Domi dose Dovetails

[Tezzer]

Look out side the square - Thats the best way to sum up Domi  ;D

This is one half of doing a Dovie using Domi.

First use the 5mm cutter on the 1st lateral setting with a spacer "under" the domi plate so the cut just pases the bottom of the stock.

Then depending on the Dovie angle and thickness you want, use the 8 or 10mm cutter and raise the fence to clear the first cut.

This might seem silly and overkill to most of you, but you get a "perfect" mortice in depth and a flat bottom that requires minimal clean up with a sharp chisel as shown in the pic.

Its to big for fine work, but for larger Dovies the Domi will get you on the way in no time flat.

No 1 shows the 2 Domi cuts.

No 2 shows the waste being removed.

No 3 shows the finished socket waiting to be scribed to cut the pins.

Geeeeeze i love my Domi ;D

 

[Lou Miller]

Tezzer, you wouldn't happen to be Lignum from the OZ (ubeaut) forum would you?

I only ask because the two of you seem to have the same ideas. Whether you are or aren't him, keep posting either way...

 

[Warrior]

Tezzer and Lignum seem to have the same shop too ;D ;D, well at least the same work bench.

Eiji

 

[Lou Miller]

I basically have the same work bench too. Its a pretty popular way to go. Of course, thanks to one of Lignum's ideas, I have the Domidogs in my bench now as well. So, mine looks a whole lot like Lignum's bench.

He ain't got no General 350 attached to his though...  ;D

 

[Tezzer]

Yep Tezzer is Lignum 

This is a great forum and its nice to share Domi ideas and not get flamed like on other boards ;D

 

[John Stevens]

Oh my gosh, I wouldn't have thought of that in 100 years.  Thanks!

Regards,

John

 

[ROb McGilp]

See Tezzer,
I'm still anonymous. ;D :

Albert

 

[Lou Miller]

Yep Tezzer is Lignum 

This is a great forum and its nice to share Domi ideas and not get flamed like on other boards ;D

I figured it had to be you. Glad to have you over here. For everyone that hasn't been to the OZ forum, Lignum has posted some pics of some really great uses for the Domino over there. I for one appreciated them very much so. They had a head start on us over there, and we could all benefit from what they have to offer here. Now we just need to get Patr and his dog over here to liven the place up some  ;D

 

[Lou Miller]

See Tezzer,
I'm still anonymous. ;D :

Albert

Give me a little while, you won't stay anonymous for long...  ;D

 

[Clachan a Choin]

May I respectfully suggest that in all future postings that references to bench DOGS, DomiDOGS et al be deleted and Cat or some other description applied. We can read you know and I do recall a certain Antipodean HolzMeister being mildly rebuked for using DOG when he first came up with the idea.

Must dash as I do believe that a nice man from DHL is walking up the path with a Domino round holding jig for the one who thinks he is the Master but is really just someone I take for a walk each day.

For Albert, himself asks if you would like a signed copy of the "Llap Goch guide to Self Defence Woodwork?"

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[ROb McGilp]

Dear Clachan,
I wholeheartedly agree regarding dogs. Though perhaps gerbils and tape would be better.
Also, I shall, in collaboration with the following said species be preparing an Australian equivalent of llap goch.
"The Greater Victorian Grey Dropbear guide to human rescue." It promises to be a very thin tome.

Regards,

Albert

 

[Dave Rudy]

I figured it had to be you. Glad to have you over here. For everyone that hasn't been to the OZ forum, Lignum has posted some pics of some really great uses for the Domino over there. I for one appreciated them very much so. They had a head start on us over there, and we could all benefit from what they have to offer here. Now we just need to get Patr and his dog over here to liven the place up some  ;D

Let me add my hearty welcome as well.  I spent hours pouring through the thread on Dominos from those that have them (or some such) while waiting for my Domi to arrive and I found it time extremely well and productively spent.  It is good to have both of you (and more?) come out from Down Under and post here Up Above.

