Domino XL price

[woodguy7]

Brett, I see what you are saying but that would not test deterioration of the wood and the glue. A wedged m
& t is a joint that will hold strong with no glue. Will a domino .
?

 

[jmbfestool]

Brett, I see what you are saying but that would not test deterioration of the wood and the glue. A wedged m
& t is a joint that will hold strong with no glue. Will a domino .
?

Well ill make some joints make some kinda of test and come back to you in 100 years  [huh]

For an interior door I would say the strength test if it shows the Domino to be as strong as the M&T I would say its fine to use Domino! 

BUT I know what your saying and for an exterior door and a Gate or something I myself would also think with weathering deteriorating the wood and glue it might not be a suitable jointing method for long term.  So T&M is properly still the best way forward.

JMB

 

[windmill man]

Oh here we go again.................... [big grin] [big grin] [big grin]

I m sticking with my M&T joints but I am sure the XL will have its place just like the baby. [wink] [wink]

 

[Nigel]

Brett, I see what you are saying but that would not test deterioration of the wood and the glue. A wedged m
& t is a joint that will hold strong with no glue. Will a domino .
?

It might if you drove a couple of stainless steel pins through the domino......

 

[Deansocial]

maybe the domino should be designed to cut a flaired mortice and have 2 slots in each end to accept a wedge so when driven it it wedges in

 

[jmbfestool]

maybe the domino should be designed to cut a flaired mortice and have 2 slots in each end to accept a wedge so when driven it it wedges in

Yeah nice one! Now get to work you!

JMB

 

[ajones]

Fshanno

What sort of furniture are you building where the current domino 10x50 tenon is insufficient?!

I think this xl machine is aimed more at timber frame guys, doors etc. Then the tolerances are wider than with furniture construction.

Actually I'm one of the ones who probably overestimates the strength of the standard tenons.  A multiple Domino joint is going to fail at the bottom of the mortise.  So use strong wood.  What sort of furniture?  I believe you can make just about anything using stock dominos.    Here's a table with a 250 lb concrete top.  2 10x50s in each joint.

[attachthumb=1]

You may be right about Festool's intent.  But it looks like the XL would just about kill the hollow chisel mortiser for the small shop.  Anyway, it would kill Powermatic at their price point.  If you could clamp.

IMHO I would very much doubt that, certainly in a joinery workshop. A hollow chisel morticer can handle every size from 1/4" through to 1" mortice chisels, it makes square mortices which are better when you use wedges into a joint for strength and also the workpiece is clamped on both sides.

Oh, and you can pick up a very good 2nd hand Sedgwick morticer for about £500. ;D

Then again perhaps I am just suffering from being trained in an apprenticeship scheme where we were taught that sometimes the traditional ways are still the best.

Those big oak doors at Peterborough cathedral were built that way in the 15th Century and they are still solid so perhaps they had a point! :

i don,t see it replacing the HCM but i think that it is bringing the workshop to site more

And that has to be a good thing,it gives me the ache when I see so called joinery being nailed together on site [mad]