Glueing Hardwood Edges To Plywood with Domino?

[Dan Clark]

Just curious...  In this post, a fellow asked how to glue a hardwood edge to plywood or MDF:http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=55603

I've seen articles about several ways to do it, but I wondered if the Domino would be a good way?   I.e., using an appropriate size Domino, make a shallow mortise in the hardwood edge and a deep mortise in the MDF or plywood, pop in a few Dominos, and then glue.   

Does this sound feasible?   OK, how about reasonable?   Better ways than a Domino?

Regards,

Dan.

 

[clintholeman]

Just curious...  In this post, a fellow asked how to glue a hardwood edge to plywood or MDF:http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=55603

I've seen articles about several ways to do it, but I wondered if the Domino would be a good way?  I.e., using an appropriate size Domino, make a shallow mortise in the hardwood edge and a deep mortise in the MDF or plywood, pop in a few Dominos, and then glue. 

Does this sound feasible?  OK, how about reasonable?  Better ways than a Domino?

Regards,

Dan.

It works just fine.  I have some pix on my blog showing some cabinet doors made that way - with Domino, of course.  It is a piece of cake - WAY better than biscuits [actually no comparison there].  You can adjust the mortise depth on Domino rather easily - if you are looking for a shallower depth than is standard, simply cut a couple of pieces of PVC pipe to length and slip them over the rails.  There is a description of this in the "unauthorized Manual". 

 

[Lou Miller]

Gluing hardwood to plywood edges is one of the things I plan to use the Domi for. Almost all of the cabinets I make are frameless. I make them out 3/4" ply and then edge the ply with 3/4"x 3/4" hardwood that is the same species as the doors. Being that I'm working with plywood, it doesn't take much to go through the outer veneer when I level the sides after they have been edged. Right now I just glue and clamp, but I leave them oversized and level them off with a scraper, sander, whatever. I'm hoping the Domi will allow me the cut my edge pieces to an almost exact thickness of the ply. Good alignment will mean only hitting them lightly with a cabinet scraper.

 

[Dave Ronyak]

Lou,

Your "Dominator" will allow you to do exactly as you have planned.  For my iniital trial run project, I added a thick maple edge to a warped shelf made of particle board core melamine. The top surfaces of the assembled parts matched nearly perfectly in elevation.  Just a little sanding was needed which I did with an LS 130.

Dave R.

 

[Loren Hedahl]

What I'm getting from this is:  using a Domino gives more precise positioning of the edging on the plywood than is possible with a plate joiner.

Is this correct?

Loren

 

[richard.selwyn]

Per has a good explanation of this somewhere on the FOG