And I second Lou's remarks about Patr too.  I have rarely enjoyed any posts as much as his.  Maybe you would be willing to contact him and suggest that he join us -- he would be most welcome here.

I look forward to your contributions and companionship here, as I have seen the incredible talent and creativity you bring to the craft.

Dave

 

[mysterium]

I am also delighted that the various Wizard's of OZ have found the FOG!!! 

I have enjoyed many of hours reading the wit & creativity they have shown on their site.

Now if we can just get Simon & his human companion Patr to join in..... we'll all be drinking scotch and be holding our sides trying to catch our breath between fits of laughter!!!  And I might add gain an insight or two about our Tools of Green.  Not to mention new creative ways to get out toys... er... ah... tools.... past SWMBO.

Tesser or aka "Lignum" I'm glad you joined in!!!  I know you will have a lot to add!!

jim

 

[Clachan a Choin]

Jim

Its Simou not Simon. I know him well and we often meet up to chew the fat on our lot in life. He is a handsome dog with a kind heart but an inordinate skill in befriending loosers. He is of noble birth but, in a cruel twist of fate, landed up with a commoner and international waif who is Irish, served in the British Army, did a tour with the US Army in an attempt to bring couth to them (failed), taught on the evils of drink at the
Australian Police Academy in Cyprus (another failure) and now lives in a far off place called Wales. You couldn't make it up.

His one fault is that at an early age he got bitten by the Festool bug after eating one of the waifs 150mm sanding pads and 180 grit disc (bolt and all). Ever since that day Simou has persuaded the said numpty to purchase every Festool tool he can. Oblivious to the screams of his children who hoped to inherit enough money to bury the dastardly git, he has even gone and purchased a Kapex (complete with a metric (aaargh!!) scale and metric laser beam).

He arranged for his long suffering Chief of Staff to be out of the Valley on a hastily arranged nasal hair removal appointment whilst the man from DHL delivered the new and superbly engineered saw up the path. As I write, Simou has informed me that some serious camouflage work is being undertaken in the shed to hide the Kapex from prying eyes which are now complimented by an acute sense of smell thanks to the aforementioned appointment.

I shall pass your compliments to Simou but I doubt he will pass them on to the numpty as these days he is to be found hard at work on his Masters Degree, " The effects of Islay Single Malt Consumption on the Bewildered" and cannot listen and drink at the same time.

 

[Lou Miller]

His one fault is that at an early age he got bitten by the Festool bug after eating one of the waifs 150mm sanding pads and 180 grit disc (bolt and all). Ever since that day Simou has persuaded the said numpty to purchase every Festool tool he can. Oblivious to the screams of his children who hoped to inherit enough money to bury the dastardly git, he has even gone and purchased a Kapex (complete with a metric (aaargh!!) scale and metric laser beam).

Glad to see you made it...

Now, let's move on to the important stuff. Any chance Simou will allow some info about that Kapex to be posted. There are several of us that are chomping at the bit to hear feedback from an actual user. Tell Simou if he's ever in North Wales (sorry, that's on the other side of the pond) I'll let him eat one of my 150mm sanding pads as payment for information passed on.

 

[mysterium]

I am delighted that Simou is on the FOG!!!

When I read the bio on the Kapex I totally missed the part about the metric laser beam...  that will certainly help those of us with a fractinal mind to be caliberated in metric ease.

jim

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Everyone,
This is one of the most entertaining, and interestingly poetic, discussions I've seen so far!  Is there something about the Domino that releases creative hormones, and inspires the right language to direct those hormones to productive purposes?

Welcome Tezzer (Lignum) to the forum!  Glad to have you here.  I must admit, I don't frequent that many other woodworking forums, but after this discussions I did scan around to get a glimpse at your previous postings elsewhere on the Internet.  I look forward to reading more of what you have to say.

