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Post by gazza on Oct 17, 2007 23:19:57 GMT
Scrit , the festool jiggers are the dogs dangalies !!! seen a demo of one cutting 40mm worktops at a rather supprising radius and wiggling and turning  The cut was all at 90 degrees when the guy finished !!! the festool jiggers are the dogs dangalies !!! but then so are their blades, bought some and tried them in my blue bosch (think its gst 135 something or other) and its the dogs as well, so a good blade that doesnt flex makes a hell of a difference !!! Cheers, Gazza. |
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Post by paulchapman on Oct 17, 2007 23:40:22 GMT
so are their blades, bought some and tried them in my blue bosch (think its gst 135 something or other) and its the dogs as well, so a good blade that doesnt flex makes a hell of a difference !!! That's useful to know. I bought some quite expensive DeWalt blades a while ago that were advertised as being particularly good and they flexed so much they were useless for cutting anything. Must try some of the Festool blades. Cheers  Paul |
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Post by gazza on Oct 17, 2007 23:49:54 GMT
Hi Paul, the festool blades retail for around £2.00 each (5 pack of trion) Bosch do an excellent blade T144DP every bit as good as the festool try, stores.ebay.co.uk/M-P-TOOL-SPECIALISTS £2.00 for a pack of five, although they dont seem to have any at the minuite, Axminster do them for around £3.50. Cheers, Gazza. |
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Post by paulchapman on Oct 18, 2007 6:20:34 GMT
Thanks gazza Paul |
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Post by Scrit on Oct 18, 2007 17:55:43 GMT
I bought some quite expensive DeWalt blades a while ago that were advertised as being particularly good and they flexed so much they were useless for cutting anything. Must try some of the Festool blades. I generally stick with Bosch (Scintilla) ones as they are readily available, but Makita blades are surprisingly good, too (when you can get them). The other blades to try are the Lenox blades (sold through Irwin-Record) which are bimetallic, have a long life and are really rigid. Scrit |
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Post by paulchapman on Oct 18, 2007 18:02:57 GMT
Thanks, Scrit - very helpful Cheers Paul |
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Post by nickw on Oct 26, 2007 14:37:29 GMT
I've just succumbed to a Domino - to add to my TS55 and BS75.
I have been reluctant to bite the bullet as the Dom seemed too much like a ponced up biscuit joiner. This morning however, faced with making a load of loose tenon joints, and not wanting to go through all the faff involved in putting the mortices into end grain, I went out and bought one. What can I say? It works straight out of the box, and is very accurate. Mating surfaces are flush - in three dimensions; joints are snug-tight; it's a piece of piss making twin (parallel) 'tenon' joints.; it's quiet (when compared with my DeWalt biscuit jointer). I might get to like it. I might get to like it a lot.
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Post by paulchapman on Oct 26, 2007 15:36:49 GMT
Dom seemed too much like a ponced up biscuit joiner Bet he's never been described like that before ;D ;D The Domino sounds good, Nick. Cheers Paul |
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Post by nickw on Oct 26, 2007 17:11:51 GMT
Oooooooohhhhh I HATE being quoted out of context  ;D |
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Post by colincott on Oct 26, 2007 17:18:25 GMT
Oooooooohhhhh I HATE being quoted out of context ;D The thing is that quote might not be far wrong |
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Post by dom on Oct 26, 2007 17:33:50 GMT
NickW wrote:
Dom seemed too much like a ponced up biscuit joiner
No but seriously, have you people not seen the pictures of the moderators.
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Post by paulchapman on Oct 26, 2007 17:36:40 GMT
NickW wrote:Dom seemed too much like a ponced up biscuit joinerNo but seriously, have you people not seen the pictures of the moderators. ;D Just had a look. Nick was being quite apt ;D ;D ;D Cheers Paul |
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Post by dom on Oct 26, 2007 18:30:12 GMT
Alright Chapman, outside.
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Post by paulchapman on Oct 26, 2007 18:33:22 GMT
Alright Chapman, outside. :oI was only joking, honest ;D |
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Post by dom on Oct 26, 2007 18:37:33 GMT
I'm outside, are you coming or not, 'cos it's really cold out here ;D
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Post by paulchapman on Oct 26, 2007 18:40:02 GMT
No, I'm staying in here, by the fire  ;D |
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Post by dom on Oct 26, 2007 18:53:17 GMT
Oh, right, well, I'm going home then.  |
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Post by dirtydeeds on Oct 28, 2007 17:27:28 GMT
dont believe anybody ive got the word "carpenter" on the side of my van, thats a trade the domino works fine, ive made doors and frames with it. this is my best door and frame so far  storage racks, casements and frames for boxing in |
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Post by craigmarshall on Oct 28, 2007 19:06:01 GMT
the domino works fine, ive made doors and frames with it. this is my best door and frame so far That's too nice for a garden gate!! How did you do the curved top for the door and frame? Craig |
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Post by dirtydeeds on Oct 28, 2007 20:20:15 GMT
the door head was a 6 part lamination, the frame was an 9 part lamination
with VERY careful screw positioning
because then i used a half inch router to rout the four radii required.
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Post by dirtydeeds on Oct 28, 2007 20:25:20 GMT
ps
of course the router was a festool OF1400
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Post by craigmarshall on Oct 28, 2007 22:41:11 GMT
Sounds like a lot of work, but great result.
My boss has that router, his only complaint is that the handles are at 90 degrees to other routers! i.e. not perpendicular to the fence, but in line...
Craig
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Post by Scrit on Oct 29, 2007 0:10:15 GMT
My boss has that router, his only complaint is that the handles are at 90 degrees to other routers! i.e. not perpendicular to the fence, but in line... In fact that gives the design some advantages. I reckon that makes it easier to rout/re-rout door hinge recesses in casings more easily as the router is tess "tippy" that way. Don't use a Festool myself, but I do have a Mafell LO50E and a couple of Elu MOF69/MKF67 routers which have the same general layout. The back handle makes it easier to use the router single-handed, too, so it's not all down side Scrit |
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Post by dantovey on Oct 29, 2007 10:58:08 GMT
The oddest thing is that today I've been talking with someone else who's a bit skeptical about the advantages of the Domino in trade use........ Scrit Scrit, I'm intrigued. The Domino is top of my wish list for Xmas. It looks perfect to me for making face frames - a major part of my work. In fact I've just machined a pile of oak this morning for the face frames for a fitted bedroom. I wish I had a Domino right now! Why the scepticism? Dan |
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Post by engineerone on Oct 29, 2007 11:09:55 GMT
my feeling is that scrit places the domino alongside the woodrat in terms of production work in a high throughput workshop. he feels i would suggest that both these products are very good, but not necessarily robust enough for use by a whole workshop of people with differing skills and abilities. i tend to feel that the domino is rather like the mafell duo doweller (which i have) in that it is fine for a single guy working on his own, who can keep it in decent condition. to me the biggest problem of the mafell is the distance between the dowels and the base of the tool. having been used to the biscuit jointer with a flat base at a known height, the extension under the mafell takes some getting used to. the mafell requires great accuracy in the cutting and placement of the joints, and indexing is more demanding. in the same way i feel that you have to be more accurate with the dom than with a biscuit machine. my 2p paul |
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