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28th February 2021, 08:25 PM #1
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Hire Domino or have someone cut them in - Brisbane
Hi Festool lovers, I'm putting together a project with some mitre joints in thick slabs that i want to get maximum strength from.
I'd like to use dominoes rather then dowels or a spline/biscuits but its way out of the budget to buy one.
Does anyone in Brisbane have one I can hire or I can bring the pieces to you and have you cut them in (Probably easier than me figuring out how to use it all anyway).
Open to alternatives as well if someone can point me to other ways to make the joint stronger. (I do also plan on adding some secondary bracing)
Thanks, Adam
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1st March 2021, 05:26 PM #2
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HI AF76, just thinking out aloud, where in Brisbane? how thick is the slab (ie DF500 or DF700 needed) typically thickness divided by 1/3 = domino thickness. A drawing to give an idea, timber used etc. All that info might get someone on board. Cheers
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2nd March 2021, 10:20 AM #3
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Why don't you buy one that way you have it for all time. And I don't mean a festool (that one needs to own a gold mine in order to buy), there are plenty of other quality brands.
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2nd March 2021, 01:26 PM #4
Maybe try your local club - our club Domino gets more use than most of the machinery in the place!
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2nd March 2021, 01:42 PM #5
Can’t you rout out slots in each face and fit loose tenons? Essentially a Domino is a precision loose tenon system; it’s genius and expense relate to its versatility over multiple different applications but you can make a set of one-off jigs that will replicate what the Domino will do.
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3rd March 2021, 02:19 PM #6
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3rd March 2021, 04:04 PM #7
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3rd March 2021, 09:33 PM #8
I'm in the Redlands area if that is of any help. I have the smaller Domino machine.
Send me a PM if that is helpful.
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5th April 2021, 08:49 PM #9
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5th April 2021, 08:50 PM #10
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7th April 2021, 08:30 PM #11
No one but Festool makes a Domino. They invented it and still own the patent.
Other alternatives are biscuit joiners, Lamello Zeta, Mafell Doweller and Triton make something as well. The Lamello and Mafell are more expensive again than the Domino.
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8th April 2021, 09:50 AM #12
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Make a jig, use the router, done it heaps of times.
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2nd May 2021, 10:17 AM #13
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If you don't have a domino and are willing to put in a little time, here is a very good router jig for making domino joints. She goes through the full process and has plans available Mini Mortising Jig for LOOSE TENON Joinery! No Domino required! You can even use your trim router! - YouTube
I happen to have a DF500 so I haven't tried her domino jig. It does however, look like it could do almost everything the domino can do for a fraction of the cost.
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2nd May 2021, 11:02 AM #14
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2nd May 2021, 09:55 PM #15
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This is a similar unit I built and posted about in 2015
Dan Phalen mortising jig
Works very well.
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