Uses for 4mm Dominos?

[semenza]

Hi,

I used 4mm Dominos in the miters on this frame. Which seems to be an ideal place for them.  How about posting your uses  of the 4mm Dominos.

Seth

 

[TJ Cornish]

I have just finished making a batch of transport and storage crates for some lighting equipment for another part of my life.  I used 1/2" baltic birch and 4mm dominos.  This was a great application - I didn't have a lot of room inside the case for structure (though I did add triangular corner braces later), so the dominos are most of the strength.  It worked out pretty well.  The main issue I had was dominoing the face side of the joint - there isn't a lot of wood there to hold the tool in alignment, so I had to be careful to keep the tool straight.

 

[CharlesWilson]

Also with 1/2" Baltic Birch, I have made hexagonal 'tubes' for a Newtonian telescope. Someday, when I complete the equatorial mount,  I'll post the pictures.

 

[BobKovacs]

No pics at the moment, but when I built the extension wings for my Kapex a few months back, I use 1/2" ply to keep the weight down and put a 3/4"x2" edge on it.  The 4mm Dominos worked like a charm.

 

[Brice Burrell]

So far mine have only been used as dust collectors, they sit on a shelf collecting dust. [tongue]

 

[Timtool]

i used them to attach the oak pull edge to the drawers of my sysport workbench, otherwise i only used them to align glue ups, where strength doesn't matter. and you get more of them in a bag so it's cheaper!

 

[RONWEN]

When I use 1/2" birch ply for drawers and small boxes the 4mm tenons work very nicely to make very strong joints.

 

[stvrowe]

I use them for mitered corners in small box construction.  For 1/2" thick sides, I used a piece of 1/8" thick Lexan as a spacer to get the Domino's positioned in the miter properly.  I'll post project pictures later in the member projects section.

As an improvement to the Domino, I have a suggestion that Festool provide a clip on spacer similar to what Lamello uses on their biscuit joiners for various stock thickness.  This would make the use of 4mm Domino's much easier when mitering  1/2" (12.7mm) thick sides.

 

[RONWEN]

Very nice Chris!  Are those backs steam bent?

 

[nydesign]

I have a bunch of radiator covers I'm making soon. I ordered the 4mm thinking I would use them to make the grills.
The design is using 1/2" thick vertical slats set into a 3/4" frame. I want to  use the dominos to set the slats in the middle of the frame.
This seems easier than making  100's of little tenons.

 

[Tezzer]

I use them on my drawer sides as fake through mortises. (I use 5mm internally for construction purposes.)

The drawer below has 2 outsiders at the widest settings, followed by 2 mid-settings, and a normal setting in the middle.  Sometimes I go a widest in the middle, followed by two mids and two smalls on the outside.

They look very neat.

 

[Alan m]

what do you fill them with. a domino or a homemade inlay

 

[Tezzer]

what do you fill them with. a domino or a homemade inlay

Alan, home made Dominos. I leave the top 2mm on the Domino square so it gives the casual appearance its square. If you look close its not, but no one really looks that hard when they open a drawer.

 

[semenza]

I use them on my drawer sides as fake through mortises. (I use 5mm internally for construction purposes.)

The drawer below has 2 outsiders at the widest settings, followed by 2 mid-settings, and a normal setting in the middle.  Sometimes I go a widest in the middle, followed by two mids and two smalls on the outside.

They look very neat.

Very cool  [cool]

Have to remember that for something artsy.

Seth

 

[Sam Murdoch]

Very nice Chris! 

Yeah, very nice - family heirlooms in the making. Good for you.  [thumbs up]