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I have a question about butt joints with the Domino 500.
I am building some cabinets for AZ drawers (just tops, bottoms and sides in 18mm ply, with no fixed shelves or cabinet back) and am trying to refresh myself on mortising the pieces. I have tried to read everything and watch the videos but haven’t had much of a chance to actually practice on the Domino. Don't want to screw up.
The question is whether it makes any difference in terms of efficiency, strength or accuracy if I follow the manual and supplemental manual instructions for cabinet carcase butt joints versus the instructions for butt box joints.
For butt box joints, they suggest mortising the captive pieces laying flat on the MFT but holding doing the cap pieces held vertically in a vice and using the Base Support Bracket, and in both cases referencing with the fence fully extended and height adjusted.
For cabinet carcase joints, they suggest mortising the tops, bottoms and fixed shelves with everything laying flat on the MFT, with piece on top of the other, and referencing off of the base of the Domino with the fence retracted.
Here, I don’t have any internal fixed shelves, but it still seems easier to do everything laying flat and using a scrap piece of the plywood as a spacer, as opposed to clamping and attaching the Base Support Bracket. If I understand it correctly, on the captive pieces, the mortise won’t be exactly in the middle of the 18mm thickness, but it seems like everything should line up and I won’t have any issues with fence drift.
Does anyone have advice on which method is better, or whether I am missing anything important.
Thanks.
I am building some cabinets for AZ drawers (just tops, bottoms and sides in 18mm ply, with no fixed shelves or cabinet back) and am trying to refresh myself on mortising the pieces. I have tried to read everything and watch the videos but haven’t had much of a chance to actually practice on the Domino. Don't want to screw up.
The question is whether it makes any difference in terms of efficiency, strength or accuracy if I follow the manual and supplemental manual instructions for cabinet carcase butt joints versus the instructions for butt box joints.
For butt box joints, they suggest mortising the captive pieces laying flat on the MFT but holding doing the cap pieces held vertically in a vice and using the Base Support Bracket, and in both cases referencing with the fence fully extended and height adjusted.
For cabinet carcase joints, they suggest mortising the tops, bottoms and fixed shelves with everything laying flat on the MFT, with piece on top of the other, and referencing off of the base of the Domino with the fence retracted.
Here, I don’t have any internal fixed shelves, but it still seems easier to do everything laying flat and using a scrap piece of the plywood as a spacer, as opposed to clamping and attaching the Base Support Bracket. If I understand it correctly, on the captive pieces, the mortise won’t be exactly in the middle of the 18mm thickness, but it seems like everything should line up and I won’t have any issues with fence drift.
Does anyone have advice on which method is better, or whether I am missing anything important.
Thanks.