Need Help With Domino 500 Selection on 2" Thick Material

[promhandicam]

I have never used anything other than the narrow slot size when dominoing - even when doing long boards. There is very little movement along the grain. It would be different if I were breadboarding but I have not done that yet with my Domino.

Peter

Why on earth do that? What do you gain by using tight slots on all the domino's especially if you are marking by hand. You've only got to be slightly out and the joint won't go together which you usually find out when everything is already covered in glue. The dominos in this instance are purely to help align the boards and so I would only do the first slot tight and all the subsequent ones on both boards on the second setting using the cross stops - no marking out. This is one of the advantages of the domino over a biscuit jointer - no time wasted setting out.

 

[mouppe]

+1 Peter.

I have four or five Incra rules, and the only one I don't use is the 18" one. It's too bendy to be useful. Well worth getting the rest though. The bend rule is particularly useful from time to time, as is the T-rule.

I got the metric 150mm rule specifically for domino layout. Works a treat.