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Post by Scrit on Nov 11, 2007 22:41:57 GMT
Experience? Having used a Domino myself I wouldn't fancy trying to do any site work with it - too may bits to fall off and get lost. Maybe it's just that for a task like face frames you can get the same result from a £100 router (which most shops will have) used with a guide bush and a couple of £5 jigs. Perhaps it's because I'm still equipped to make mortise & tenon joints properly and I therefore don't need such a gadget. Or maybe I'm an old sceptic who hates technology (hardly likely in view of my time doing CAD/CAM) Scrit |
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Post by dirtydeeds on Nov 12, 2007 19:51:17 GMT
the real split on the domino seems depend on the type of outfit
joinery shops already have mortice and tennoning machines and building contractors tools DO get abused
so that leaves people like me, one man carpeneters
yes dominos are expesive but
i dont have the workshop space
dedicated mortice and tennonning mechines have a uneconomic payback time if you are a general carpenter who makes only a few doors, windows and cabinets each year
until i had the domino i used to farm out most of this type of work to joinery shops or just not take the work on
i own the tool so i dont deliberatly or negligently abuse it
and i can and do take it out on site, ive made sashes and frames (of various types) on site
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Post by Scrit on Nov 12, 2007 21:48:03 GMT
Maybe so, but if you are in a situation where others use your kit (e.g. employees, other subbies, etc which is my situation) you'll soon learn that there are certain pieces of kit you have to watch like a hawk. Even bioscuit jointers can and do get abused (mainly because there are idiots who'll drag them across a concrete floor, etc). I'm also not keen on the idea of using beech loose tenons in exterior joinery principly because beech is not durable in such conditions, and in the long term loose tenons are neither as durable nor as strong as traditional mortice and tenon joints
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