Initial impressions of the domino

[JP]

1.  Easy to set up and use.  I suggest looking over Bill Esposito's (http://nhwoodworker.com/) review and Rick's manual for the finer points
2.  Very quiet operation
3.  No dust at all when using the CT33
4.  Mortises are very clean, i.e no tear out in maple or poplar
5.  Fit is extremely precise.  For the exact with mortise, I had to use a pliers to take the domino out. It will be interesting to see the effect glue has on this fit.

 

[Ted Miller]

JP, I noticed the same results last night. The tenons fit perfect and the DC was awesome. Made a few small box drawers and they were very strong with no glue with no measuring. This will be a very used tool in my shop...

 

[ejantny]

JP your words exactly describe the way it was for me. I had one slight glitch when installing the trim stop. It was a little tight going on. Pictures from bill-e website helped there.

 

[clintholeman]

1.  Easy to set up and use.  I suggest looking over Bill Esposito's (http://nhwoodworker.com/) review and Rick's manual for the finer points
2.  Very quiet operation
3.  No dust at all when using the CT33
4.  Mortises are very clean, i.e no tear out in maple or poplar
5.  Fit is extremely precise.  For the exact with mortise, I had to use a pliers to take the domino out. It will be interesting to see the effect glue has on this fit.

As Per and John said, with the tight mortise setting - a little [a very little] dab'll do ya!  Don't overglue the tenons - it is quite possible to get hydrolock.  A real pain in the middle of a glue-up.  And just think of all the glue you'll save doing it right  :.

 

[lynnsr]

No more mortise, no more tenon, no more sloppy biscuits, and no new dovetail jig.

This thing is awesome.

Last night I made a very flunky short stool (in about 45 minutes, my first project with this) using the Domino,

I'm using it as a stool and I have not even Glued it together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lynn Sr

 

[Jesse Cloud]

Cranked it up this afternoon.  My learning curve was about 15 minutes, mostly for reading the manual.  Sweet!!  I would still be setting up my router jig for the mortises, wouldn't start on the tenons till tomorrow with the old methods.

Starting to change the way I think about mortise and tenon.  Always viewed them as the goto joint for heavy duty applications.  Always used big mortises and tenons.  The festool does such a good job with the little guys(5mm) that I am beginning to think of using them for small applications,too.  What a surprise, maybe an old dog can learn new tricks. ;D