Pass-through top. had to be remade

Crazyraceguy

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Not 100% finished because I got interrupted Friday afternoon, but close. It just needs the top skin, the opening gets nothing from me. Some kind of tray fits into it and a window separates the sides through an opening in the wall.
I'm not sure why they got me these pre-made corners though? I could have easily done this with kerfing some plywood, faster too, but they were already here.
Also included is a pic of how I put Dominos into the ends of the curved pieces. It's just a simple "square" fixture, with a fence/stop to keep it in place when the lower face was square to the table surface.
I really like to register/reference the base of the machine whenever possible. This is a perfect case for that.
 

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Thank you.

I use mine frequently. It was truly a game-changer for me and my workflow.
I am about halfway through the 4th box of 6mm dominos, since moving to the new building. That's well over 4000, and that's just the 6mm. I've used about half that many 8mm and 5mm too.
 
CRG,

The square fixture is a clever idea.

Here, this woodworker shows his way of using the baseplate to register against the work. In my view, his method is superior to using a third party product such as the Dominoplate because it costs nothing (you just need a scrap) and most importantly, it can do mid-panel mortises without having to remove any accessory.
https://m.facebook.com/LeeValleyToo...he-domino-500david-uses-the-/746598143392149/

For the record, I always use the fence for registration except when doing mid-panel type of operation, or using the Veritas Domino Joinery Table.

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ChuckS said:
CRG,

The square fixture is a clever idea.

Here, this woodworker shows his way of using the baseplate to register against the work. In my view, his method is superior to using a third party product such as the Dominoplate because it costs nothing (you just need a scrap) and most importantly, it can do mid-panel mortises without having to remove any accessory.
https://m.facebook.com/LeeValleyToo...he-domino-500david-uses-the-/746598143392149/

For the record, I always use the fence for registration except when doing mid-panel type of operation, or using the Veritas Domino Joinery Table.

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Thank you ChuckS. I had to come up with something adjustable because those corners are not perfect quarters. They vary about 1/8" from being equal, I had to mark the location and orientation of each one. They weren't cut consistently square on the edges either, but I have learned over the years, that you better have your alignment right with Dominos. They won't allow for things to be out of alignment.
Thankfully, they were cut parallel to the centerline, that would have been a pain to deal with.
This is why I would have preferred to just kerf it. All of this could have been avoided.
 
After all of this work, I had to remake both of them. (There was another that went to the same job, that was only the normal1 1/2" thick)
It turns out that there were 2 different mistakes made, one by our draftsman, the other by the contractor.
The thinner one was too short for the opening because two different people "compensated" for the length, so it would fit in the opening without needing notched.
The thicker one, with the premade corners, was the contractor's fault. They lowered the studs in the section of wall where it was supposed to fit, to compensate for the thicker top. After the opening was measured by our guy, the contractor added another stud on each side of the opening, making it 3" narrower.
Trying to cut the original apart was not going to happen, so I remade the whole thing. This time though, I got to test my theory that it would be faster/easier to kerf-bend the apron. It definitely was.
That funny bump around the 7 o'clock point is the smaller one sitting on top, hanging over.
 

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