Using Domino to make drawers

[LMG]

How effective is Domino in making drawers?  What is the smallest size plywood that can be used with Domino?  For those who use domino, what technique would you use if you wanted to make a drawer with 1/2 inch birch plywood for the sides?  In other words, would you simply move up to a larger plywood - or use some other technique to join the sides to the bottom?

 

[ejantny]

Check out the unreleased Domino manual at http://festool.home.att.net/

It goes into basic box and drawer construction.

 

[clintholeman]

How effective is Domino in making drawers?  What is the smallest size plywood that can be used with Domino?  For those who use domino, what technique would you use if you wanted to make a drawer with 1/2 inch birch plywood for the sides?  In other words, would you simply move up to a larger plywood - or use some other technique to join the sides to the bottom?

I haven't seen the manual yet, but there shouldn't be any problem in making drawers with 1/2" material - though 3/4" might yield a more substantial drawer.  Depends on what you are building... my 2 cents.

 

[sroxberg]

LMG ask me on Monday night. My homemade sysport is going to have 1/2 Baltic birch drawer sides and i'm going to try and use the Domino for yucks. It may work, the bottoms will be 1/4 plywood running in dado's around the edge.