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Offline Jack01

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Domino Butt joint cuts, need help
« on: February 23, 2023, 12:15 PM »
I am trying to do butt joints using Domino 500
material I am using is 2" X 4 " or 50mm X 101 mm
I like to have 2 sets of cuts as shown in the attachment.
Couldn't figure out how to do this, any help will be appreciated.
* Domino cuts-2.pdf (189.98 kB - downloaded 104 times.)
« Last Edit: February 23, 2023, 12:26 PM by Jack01 »

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Offline ChuckS

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Re: Domino Butt joint cuts, need help
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2023, 01:01 PM »
What you're attempting is a mid-panel joinery, covered in the user manual:





To do the double twin tenons, you mill one row of the mortises, then flip the end-grain piece (the one where mortises are milled in the endgrain) over to the other side on the mating piece (face grain), and mill the second row.
« Last Edit: February 23, 2023, 01:12 PM by ChuckS »

Offline Jack01

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Re: Domino Butt joint cuts, need help
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2023, 05:57 PM »
Thanks for the response.
I got it on how to do twin tenons on horizontal piece
I am trying to understand how to do twin tenons on vertical piece so they will match the horizonal piece.

Offline ChuckS

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Re: Domino Butt joint cuts, need help
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2023, 07:10 PM »
As long as you're using the baseplate of the machine to reference against the mating pieces, the mortises on the horizontal & vertical pieces will align. Do you have any 2x4 scraps that you can follow the procedure laid out in the manual and make a sample joint?

Remember that the horizontal pieces should be mortised using the baseplate (not the fence) for registration as shown in the above top photo.
« Last Edit: February 23, 2023, 07:18 PM by ChuckS »

Offline Dirk D

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Re: Domino Butt joint cuts, need help
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2023, 08:07 PM »
for the second set you could use a spacer, lets say about 5/8" thick.
Use the spacer under the base plate to allow the second set of slots.

Offline ChuckS

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Re: Domino Butt joint cuts, need help
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2023, 08:11 PM »
for the second set you could use a spacer, lets say about 5/8" thick.
Use the spacer under the base plate to allow the second set of slots.

This approach is even simpler than flipping the horizontal pieces for the second set of mortises.

Offline Jack01

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Re: Domino Butt joint cuts, need help
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2023, 10:14 AM »
The spacer works prefect. It align well. It is faster
The fliping did not work well, had issue to align

Offline ChuckS

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Re: Domino Butt joint cuts, need help
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2023, 11:06 AM »
Any photos to share?


Offline Jack01

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Re: Domino Butt joint cuts, need help
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2023, 10:43 AM »
Sorry did not take any photos'
use 1/2 inch spacer

Offline Jack01

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Re: Domino Butt joint cuts, need help
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2023, 01:05 PM »
Here is the link on festool using spacers , once I got response from Dirk D , I did some search, found this video.
Took the inspiration and did  twin Dominos using this.



Hope this will give you idea.

Offline ChuckS

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Re: Domino Butt joint cuts, need help
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2023, 03:51 PM »
Sorry did not take any photos'
use 1/2 inch spacer
I meant photos for the finished project.

For using spacers, this has been the oft-used technique in my shop:



The technique was first seen about 6 years ago in a Fine Woodworking article.