OF1010...or is it a domino?

[Mac]

Hi all,

Am waiting for delivery of my first ever router...the beautiful and cheeky little minx that is the OF 1010.  While I'm excited about this, I've also been daydreaming of owning a domino.  Now clearly for a cheap punk like me the likelihood of this occurring is minimal, but how close can you get by routing a couple of mortices and making your own little dominos? Heck, could I even use actual dominos to pretend it's the real thing..?  :

Mac

 

[Pete Pedisich]

Mac,

Kind of like this...see pic

I made a jig that can make Domino mortises...it's in the Jig section here at FOG.

Good luck with the 1010, I want one too.

Pete

 

[JeromeM]

Hi all,

Am waiting for delivery of my first ever router...the beautiful and cheeky little minx that is the OF 1010.  While I'm excited about this, I've also been daydreaming of owning a domino.  Now clearly for a cheap punk like me the likelihood of this occurring is minimal, but how close can you get by routing a couple of mortices and making your own little dominos? Heck, could I even use actual dominos to pretend it's the real thing..?   :

Mac

As far as the joint is concerned you can not only get close you can do exactly the same.

Of course the the only problem is that you will have to make quite a few different jigs and to be as exact in placing, width and depth you will probably start by taking 50 times as long. But after practice you will probably get to down to only 10 times as long.  :'(

The upside though is that you will have a lot of fun jigs and you can use different sizes of tennon easily.

Good luck

 

[John Stevens]

Of course the the only problem is that you will have to make quite a few different jigs and to be as exact in placing, width and depth you will probably start by taking 50 times as long. But after practice you will probably get to down to only 10 times as long.  :'(

Having made a few such jigs (none as nice as Mr. Pedisich's) I agree wholeheartedly.  That said, if the price of the Domi is out of reach, try a good biscuit joiner like a Lamello.  I own the Domi and the bottom-of-the-line Lamello, and still won't give up the Lamello.  Overall the Domi is a better value for me (I make what I like to call "furniture") but offhand I can't think of anything that the Domi does that I couldn't do with the Lamello, given a little extra time.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

John

 

[Frank-Jan]

This thing looks interesting for the use you mentioned: http://www.mortisepal.com/

 

[Mac]

Frank,

That does look interesting, might be just the job. Thanks for pointing it out.

Mac