Stay in touch,
Matthew

 

[Clachan a Choin]

Lou

The Kapex may seem important to you but to me it is another expensive tool that is slowly eating into future pigs ears purchases and bags of Hills Science dog food for the Discerning Canine Diner. However, noting as I do that you are in North Wales albeit one 3500 thousand miles away from the Original  ;D I will attempt to forward any questions you may have on the said saw.

To you and to him its a miracle of Teutonic engineering wrapped in a chassis of lightness and strength, replete with more features and clever touches than a Lexus on steroids and which cuts with an accuracy and quality of finish that renders all other SCMS's obsolete. To me its a means to cut a bit of wood in two. But I have to say that I have only ever once seen him as excited, and it wasn't the night he saw the Chief of Staff (COS) in the shower, but the day that Miss Domino was delivered. The long suffering COS fair blushed as cries of " you beauty! you darling girl! I can't wait to get my hands around your lithe body!", resonated across our tranquil Valley. When she realised that it was a $1000 wobbly angle grinder thingy he was shouting about she locked the front door and he and I (for tis true I am Simou) spent the night in the shed, or Systainer Heaven as he calls it.

Still fire away but do remember that we speak a different kind of English as you over the Pond dwellers! Plus we will not enter in to the Imperial/Metric measurement claptrap as we have rulers and tapes with both on and merely use a thick pencil to mark lines.

Regards

 

[greg mann]

Personally, I am not too thrilled about having Aussies joining in the fray around here. Their collective sense of humor is too highly refined. When they poke fun at each other the recipient of the barb enjoys it more than the poster. In other words they have thicker skins than we tend to have; entirely unacceptable. How can we ever have contentious exchanges again?

This is not to mention their creative use of the English language! Do you guys realize how difficult it will be for us to understand a simple post? We'll be scratchin' our noggins constantly and asking ourselves just exactly what is was that we had just read. In fact, I joined the Aussie forum about three years ago just so I could ask about the origin of the word 'Pommie'. The guys darn near took a vote to see just who should answer my question. The winner started his post with "Greg, Greg, Greg, you had to ask..." Three or four pages later I not only had an answer, I had a half dozen! I don't think they were pulling my leg, though I'll never know for sure, I just think they wanted to give me all the historical possibilities. Actually, they had different opinions amongst themselves but it never devolved into anything more than great fun for all involved. In the process, I learned more about Aussie history than reading by Bill Bryson (In a Sunburned Country) and Bruce Chatwin (The Songlines).

This is bad news I tell ya'. We are two countries separated by a common language!!!

Disclaimer: To my fellow Yanks; this is all in jest. I don't need to tell the Aussies that it is. They were on to me in the first sentence!

 

[Clachan a Choin]

"Personally, I am not too thrilled about having Aussies joining in the fray around here."

Spot on Greg. Absolutely. Couldn't agree more. You would be hard pressed to meet a more insensitive, rough and forthright bunch who do not care who they upset, who leer at women, drink to excess and break wind at will.

I would ban the lot of them were it up to me but then I take three sharp paces to the rear and consider the menfolk (The Viet Taff) here in my adopted country, Wales. You would be hard pressed to meet a more insensitive, rough and forthright bunch who do not care who they upset, who leer at women, drink to excess and break wind at will.

Please add the Welsh to your list as it is clear that they have much in common with the Aussies.  They will post in an aggressive and synchronised manner, devoid of any humour (humor) and throw in the odd brainwave or tip to deflect attention from their mission to introduce complicated answers to simple questions. They will drag the refined and succinct tone of this forum down to an unacceptable level and should be banned forthwith.

By the way, do you have Google in the USA?  You could have found out the origin of 'Pommie' without having to expose yourself to a torrent of grammatically incorrect replies from the verbose citizens of the Antipodies.

Regards from the Valley

I wish to die in my sleep just like my Dad. Not screaming and hollering like his passengers.