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    Default Alternative to Festool doomino

    The person who never made a mistake never made anything

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    Peter Millard - YouTube 10 Minute Workshop - is selling an interesting loose tenon jig:
    Loose Tenon Jig Plus [video 493] - YouTube
    From memory Peter’s jig is for one size of material only.

    The AliExpress one looks interesting.

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    Have you seen this jig, seems a little more flexible.

    6-IN-1 TRIM Router Jig - freehand routing, inlays, edge-banding, mortises, dados, circles & more! - YouTube

    I know katz moses now sells ready made up versions of you don't want to make it yourself

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    What a shame.

    This is a ripoff of the Tianli handheld morticing jig I follow on Instagram.

    Tianli Handheld Mortiser floating tenon jig for Makita/DeWalt trim router | eBay

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    Quote Originally Posted by taz01 View Post
    I LIKE this!

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    thats a fixed router in a jig... its not the same wabbling action that a domino does.

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    You get what you pay for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by havabeer69 View Post
    thats a fixed router in a jig... its not the same wabbling action that a domino does.
    Correct.

    The Domino works by a straight plunge and wobbling the bit

    These router jigs require the user to move the router side to side as well as plunge. They have short linear bearings with adjustable stops.

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    Sure the user has to do the “ wobbling” but the outcome is the same.
    If you are using them all the time in a business the speed of the Domino would be an advantage but for a home shop they are a very expensive tool for the amount of use it will get and one of these other variants would do the job.

    I am surprised that none of the other suppliers hasn’t come up with a cheaper variant

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    Love the typo thread heading - a "doomino" is what happens when you forget to set one of the many parameters on your domino. Correct cutter - check. Correct plunge depth for domino - check. Correct fence height - check. Correct fence angle - check. Cut set to tight/loose type - check.

    Lost count of the times I've been caught out by overlooking one of these

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beardy View Post
    I am surprised that none of the other suppliers hasn’t come up with a cheaper variant
    festool i believe have a patent on this type of system and no doubt waive a few "cease and desist" notifications for people planning on releasing something similar. Of course in china this means nothing unless you somehow manage to get the patent there.

    festool also know their market and the power of advertising and have basically convinced everyone you need this tool. It's also very well made and holds it value all stuff a competing business has to go up against

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    The dude in the AliExpress intro video was saying the device is made by "Ganwei".

    So I looked that up and here is the original: Ganwei Palm Router Cutting Notches Tool

    Looks like they are iterating fast.


    Looks like a fairly neato device to have for quick tenons.

    Mr Brush is exactly right - the number of times Ive overlooked one of the settings and misplaced a domino-hole.... doh!!!!

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    Where do you get the matching tenons

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    Quote Originally Posted by havabeer69 View Post
    festool i believe have a patent on this type of system and no doubt waive a few "cease and desist" notifications for people planning on releasing something similar. Of course in china this means nothing unless you somehow manage to get the patent there.

    festool also know their market and the power of advertising and have basically convinced everyone you need this tool. It's also very well made and holds it value all stuff a competing business has to go up against
    Yes no doubt they would be savage in protecting their patent but all it needs to be is a hand held loose tenon cutting device which is basically a cross between a biscuit cutter and a trimming router. I would of thought that wouldn’t be a breech ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beardy View Post
    Yes no doubt they would be savage in protecting their patent but all it needs to be is a hand held loose tenon cutting device which is basically a cross between a biscuit cutter and a trimming router. I would of thought that wouldn’t be a breech ?
    I think the original patent runs out in '24, though it's not clear on other forums from what I've read.

    Hopefully dewalt and makita have something in the works....

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