First Domino use and a rush job.

[Rob-GB]

The fax came through Wednesday requesting a kitchen hatchway for a project nearing completion, the architects sketch raised a couple of questions, so a cad drawing was emailed back with them.
Fortunately my latest Festool order arrived late that afternoon, so on Thursday afternoon  I got started on the panels using my new MFT/3.

I made them oversize from 12mm MDF with the requested 6mm ?V? groove at 50mm centres.

I then set up to route stopped and through grooves in the stiles and rails. I ran top and bottom rails in long lengths due to them being less the 150mm finish length, and then cut them to final size later.

I squared up the stopped grooves with a chisel. The earlier questions were answered, so you can see that the bottom rail is wider than the top, the meeting/closing stiles are to be rebated so are wider than the hanging stiles.

Being the first use of the Domino I approached it as I would my old Elu biscuit joiner and just marked the centre lines for the machine, the doors went together tight and square first time.

Close up of the joint.

The lining was domino?d and screwed, the cill or serving shelf is domino?d but not screwed , dining room and kitchen views.

 

[Rob-GB]

This serving hatch has to be installed into a hole that has been cut in a  celcon block wall so the cill has to be set in place by diagonally placing it in the opening, leading to the question of how to get the lining in and remain true to how it was made. My solution was to split the lining in two, the joint line is hidden by the door stops. I took advantage of the domino?s extra waggle facility to produce elongated slots that met on the saw cut line, while the domino?s into the mdf are on the tight setting.
I made a test slot set to get the positioning just right and used the marks to set out positions. I used domino?s to align the lining and when installed on site these can be glued to make a secure fixing.

This method of making door linings is not new, I installed similar door sets while working in Germany, but using the Domino system is an improvement on that system. The idea may be of use for some of your projects. I hope to post final pictures next week , it?s a bank holiday weekend here.

Thanks for looking.

Rob.

 

[Jesse Cloud]

Very clever!  The Domino is an incredible time saver.  Looking forward to seeing how you put it to use!!