Removing Tight Dominos after dry fit

[woodshopdemos]

    I just read a couple of mentions about the degree of difficulty of removing the tenons after a good dry fit. I feel your pain. Here is a great answer. It is called The Extractor and is sold by LeeValley. Works great.

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=54191&cat=1,43456,43400

 

[Hoover]

Mcfeely's also sells them.  Here's the company's link.http://www.nailextractor.com/

 

[MarkF]

After putting in and taking out a few times Dominos get loose.  I marked them with an X so they don't get mixed in with the others and keep them in a ziplock bag.  Still have to use a pair of pliers to get them out. 

 

[Les]

I have the extractor. It's great for removing nails but not for removing dominos since you are leveraging at an angle.  I've had the best luck using simple vice gripes. I can either move the domino side to side and loosen or tap the piece it's in to remove. ;D

 

[woodshopdemos]

I have the extractor. It's great for removing nails but not for removing dominos since you are leveraging at an angle.  I've had the best luck using simple vice gripes. I can either move the domino side to side and loosen or tap the piece it's in to remove. ;D

I am surprised to hear this since I have used it quite a bit recently. The picture shows the angle of removal.

 

[bassman00]

Interesting...

Are you pulling straight up with the extractor or rocking it?

I've had great success with pliers and vise grips.  I just have to be careful to rock it along the width as on mortises on the face of a board near an end or edge can blow out if I rock it along with the thickness.

PaulD

 

[woodshopdemos]

Paul,
  Just as the photo shows,I rock it on the width. It can come out in one turn if the mortise is slightly wider that tenon...otherwise back and forth until it lifts out. It does work and doesnt screw up the tenon. For cabinets using 8 to 10 tenons on a joint, I use the slightly wider mortise cutter. Slight marking but easily re-used.

 

[Hoover]

If people are concerned with the angle, then just add a wood block or whatever under the extractors.  That will reduce the angle and get the pull more staight up and down.

 

[clintholeman]

You guys take all the fun out!!!  I use a pair of pliers and bang on the piece with my mallet. ;D  They pop out easily.

 

[woodshopdemos]

You guys take all the fun out!!!  I use a pair of pliers and bang on the piece with my mallet. ;D  They pop out easily.

Hey Clint,
  More probably you have converted a cork remover for removing Doms.

 

[clintholeman]

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Hey Clint,
  More probably you have converted a cork remover for removing Doms.
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John-

As usual, you are way too prescient!! 

I'll have some pix tomorrow of my converted cork screw - I had hopes of a patent, too... ;D  now the cat [or cork] is out of the mortise >snerk> ;D ;D

 

[bassman00]

   Just as the photo shows,I rock it on the width. It can come out in one turn if the mortise is slightly wider that tenon...otherwise back and forth until it lifts out. It does work and doesnt screw up the tenon. For cabinets using 8 to 10 tenons on a joint, I use the slightly wider mortise cutter. Slight marking but easily re-used.

John,
I'll have to check that tool out.  Couldn't used it this weekend.  Used the Domino extensively for some drawers and a bunch of frames for some shelving.  Most of the dominoes were very hard to remove after a dry fit.

Thanks,
PaulD

 

[clintholeman]

For those of you interested in a more elegant solution to removing tight fitting Dominos, my wife got a picture while I was working on a cabinet frame.  I have posted it to my blog [see siggy below].

It is way handier than any of the other tools - at least in our area.