Guy Ashley
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A recent commission is for two sets of Oak Gates, one pair for the pedestrian access and the other for the vehicle access.
These are the pedestrian gates, each leaf is 1.3m high and 1.1m wide, the stock is 70mm thick and they are heavy!
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The main reason for posting this thread is to show the full versatility of the Domino XL. The XL comes with tenons of varying length and diameter which can be used on numerous projects but as discussed before I would not use beech domino's for exterior joinery.
For gates this size traditionally they have through tenons and so I made up oak tenons up to 100mm in width and up to 200mm in length
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Then I plunged the full 70mm into the rails to the width necessary dependant on whether bottom, mid or top rail
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These are then glued in with liberal amounts of Cascamite
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Then the stiles are mortised with the XL. The stiles on this gate are 120mm and 100mm wide but all you have to do is plunge the full 70mm, flip the stock over and plunge in from the other side
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A dry fit check to ensure all is square and you can see how clean the joints are
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and after glue up and clean up the joints look pretty good
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So IMHO this Domino is a real game changer for joinery, with a little imagination it can be used for bigger projects than perhaps originally intended.
So you guys over the pond start saving your $$, it is I believe one of the best Festool purchases for efficiency, effectiveness and time saving and therefore making your business work.
These are the pedestrian gates, each leaf is 1.3m high and 1.1m wide, the stock is 70mm thick and they are heavy!
[attachthumb=#]
The main reason for posting this thread is to show the full versatility of the Domino XL. The XL comes with tenons of varying length and diameter which can be used on numerous projects but as discussed before I would not use beech domino's for exterior joinery.
For gates this size traditionally they have through tenons and so I made up oak tenons up to 100mm in width and up to 200mm in length
[attachthumb=#]
Then I plunged the full 70mm into the rails to the width necessary dependant on whether bottom, mid or top rail
[attachthumb=#]
These are then glued in with liberal amounts of Cascamite
[attachthumb=#]
Then the stiles are mortised with the XL. The stiles on this gate are 120mm and 100mm wide but all you have to do is plunge the full 70mm, flip the stock over and plunge in from the other side
[attachthumb=#]
A dry fit check to ensure all is square and you can see how clean the joints are
[attachthumb=#]
and after glue up and clean up the joints look pretty good
[attachthumb=#]
So IMHO this Domino is a real game changer for joinery, with a little imagination it can be used for bigger projects than perhaps originally intended.
So you guys over the pond start saving your $$, it is I believe one of the best Festool purchases for efficiency, effectiveness and time saving and therefore making your business work.
. Yes, I have used the XL on internal doors with the standard Dominoes & I have to say how surprised I was with the strength. I'm afraid I am still a traditionalist when it comes to exterior doors but after looking at Guys home made Oak Jobie's I can certainly see the merits in them.
