Here's my second contest entry. It is similar to my previous topic , but previously I showed how to deal with thin material being joined. The method I show below improves the classic method of mid panel joinery in 3 ways. First, it creates a positive stop on all pieces, instead of trying to align pieces to a drawn line. Second, there is only one measurement made, so you can't screw up to get a misalignment. You still could still screw up and get the shelf in the wrong place... My set of parallel guides (based in large part on the various ts55 parallel guides out there) is the key to these advantages. Third, the one measurement needed does not need to include the width of the shelf material. In the classic method, when the boards are in place ready to be dominoed, the easy measurement that can be made is from the bottom of the side to the top of the shelf. This is occasionally what is needed, but more often I have found myself needing to place the bottom of the shelf relative to the bottom of the side (or top to top). Utilizing the scrap of shelf material is the key to this advantage.
Mid panel domino joinery
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My standard approach is to use the narrow setting on all the dominos going into the edge of the plywood, and 1 narrow with all the rest middle setting on all the dominos going into the face.
This is standard big box store plywood, and it does have a bit of warp. I have made the mistake in the past of putting the narrow setting on the face dominos. That means that when it comes time to assemble, the dominos need to be placed into the face mortices first. I have had some occasions where when I was persuading the joint together, the dominos punched through the face. However, if the dominos are placed in the edge mortices, then if there is some bowing or other misalignment during assembly, the dominos will not damage the workpiece when they are brought together.
This is standard big box store plywood, and it does have a bit of warp. I have made the mistake in the past of putting the narrow setting on the face dominos. That means that when it comes time to assemble, the dominos need to be placed into the face mortices first. I have had some occasions where when I was persuading the joint together, the dominos punched through the face. However, if the dominos are placed in the edge mortices, then if there is some bowing or other misalignment during assembly, the dominos will not damage the workpiece when they are brought together.
