Learning Domino —   Domino Wider Spacing Using Cross Stop Accessory

   Last week, Elena learned how to use the Domino Jointer with the Cross Stop accessory for a board that was at the edge of the mating board — such as attaching a back would be. Remember, we would rabbet the sides of a cabinet to receive a back to give us the strength we needed.

   This week, Elena and I will work on procedures for adding pieces that would be a bottom shelf and would require a dado. The arrow marks a scrap of white melamine that Elena will fit to the other piece using Domino Tenons.

    This "bottom shelf" would normally be at the point where the toe-kick would be cut. For this demonstration, Elena just places it about where it would be.

   She pencils where the top and bottom of the board should be. If this were the bottom shelf of a cabinet, she would probably have a "jig" of a simple piece of board to use as a spacer.

   She places the narrow piece at the bottom with the edge positioned at the bottom line. This white melamine is slippery stuff, so she will place two clamps to hold it why cutting.

   Elena is adjusting the plunge depth setting. The inset shows you the different depths that are available in millimeters.
   In this case, we will be drilling down on the 3/4" material first. 3/4" of an inch is about 23 mm, so she will set the depth at 15mm.
   The Domino tool has a 8mm drill installed. That is a good size for this tenon.

   The Cross Stop is set to 100mm which should be pretty good for this use. The mortises do not need to be exactly spaced — as long as they are spaced the exact same way as when the shelf is being mortised.

   This is the setup for cutting the mortises in the side panel (at the bottom here.) The arrow points to the base of the Domino Joiner, There are three lines scribed into the base. One is the center line that you would use if you were lining up the tool to a mark. The other two indicate where the spring loaded pins are located.
   For our use, we have decided to use the Joiner's pin against the edge of the board for our first mortise position.

   This is the first mortise. It is close to  the edge thanks to using the joiner's locating pin. You can also see that the depth is ok — we haven't drilled through to the outside edge.
   The next mortises will be made using the Cross Stop's pin placed in this first mortise.

   This is where Elena has placed the machine in preparation to make the subsequent mortise. The arrow points to the Cross Stop pin which is located in the first mortise and the Domino Joiner is pressed to keep this distance firm during the cutting.

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