My first impressions of Domino

[clintholeman]

Hi Clint

          Thank you for sharing your impressions, of the domino.Recently, I attended a woodworking show and saw a demo on the domino looks like a great tool.I was wondering about the square in the photo, what kind it is? I'm looking to pick up a new square and I'm all over the map as usual. Thanks Dan

Dan-

It is a very fancy and expensive Stanley - about $10 maybe less.   Had it for quite a while and it seems to work.  I would like to go and buy a really cool and pricey square that they have at my local wood supply house, but kind of hard to justify when this one works well and when I drop it I'm not dropping a $100 bill.

 

[Dan Uhlir]

Hi Clint

    Thanks for the quick response, I think I'll go looking for the same model, price seems great, and I figure if it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me. Thanks again Dan

 

[clintholeman]

I have been working with Domino for part of the day today.  Doing some mortises for a bench.  A simple project and a good test for Domino - ok, a good learning tool for me.  Using Domino is kind of like going to dog obedience school - it is the owner who gets trained.

I've got a write up on my blog with some pix of what i was doing with Domino today.

An interesting find today.  There is this mark on the right side of the frame indicating where the centerline of the cut is.  Makes setting up for a mortise on a slab of wood, like a wide leg or cabinet side, a trivial exercise:  precise and fast.  Even though I am still WAY up on the Domino learning curve, it took only a small fraction of the time to do the mortises compared to the old way -- and though I may not like to admit it - they were really precisely placed!

 

[richard.selwyn]

Thanks to everyone with suggestions about my alignment problem.  Now all I need is another job to try them out.