How do i use domino df-500 to join 45 mitered apron to legs

[moderncre8ve]

I have the df 500 and need to join an apron to table legs at 45 degrees. While that is fairly easy to set on fence the domino, the leg is kind of a mid panel joint and am wondering if there is any work around to make this easier other than clamping a flat a straight edge onto the leg and then mortising since i can't reference the edge of the leg.

attached is one of my designs but I've been using kreg joints which don't look good. you will see them where the apron meets the leg.This is a design i build all the time so looking for any tips or tricks.

What MM tenon and cutter should i use for 1 + 1/16th stock?

 

[Rick Christopherson]

.... the leg is kind of a mid panel joint and am wondering if there is any work around to make this easier other than clamping a flat a straight edge onto the leg and then mortising ..........

What MM tenon and cutter should i use for 1 + 1/16th stock?

For positioning on the leg, you can just use the fence with the height set to the appropriate offset for the position of the apron. (The fence would register along the vertical edge of the leg.)

I would probably use the 6mm tenons. Make sure to position them as close to the inside (blunt) corner of the mitered apron boards as you possibly can. In the picture below, I show how you can use the base support mounted to the fence to register the Domino from the pointed edge of a miter. It does not require any permanent modification to your Domino, but I may have drilled a hole through the base support accessory (I can't recall if this hole already exists or not). You can see the head of the screw that goes through the base support and into the triangular hole that is already in the Domino fence face.

Unless you can offset your tenon locations, the opposing mortice locations in the leg pieces will intersect. So you may want to consider making a single through-mortice in the legs and use a single, long tenon to join both aprons and the leg.