Thread: Making your own domino

That one single domino on top of the pile irritates me! OCD or something

With the dominos, I see mine have glue lines on them.

Perhaps you could do the same by putting them through a roller of some kind? I see metal workers use a device with two rolling pins and a winding handle, like an old-fashioned clothes mangle. It is used to bend metal rods and strip. Perhaps by squeezing them through such a device will give them a little "crushing" so they go in a tad looser, but puff up with the glue?

Just thinking aloud


edit: apparently they are called a "metal roller"... how uncreative. Rather than the smooth barrels, make one with thick threaded rod.... 30mm ($30 per metre) or bigger (like those used in construction). That way when they are run through, the grooves are impressed on them length-wise

Originally Posted by ian

but at least Albert hasn't resorted to the bottle ...

I cant understand why people want to put themself in that situation - drunk, miserable... etc. life is too short. gotta make dominos. lol

Originally Posted by elanjacobs

Yeah...
I guess I'm just used to having a couple of hundred moulder knives on hand to choose from (there was always something that's near enough)

yeah apart from I dont have the knives for this job, here are two other factors

1. I hate setting up my spindle moulder, once my fully automated Ti145 arrives in January/February (hopefully- finger crossed) I will be using the SM more often
2. my spindle moulder is in a awkward position now. where it is at now, it can only take under 1m long pieces for profiling, the SM was setup for tenoning. the new SM will sit at another place in the workshop

Originally Posted by woodPixel

That one single domino on top of the pile irritates me! OCD or something

With the dominos, I see mine have glue lines on them.

Perhaps you could do the same by putting them through a roller of some kind? I see metal workers use a device with two rolling pins and a winding handle, like an old-fashioned clothes mangle. It is used to bend metal rods and strip. Perhaps by squeezing them through such a device will give them a little "crushing" so they go in a tad looser, but puff up with the glue?

Just thinking aloud


edit: apparently they are called a "metal roller"... how uncreative. Rather than the smooth barrels, make one with thick threaded rod.... 30mm ($30 per metre) or bigger (like those used in construction). That way when they are run through, the grooves are impressed on them length-wise

Thanks for the idea!

half of the time the domino will be floating in the mortise they sit... so glueline or not.. I think its ok. rolling thousands of domino wont be fun!

Wow! So great. More power to you!!
I love that people (like yourself) are constantly reinventing and refining ideas to get cheaper/better options.
Time and effort well spent I'd say. Yaaaay!!