Domino angle question

KeithB

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I want to put dominos into a joint at 82 degrees. It’s easy to do the horizontals as I cut the mortise square then cut off the 8 degree angle; but how can I cut the mortise in the (nearly) vertical piece? Is there an accessory that can angle the fence away from the workpiece?
 
Maybe you are making it overly complicated. If the faces of the pieces you are jointing come together with no gaps (as one would expect with any joint) then just put a pencil line across the joint position and do a normal (right angle) domino slot on both sides of the joint. The domino will then act as a tenon between both pieces. Peter
 
Thank you Peter. That is a very sound answer I know. Two problems:
1/ I have read on the Benchcrafted website that in these situations a straight tenon is stronger than the angled one that would be thus created.
2/ Because of that I have already fitted and drawbored the cross piece tenons straight. (Probably stupidly before I realised that to cut the mating mortise is not catered for by the basic domino machine and is quite tricky).
Any suggestions?
 
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