Understanding the Woodpecker MT Center Gauge

[ShawnRussell]

Woodpecker just announced they are offering the MT Center Gauge in metric for Domino users. Can someone help me understand how the MT would benefit a Domino user? I can see the value in manually laying out mortise and tenon. Using the Domino plate I do not see the added value that the MT would bring.

http://www.woodpeck.com/ottmtcentergauge.html

 

[Slappy]

Woodpecker just announced they are offering the MT Center Gauge in metric for Domino users. Can someone help me understand how the MT would benefit a Domino user? I can see the value in manually laying out mortise and tenon. Using the Domino plate I do not see the added value that the MT would bring.

http://www.woodpeck.com/ottmtcentergauge.html

they never say on the Woodpecker video or in their print ad that this for Domino users ,
Just by having a Domino machine one has no use for this tool IMO

I seen these offered & the 1st thing I thought was I have no use for this at all with me owning a Domino ,
I bought my Domino So that I didn't have to make these type of tenons & mortises , there by not needing a tool to center a mortise or tenon cut on a board .
Yeah , I'd love to have Cool Tools like these but these would just sit there looking pretty in my shop  .
The time & effort a Domino saves of cutting tenons & mortises to me is priceless .
these are Not inexpensive tools either  [blink] 

 

[ShawnRussell]

The wording was in the email that was sent:
Two things, first, Monday November 11th is the last day to order one of our new MT Center Gauges. Second, a number of Festool Domino users asked for a version of this tool with metric bars. So we're going to make one which will have five bars instead of four, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 8mm and 10mm. The metric version will only be offered with stainless steel bars. For those wanting both inch and metric, there also now is an option for a deluxe set with all nine inch and metric bars.

 

[Slappy]

I'll have to look for that email , I got one email about the tool but didn't notice that line at all  [huh] I guess I was looking the pictures instead  [wink]
EDIT : OK I got that same email , creative marketing is my guess  [blink]

still  a simple ruler & a pencil will get the center & then use the various methods posted here on the Videos by Paul Marcel  for cutting the mortise .
that's what I do .

 

[greg mann]

I'll have to look for that email , I got one email about the tool but didn't notice that line at all  [huh] I guess I was looking the pictures instead  [wink]
EDIT : OK I got that same email , creative marketing is my guess  [blink]

still  a simple ruler & a pencil will get the center & then use the various methods posted here on the Videos by Paul Marcel  for cutting the mortise .
that's what I do .

Agreed, the tols are pretty and imaginative but my reaction vis a vis the Domino was the same. Why would I need to mark up the work when the whole premise of the Domino is to eliminate any necessity to do so?

 

[joraft]

... these would just sit there looking pretty in my shop  .

What's wrong with that? It's true for many things in my shop, often including myself.  [big grin]

 

[PaulMarcel]

I'll have to look for that email , I got one email about the tool but didn't notice that line at all  [huh] I guess I was looking the pictures instead  [wink]
EDIT : OK I got that same email , creative marketing is my guess  [blink]

still  a simple ruler & a pencil will get the center & then use the various methods posted here on the Videos by Paul Marcel  for cutting the mortise .
that's what I do .

-ding- -ding- -ding- I think we have a winner...

To me, dead center is over-rated; much rather have mortises a hair off center in both axis so when I'm gluing up, if I join two pieces in the incorrect orientation, it becomes obvious.  Gee, ask me why I'd have thought of that...  [embarassed]

 

[Slappy]

I'll have to look for that email , I got one email about the tool but didn't notice that line at all  [huh] I guess I was looking the pictures instead  [wink]
EDIT : OK I got that same email , creative marketing is my guess  [blink]

still  a simple ruler & a pencil will get the center & then use the various methods posted here on the Videos by Paul Marcel  for cutting the mortise .
that's what I do .

-ding- -ding- -ding- I think we have a winner...

To me, dead center is over-rated; much rather have mortises a hair off center in both axis so when I'm gluing up, if I join two pieces in the incorrect orientation, it becomes obvious.  Gee, ask me why I'd have thought of that...  [embarassed]

Paul , your Videos state that in Various different ways  [eek]
Your vids have made my use of my Domino Very easy to use , you make the mistakes & then pass along the wisdom , Priceless ! 

 

[ShawnRussell]

Is your space even done yet?  [tongue]

I am not sure you get to call it a shop until you can actually work in it. 

... these would just sit there looking pretty in my shop  .

What's wrong with that? It's true for many things in my shop, often including myself.  [big grin]

 

[joraft]

... I am not sure you get to call it a shop until you can actually work in it. 

Who made that rule?  [scared]

 

[jimbo51]

If a design called for through tenons perfectly centered on one inch stock, this gauge could be useful. You could use the metric tenon markers with a razor knife and then adjust the domino cutter to be perfectly centered. In such a situation, the issue is not finding center per se, but aligning precisely on the edges of where you want a 10 mm slot. This harks back to the use of razor blades to align the rails for cutting with the TS saws.

While the domi plate is a great idea, I see examples in this forum where it sort of locks people into thinking only in terms of 1/2 and 3/4 stock.