Philip Morely Edition Domiplate

[Mike Goetzke]

I have a few of the Seneca tools but did anyone else see the subject plate. Not putting down their new tool but isn't this just a flat plate? I happen to have a 1/4" hunk of aluminum plate that may be perfect to make one.

Thanks
Mike

 

[squall_line]

I mean, it is and it isn't.

It is for the zero-offset side, but it flips to be a 1/2" offset on the other side (or to be used with 1/2" nominal material...)

And it has the thumbscrews and the hand knob, of course.

But otherwise, yes, it's flat so it lets you run mid-panel joins with the domino upside-down instead of needing to have a flat surface on which to run it (as per the video I just watched on the subject).

If you don't to a lot of mid-panel joins, or if you already have a large flat surface on which to do your mid-panel joins, it's probably unnecessary.

 

[ChuckS]

Snip.

If you don't to a lot of mid-panel joins, or if you already have a large flat surface on which to do your mid-panel joins, it's probably unnecessary.

Don't the mating (vertical) panel pieces (which usually are as wide as or wider than the shelves) for the shelving already serve as the large flat surface?

As shown below, the mortising of the mating pieces in a mid-panel situation can be done in one single setup without changing any settings or adding anything to the Domino machine:

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[Crazyraceguy]

Yes, that's exactly how I do it.

 

[squall_line]

That's how I do it, too.

Morely's video was mostly about preferring to use his VAC-Sys when running his Domino, so a zero-offset plate that you can use off the work surface (albeit upside-down) makes sense in that workflow.