Learning Domino — Domino Wider Spacing Using Cross Stop Accessory
Elena starts out this week by installing
the Cross Stop accessory. We will see if it can solve the problem of Domino
tenons being too close together.
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You can see that the attachments are
well designed with dovetail slots to position them securely.
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Now Elena can tighten the finger pulls to lock the attachment to the Domino. You can see that the attachment has a scale in millimeters. The pin can be adjusted by simply pulling back on the knurled knob and sliding the pin along the track. |
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With my metric ruler starting at the
center point of the cutter area, you can see that the machines auto
positioning barrel pins are at 40 mm and the Cross Stop attachment is placed
at the minimum — 100 mm. The arrow points to the window that is used to
adjust the Cross Stop.
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Elena connects the dust extraction hose and the power cord. We are at the worktable so the hose and cord are available via the boom. |
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We can't say enough about the boom. It has really helped our operation. We have the TS75 on the dust extractor and simply move the hose and power cord over to the Domino Joiner or whatever other Festool tool is in use. |
As our next "challenge", we will try our
luck at joining two white melamine particle core boards — one at right angle
to the other. This would be a typical and very often used joint in
kitchen/bath cabinet making.
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We thought of using a scrap of 2 x 4 to keep the Domino from sliding at the bottom edge of the panel, but found that the machine stayed where we put it without an extra aid. We did hold it so that we added slight pressure to the right. That way, we were pulling the Domino against the spring loaded pin. Really worked well. |
Elena is cutting her Domino mortises. The arrow is pointing to the Cross Stop pin that is in the prior slot. The first slot, bottom, was made using the Domino machines positioning pin. That places the mortise near the edge — a good starting point. After that, she uses the Cross Stop pin set at 100mm. |
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On the mating piece, Elena is using the Domino Joiner slid flat on the side piece and mortising into the end of the mating panel. She uses the exact same auto spacing plan as she used when cutting the side. |
She insert Domino tenons into the side panel. This is without glue as a "dry fit." |
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She places the top onto the side. The Domino tenons fit snugly in the side so that when she started the placement of the top, they didn't wiggle out of position as biscuits and dowels sometimes do. |
It couldn't be a nicer fit.
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