but I like to think it helps.

Thats a good idea Jared. I do that with dowels sometimes if they are tight. The factory dominos have that embossed type surface. I don’t know it they are pressed somehow so as to expand a little when glued. I ran mine on the moulder for a tight fit edgewise even though the radius was not exact. And did as someone else suggested final thickness on the calibration head of the WBS. A chambered edge would work as well. I think I have a lifetime supply after one run!

[brent stanley]

Greg, can you provide more information about that tooling?

Hi Jim, Jared and Greg have it covered, but Whitehill makes HSS knives for limiter heads that will make miles of dominos for you (including the ridges along the edge) but also a dedicated carbide insert block for even more miles. 🙂

The knives/block will produce the full range of thicknesses for standard and XL.

[Derek Cohen]

Greg, can you provide more information about that tooling?

Jim, in my case:

I have been making 100mm wide x 10mm thick tenon stock. The basics is easy enough to plane to thickness to 10mm on a planer, then cut to width on the table saw.

What I do to round the ends is not for everyone, but in my opinion far, far easier than setting up a router table. I simply use a block plane to chamfer each side, and then run a hand beading plane along the top. It is possible to get close enough with just the block plane as the faces of the tenon are the important focus, not a tight fit at the ends. In fact, I leave the tenon a little narrower to have some wiggle room.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Albert Lee]

This is how I made my Domino a couple of years ago.

Didnt want to buy a router table and I didnt have my digital spindle moulder at the time. so I made my own "router table", bought a cheapo Festo OF900, utilising the accessories from Festool OF1010,

Think I made 3000-4000 of 14mm x 100mm. I have also made a couple of thousands of 14mm x 75mm

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real easy stuff to make.

[Ken Krawford]

Albert, that may be the first time I've every heard the words "cheapo" and "Festool" used in the same sentence.

This is how I made my Domino a couple of years ago.

Didnt want to buy a router table and I didnt have my digital spindle moulder at the time. so I made my own "router table", bought a cheapo Festo OF900, utilising the accessories from Festool OF1010,

Think I made 3000-4000 of 14mm x 100mm. I have also made a couple of thousands of 14mm x 75mm

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real easy stuff to make.

[mreza Salav]

This is how I made my Domino a couple of years ago.

Didnt want to buy a router table and I didnt have my digital spindle moulder at the time. so I made my own "router table", bought a cheapo Festo OF900, utilising the accessories from Festool OF1010,

Think I made 3000-4000 of 14mm x 100mm. I have also made a couple of thousands of 14mm x 75mm

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real easy stuff to make.

Cheapo Festool?! :-)
That's quite a load of dominos!!!

[Greg Quenneville]

I think he meant it was a cheap second hand Festo that he equipped with attachments from his OF1010. Festo was the original name 22 years ago

[Albert Lee]

I think he meant it was a cheap second hand Festo that he equipped with attachments from his OF1010. Festo was the original name 22 years ago

that is exactly right Greg.

bought it for like $100 USD. it runs, thats about it.

[Patrick Irish]

Albert What bit? I just tried making a through tenon/domino for an 8mm cutter. I used I think a 1/4” roudover. It worked ok, not as perfect fit in the radius of a 8mm mortise as I’d like.

Overseas has a set of bullnose bits that match perfectly to 6-10mm dominoes. Pricey set of bits though.

[Jared Sankovich]

Albert What bit? I just tried making a through tenon/domino for an 8mm cutter. I used I think a 1/4” roudover. It worked ok, not as perfect fit in the radius of a 8mm mortise as I’d like.

Overseas has a set of bullnose bits that match perfectly to 6-10mm dominoes. Pricey set of bits though.

8mm is close enough to 5/16 to not care about the .002 difference.