Domino Connectors - Corner vs Butt Joint

[SmallGarageStudios]

I am looking to use Domino connectors with my DF 700 for a knock-down project and I’m not sure if I need the full connector set or just the corner connectors.

It seems like in all cases where you would use the Butt Joint connectors, the Corner connectors would also work (it seems like they’re essentially the same except for the second access hole)?

If I have the space to use a Butt Joint connector in the joinery, is there any disadvantage to using a Corner connector in terms of strength or “pulling power”?

 

[luvmytoolz]

You could use a corner set wherever you use a butt joint set, but if you look at how they're fitted, the butt joint connectors are very significantly stronger than corner joint connectors as they're fitted into a slot at a right angle to the rod at both ends, whereas the corner connectors are held in place simply by virtue of the fins that spread out into the timber in one end.

You could safely use butt joint connectors to join a benchtop, but I wouldn't trust the same top using corner connectors anywhere near as much.

 

[Dry1mpact]

Hi,

Would the corner connectors work in a marble threshold, connecting it to the timber door jamb? Epoxy the one with the fins in the marble or would the fins push out to much and crack the marble?

 

[luvmytoolz]

The whole point of them is the spread the fins to engage in the wood. You could file them down but what a pita that would be to ensure you filed enough so when the threads properly engaged it doesn't crack the marble.

Simple wooden dowels would probably be far easier and more suitable?

 

[peter halle]

Hi,

Would the corner connectors work in a marble threshold, connecting it to the timber door jamb? Epoxy the one with the fins in the marble or would the fins push out to much and crack the marble?

I would doubt that you could successfully even machine the mortise into the marble threshold without both destroying bits and also cracking the threshold. My guess would also be that just affixing the threshold with suitable adhesive to the floor inside the wooden jambs would work out better.

Peter