Mounting jig for Domino

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Bob Gerritsen

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Hi all, wanted to share my Domino setup. (If this works cause I'm not much of an expert at uploading to youtube...)

Had a nasty inflammation a couple months ago due to a bit too much dominoing so made a jig to mount it and not having to lift the thing all the time. For this project I had close to 200 dominos to domino in rather small material and decided to move the material and not the machine. Worked out quite nice, just needed to watch the speed as you can see in the video. Would love to see some other stationary Domino jigs!

It's a rather rough cut but for some reason I can only manage this right now, will try to upload something higher res and more edited later.

Cheers, Bob.

DominoMounting.m4v
 
Genius :) nice work! I take it the slot that you are inserting the material through is adjustable, it looks really functional and a good set up for what you are doing.
 
Nice new domino setup. I can see how much faster that is then taking the domino to the material.

I've been wanting to make a similar setup for a while, just havent been able to find the time.
 
Yes, it seems to work well. I've considered mounting my Domino upside down almost exactly like it I with my biscuit joiner a number of years ago.

Me? I'm hoping a table mounted Domino model comes onto the market. Or perhaps, a table only that you'd mount your own Domino into would be nice. The Domino friendly version of a router table would be neat.
 
Very nice, thanks for sharing it here.

Dumb question:  when mounted, the Domino cutter is fully extended?  How's the dust collection?

Regards

John
 
Good morning (here anyway),

I realize I need to take some pics that show how it works. However, the only tricky part (I thought) was thinking of a way to hold the Domino in place and most of that you can see in the video. Like I said, I needed something so I could stop lifting the machine but I still had a lot of domino-ing to do. The clip below shows the initial way of use. Now I had simply clamped it to my cut up table and screwed a small piece of scrap behind the Domino to keep it extended. I am really happy with how this works!

DominoMounterOverview.m4v
 
John Stevens said:
Very nice, thanks for sharing it here.

Dumb question:  when mounted, the Domino cutter is fully extended?  How's the dust collection?

Regards

John
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I think the short video answers your first question but for the second, dust collection is very good! Not perfect but I was surprised by how little dust was there after the 200 cuts.

Cheers, Bob.
 
I think that's very innovative and inspirational for future applications, although I can't come up with one in mind I would need it for right yet.  But I thank you for sharing, and will keep that application in mind.
 
I do not think it's useful to use this router in a constantly ON. is double the rate of heating in the lower part of Domino.
 
Rembo, I think you are right. The 200 routings I had to do I did in 4 times, so roughly 50 each and than a cool off period. There wasn't any science behind that decision, I just figured it might be a bit too much, all in one go, plus there were other jobs to do so it didn't mess up efficiency.

I did not check the machine for temperature, would have been interesting though. It is clear though this machine is not meant to be used like this. I wasn't worried so much about the lower part of the machine, more the small bit (6mm) and the machine in general. If it is just the lower part you are worried about, I think building a jig with more air around the underside isn't that hard. But I don't have to tell you that, as your sort of the Domino-Jigmeister around here. ;) However, the underside of the machine itself is always 'covered' by the sled (for lack of a better word...). I'm not sure what that sled does with regards to heat management but it's not as though the motor itself is stuck to the jig surface. But that said, in the end I wouldn't just use the jig like so for longer periods, I would def check the temperature now and again motor, housing and bit.

Cheers, Bob.
 
50 slots, and it's not a permanent job (there was a time to weaken the clamps and replacement parts) at the bottom of the router is heated so that the arm does not hold .. I have to switch to another job until the Domino cooled. In this project, I made more than 1,000 slots, the router
 
Rembo said:
50 slots, and it's not a permanent job (there was a time to weaken the clamps and replacement parts) at the bottom of the router is heated so that the arm does not hold .. I have to switch to another job until the Domino cooled. In this project, I made more than 1,000 slots, the router
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I apologize. are counted .. after 100 slots, the router is very strongly heated
 
Well it does make sense.... Compared to the Mafell or Lamello, the domino's movement is rather complex. Which is the reason btw I've not bought one when they came out back then. I so did not trust the mechanics... Right now I'm really fond of my Dominos, as long as you take control, take your time and stay sharp it works fine. The lamello I tend to use with one hand while sanding the edges with the other, such an easy going machine. ;)

In any case, one should always keep an eye on the heat generated, probably more so when the machine is mounted thats for sure.

You sure use a lot of Dominos Rembo!  :o

Cheers, Bob.
 
Bob Gerritsen said:
Now I had simply clamped it to my cut up table and screwed a small piece of scrap behind the Domino to keep it extended. I am really happy with how this works!
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Could you show a little more detail on how you keep it plunged?
 
fshanno said:
Bob Gerritsen said:
Now I had simply clamped it to my cut up table and screwed a small piece of scrap behind the Domino to keep it extended. I am really happy with how this works!
Click to expand...

Could you show a little more detail on how you keep it plunged?
Click to expand...

Hi there fshanno, I've already taken that part of the setup apart but will try to recreate it Monday and take a pic. In short though, there isn't much flat surface to push against so I've ended up using a long but thin and narrow scrap of beech that was pushing against a spot where I think a screw for the housing is. But I'd have to check Monday to be sure, hope I don't forget...

Have a good weekend! Bob
 
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