Hi FOG,
This is my first post, I have been reading the forum for a little while now. Wanted to share my project and ask a couple of domino questions. I got a df-500 last weekend, and had a play. I made these little saw horses this weekend out of some cheap hardware store pine, I'm now ready to start a project to sit on them!
My questions were,
On indexing, why does the DF500 have presets at 16 and 20, not 18? I messed up one joint, reference off the wrong side!
Also on centring, for the mortises in the vertical legs that join the horizontal braces. I stacked some scraps up to get the domino a consistant 24mm up, is there a better way to do this? Seemed to work ok,
On a project like this, should I always use the tightest slot setting ? Seemed to work the best
I used 2 x 6mm Dominos in my 65 x 18mm board, my understanding is that is overkill. In soft pine I should use 5mm? and maybe just one domino per joint?
Anyways thanks for your time. Domino is super fun, can't wait to start my next project!
cheers
This is my first post, I have been reading the forum for a little while now. Wanted to share my project and ask a couple of domino questions. I got a df-500 last weekend, and had a play. I made these little saw horses this weekend out of some cheap hardware store pine, I'm now ready to start a project to sit on them!
My questions were,
On indexing, why does the DF500 have presets at 16 and 20, not 18? I messed up one joint, reference off the wrong side!
Also on centring, for the mortises in the vertical legs that join the horizontal braces. I stacked some scraps up to get the domino a consistant 24mm up, is there a better way to do this? Seemed to work ok,
On a project like this, should I always use the tightest slot setting ? Seemed to work the best
I used 2 x 6mm Dominos in my 65 x 18mm board, my understanding is that is overkill. In soft pine I should use 5mm? and maybe just one domino per joint?
Anyways thanks for your time. Domino is super fun, can't wait to start my next project!
cheers