Using the Domino for HD Workbench

[butzla]

What's you opinion on using the Domino to build support leg-assembly for heavy duty cabinetmakers workbench.  This is like an "Ulmia" type bench.  Don't own a Domino yet and have this project on this year's to-do list.  Was wondering if I should hold off building until I  purchase one.

 

[ohkipp]

I would not advise using the domino for leg support on a work bench. It  would be allright for top alignment but thats where I would stop with the domino.
For a work bench you need something that will go deeper into your legs than a biscuit.  I would suggest slip tenons. Make them beefy and you will be happy with the results. A lot of work bench's even have through bolts as an added measure of strength.
Hope that helps

 

[butzla]

Kip,  Uhhhh,  sin't the domino a slip or loose tenon maker?  Do you own one?

 

[Terp]

Through tenons.  Don't worry.  You'll just be cutting a larger, deeper mortise, through the material.  The tenon is then cut to fit & that's the easy part.  They can be wedged or pinned or not at all.  No matter what, they are  the strongest option.  What materials will you be using?  Will it be a trestle design?
  To cut the mortises, you'll need to consider how you'll approach that.  What other tools do you have?  You can use a square mortise chisel in a drill press for one approach.

 

[AHoman]

Hey Butzla,
I think that the Domino is the bees knees, but I would not use it to build a workbench.  Check out Landis' "The Workbench Book", or Chris Schwartz's new book on workbenches, pick a style, and go with it.
-Andy

 

[Warrior]

What's you opinion on using the Domino to build support leg-assembly for heavy duty cabinetmakers workbench.  This is like an "Ulmia" type bench.  Don't own a Domino yet and have this project on this year's to-do list.  Was wondering if I should hold off building until I  purchase one.

Why not? You can make your own dominos to fit the widest and deepest setting, 28mm deep. Use multiple dominos and reinforce the joint with a bedbolt or allthread across the entire trestle. I own an Ulmia workbench the the leg joints in my trestle would not be as strong as the one I just described.

Eiji