Thread: Dominoing into Screws

Originally Posted by nt900

I see your point. Next time I will throw a finger in between the cutter and any expected metal - take a hit o protect the Domi.

Hmm, note to self, use more smilies next time

('twas irony)

Note to Domi users. To prevent a Groggy taking place, if you can see some timber through the little triangles on the horizontal fence your fingers are safe. No timber = possible Groggy mangle Proceed with caution

Originally Posted by Lignum

Note to Domi users. To prevent a Groggy taking place, if you can see some timber through the little triangles on the horizontal fence your fingers are safe. No timber = possible Groggy mangle Proceed with caution

Not so Terry, there was timber there but the plunge was set too deep and the workpiece was on end, not on its side. The bit pierced the work and got me. (I will not be making a video in case anyone asks )

Originally Posted by Groggy

Not so Terry, there was timber there but the plunge was set too deep and the workpiece was on end, not on its side. The bit pierced the work and got me. (I will not be making a video in case anyone asks )

Did the cutter come out the side?

Originally Posted by Lignum

Did the cutter come out the side?

The piece was standing on its end, the domi was sitting flat and plunging into the vertical workpiece.

Should have plunged only half way through but forgot to reset depth. My hand was holding the vertical workpiece to the domi. I plunged clean through. All this with pics was in the previous thread. Dumb thing to do, totally.

Yep, i remember that thread And ill go back to the triangle analogy, see no timber, dont hold the work piece behind the cutter

Originally Posted by Lignum

Yep, i remember that thread And ill go back to the triangle analogy, see no timber, dont hold the work piece behind the cutter

I don't understand. As I said, there was wood behind the triangles The reference surface was the bench, not the fence.The fence was in the up position.


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Terry, to save me hijacking this thread further I've put some pics on the original thread.

Originally Posted by Waldo

It's Titebond III and it looks very much like it is there for good. I've been toying with taking it down to my saw sharpener bloke - if the cutters can be resharpened?

It's only polymer glue on metal. A razor blade scraper to slice it off would probably work.

Originally Posted by Waldo

Pretty much what I thought. A stuffed 8mm cutter anyone?

Having put my embarrassment aside, here are some images of the damaged screw and cutter.

Yep Waldo. One (actually two) stuffed cutters. One was recovered by diamond filing the end cutting edges, the other could not be recovered.

For those who don't already know, domino cutters can be resharpened (end cutters only) a little because the domino machine places a slightly longer cut into the workpiece. So taking up to a mm off the end of the cutter should still give you deep enough holes - just.