New "domino killer" dowel guide for drills

[onocoffee]

But mostly, I just love using it and that is good enough,

I think this is the key. Many of us here are not making our living doing woodworking, so the calculus is different. I enjoy using the Domino. I used a friends Domino once and decided that it was worth the expense. If I were into cars, the numbers would be much larger than the Domino (even a used Mondial Cabriolet is now pushing $60K).

I see the Domino Killer videos with all kinds of contraptions to make a Domino style mortise and just don't get it. To a certain extent, I'm lazy - I want it to be easy. The Domino takes patience to learn its ways but delivers. If I had to do the work to get those router and drill things to make the mortise, I would give up on it and learn how to use a chisel.

But I don't think that the woodworkers who prefer doing mortise and tenon by hand are the Domino haters. They tend to be amicable to the Domino (and may have on themselves). It's more of the power tool woodworkers who seem to have the biggest issues - mainly on cost and then spent an inordinate amount of time and mental gymnastics to craft their rationale.

 

[Mini Me]

(My spell checker keeps making dubious “corrections”. It changed “boring jig” to “borking jig”, and it changed “borking” to “nothing”. I had to look up “borking”. If my spell checker is an indication of the direction of A.I., then I worry for our future.)

Borking: to attack or defeat (a nominee or candidate for public office) unfairly through an organized campaign of harsh public criticism or vilification

Turn it off would stop that. I must admit I have never used one so my suggestion is obvious to me.

 

[Packard]

Turn it off would stop that. I must admit I have never used one so my suggestion is obvious to me.

I never turned it on. It just showed up when I got the Firefox search engine. I will google if there are any settings that control that.

 

[Cheese]

If I were into cars, the numbers would be much larger than the Domino (even a used Mondial Cabriolet is now pushing $60K).

Well unfortunately, $60K only gets you in the door... it doesn't get you a seat at the table.

 

[Vondawg]

Yes.. just maintaining can be at the cost of an entry level EV …parts, hard to find, some nonexistent, most pricey.
Ahhh objects of mechanical art… investment grade…in the 90’s the “under dog” Dino 246..40k….look now. I stuck to motorcycle’s lol

 

[Cheese]

Yes.. just maintaining can be at the cost of an entry level EV …parts, hard to find, some nonexistent, most pricey.
Ahhh objects of mechanical art… investment grade…in the 90’s the “under dog” Dino 246..40k….look now. I stuck to motorcycle’s lol

That's funny...I started with motorcycles, switched to cars and after many years realized that I couldn't afford the car I actually wanted, so I switched back to bikes. Besides, I can store 4 motorcycles in the space you need for a single car.

 

[Packard]

It depends on what aspect of strength you are trying to achieve. For tensile (pull apart) strength you probably don’t need as many dowels. For racking strength (side to side flexing), you likely need more fasteners.

Surprisingly (to me) was that Confirmats excelled at both. The only downsides that I see are cost and visibility. If they can be hidden, I think they are highly overlooked. No special equipment required.

 

[Packard]

Turn it off would stop that. I must admit I have never used one so my suggestion is obvious to me.

It seems it must be Apple IPad’s spell checker. I just went to that and turned off “auto-correct”. I think it will just highlight suspected errors going forward. I will watch and see. Thanks for the suggestion.

Packard

 

[Leadfoot]

1, how can dowels do the same function as a floating tenon? Maybe that’s why the Trinity uses sloppy holes, multiple floating dowels?

Alignment being out the window.

 

[Mini Me]

Well. Spending money on anything not benefiting your mistress IS wrong. Hail Her Holiness!

The thing is. The practical issue with tools is they actually *can* be justified on merit in most cases. This conflicts with Women being "now" creatures. If you spend $5k on a golfing trip, it is past, it does not matter anymore. But a DOMINO, that they can see on the shelf in the garage, that is here, now, insulting and assaulting Her patience with your 'wasteful' behaviour.

My wife understands my tool buying because she does sort of the same thing. She in her younger years did a 5 year indentured apprenticeship in Dress Making and Design along with Millinery because the apprenticeship wasn't enough for her. Her sewing room is 7 x 10 metres and at last count she has at least 9 sewing and embroidery machines and she uses some of those every day in what has now turned out to be just a hobby for her own enjoyment. We just recently spent $30K renovating her room which I first built about 40 years ago so my spending gets a free pass as far as she is concerned.