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    Default OMG tenons

    Has anyone tried these aussie made tenons?

    https://www.idealtools.com.au/produc...enons-dominos/

    Thoughts?

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    No but just made a batch of my own in jarrah.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mark david View Post
    No but just made a batch of my own in jarrah.
    Do you bother rounding over the sides or keep them square (and smaller)? I figured there is not much point keeping the rounded edges since there isnt much glue contact there anyway

    I made my own recently with some scrap jarrah too lol. I lined up 3 mortices so it was one big one and just made it square.

    If I had a choice though I dont really want to make my own tenons and these are cheaper then festool ones

    These OMG tenons are grooved on the flat side - are they cut this way or compressed? Does it reduce glue contact?

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    Here is what the forumgoers thought of these in July 2018 (I recalled this thread, but a search did not reveal it!)

    OMG domino Tenon any good

    Looking at a few cost examples (Yes, they are on special now, and from time to time Festool put theirs on special too - so I'm using regular price to be fair.):

    6mm x 40mm: Festool charge $170 for 1140, Idealtools charge $446 for 3000. The Festool tenon works out to be 14.912 cents each, the OMG tenon costs 14.866 cents each.
    10mm x 50mm: Festool charge $170 for 510, Idealtools charge $330 for 1000. The Festool tenon works out to be 33.333 cents each, the OMG tenon costs 33.000 cents each.
    14mm x 140mm: Festool charge $95 for 70, Idealtools charge $644 for 500. The Festool tenon works out to be 135.712 cents each, the OMG tenon costs 128.800 cents each.

    It seems perhaps that these tenons only represent a saving when they're on special? I don't recall the depth of discount Festool offer on these when they're on special, so it's hard to compare "on special" prices.

    At normal price, though, I find it difficult to reward a company that copies another companies product yet deliver nearly no savings to the end user, though given the quantity these are required to be purchased in, it seems their market is large volume users, and in such cases, I guess any savings are valuable.

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    To be honest I do round them over, I like to keep them as close to the correct specs of the festool ones. I just make them as a long strip and cut to length on the bandsaw as required.If a joint requires a run of 2 or more doninoes I cut one mortice on the tight setting and the rest on the loose setting as I get the proper alignment when assembling. I have found the Festool ones to actually be too tight and have split some joints on occasion so I usually sand them a little to stop the glue being wiped off when fitting.

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