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| Humble brag thread. It’s the smaller model and it’s every bit as useful as advertised. Cut my glue up/clamping time in half probably as everything lines up so nicely. I glued up two table tops this morning and I wont even need to do a lot of heavy sanding as the are about as flat as could be. I was using 13/16 S3S Cherry that Rockler has on sale for $2.99 a bd ft |
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| It really does. I did the first one on the “tight” setting with three dominoes per joint (about a 30” piece) and I got it together but did struggle a bit and needed a mallet. I did the second one on the middle setting at it went together quite a bit easier and was just as flat. Next time I will be trying a combination and see how that works. I have a ton of pretty decent cherry to play with and will end up gifting the table anyway. |
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I was surprised to read that a lot of people hate on them. I'm not sure why. Both the Domino and biscuits have a place in joinery. I thought about getting one but tend to use my Leigh FMT most of the time. If I did a lot of projects where I needed a mortise on end of boards longer than 4', I'd think the Domino would be unsurpassed for that. Loose tenons are great and I can't think of a way to create mortises faster than the Domino. Congrats OP!!!! |
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| It is so much more precise than my Ryobi biscuit joiner that I consider them completely different devices. So far I’m loving mine and the only issue I’ve had was because of poor tenon placement on my part. I used the default setting and didn’t calculate in the amount I was trimming off the glued up panel |
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Originally Posted By Curmudgeon762: Humble brag thread. It’s the smaller model and it’s every bit as useful as advertised. Cut my glue up/clamping time in half probably as everything lines up so nicely. I glued up two table tops this morning and I wont even need to do a lot of heavy sanding as the are about as flat as could be. I was using 13/16 S3S Cherry that Rockler has on sale for $2.99 a bd ft Don't know anything about the smaller model but DO use the shit out of the regular kit. Have gone through many, many big boxes of the longer Domino stock and will go through many more in the future. There will not come a day when I do NOT have that tool around in any shop of mine and plenty of Domino stock for it in all the different sizes...     Mine recently gave me warning signs that it was about to take a dump in the middle of a project. (horrible sounds and occasional sparks from what I think was the gear stuff that moves the bit from side to side) I was able to finish that particular project but those sounds and sparks were a big red flag that something was about to die a horrible tool death so I took sent it off for repairs. (Their use of 'security fasteners' where you need special 'security bits' for any disassembly is a sign that the tool 'should' be sent off to the factory for any complicated repairs) They charged me a dollar per minute for the labor + parts for the repairs and I am considering that a VERY good deal considering what a new replacement would cost. Not to proud to admit that I am not skilled enough to be able to service the transmission / gear stuff in those things...  Considering how much use I got out of the tool before needing any of those repairs - I am not faulting Festool. They are every bit what I consider 'Industrial Quality' tools and have to be used a LOT before anything even thinks about wearing out or needing any service. |
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| As good as it works I will probably wear mine out to the point of needing service as well. I don’t think I’ll go back to joinery without it now. I’ve done several tables so far but have yet to do any 45 degree miters like in your photos. |
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Originally Posted By Curmudgeon762: As good as it works I will probably wear mine out to the point of needing service as well. I don’t think I’ll go back to joinery without it now. I’ve done several tables so far but have yet to do any 45 degree miters like in your photos. Was not trying to give you the impression that those tools will break and need service if used more than 'easily'. That stuff is quality and it will take piles and piles of tables before you wear anything out.  This stuff does not come from China. You don't start off with China bearings and China gears and when you 'might' need replacement parts at some point they will not be China bearings or China gears...   Am very happy with the repairs that they did for me and with what they charged for the service. Confident that an expert in those particular tools only replaced the parts that 'needed' replacing and confident that no sub-standard parts were used anywhere in the process. Mine lasted for many, many projects and a metric crap ton of precision holes wherever I wanted them before eventually 'needing' any service at all. |
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I finally got to put my recently repaired Festool Domino stuff to work again after the repairs I had to have them do recently. Was only a couple of doors that needed done but... They were 'big' doors and needed about 20 of the big dominoes at a pretty good depth. (14mm dominoes with most at 70mm depth)   Bought mine new and remember what it sounded and felt like 'new - out of the box'. The repaired tool is noticeably smoother running. Not sure what that means or if it means anything at all but the smoothness now is not hard to mistake as being way different from what it was when the tool was new. Had no issues at all during the use of it. Everything worked more than perfectly. Those guys did not disappoint on the repairs they did for me. |
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Good to know that they have top notch service. It sounds like they are the Lexus of the wood working word. Is that 8/4 lumber you are working with there? I can see why you used all the large tenons. 
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Originally Posted By Curmudgeon762: Good to know that they have top notch service. It sounds like they are the Lexus of the wood working word. Is that 8/4 lumber you are working with there? I can see why you used all the large tenons. You pretty much nailed it when you said 'worth every penny'.
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Looks like you have a pretty decent shop there. And two four legged helpers. I am looking forward to retirement when I can build a shop and do some serous woodworking. With these two at my side
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Originally Posted By Curmudgeon762: Looks like you have a pretty decent shop there. And two four legged helpers. I am looking forward to retirement when I can build a shop and do some serous woodworking. With these two at my sidehttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/563702/IMG_1607-3446253.jpg Hate to say it but main shop (not the home shop) is in a high crime area and so was the shop before that... Those Dobermans are a legit tax write off under the 'Security' column on my taxes and have been for the last 15+ years or so. Same as writing off the alarm system or the monthly monitoring fees for it... Those girls in the pictures are my third pair doing those duties daily... Fortunately, the police are very slow to respond there and the only cameras I have at that shop are dummy cameras or 'unrecorded' cameras. Bad stuff could happen and it would be my word against theirs sort of stuff... 
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