I cut the table’s slots for the Z clamps today with my 500 and it’s much nicer looking than with the biscuit cutter. Thanks. The two benches are next.

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I also used 8x50 dominoes for winding the cords. 

I actually missed the white painted dominoes in the image until I read the post.

Joe, that rustic oak and finish look great together!

Here's the whole top.  As I recall, the extra wide mortises were made by establishing the two ends followed by overlapping cuts to remove the middle.  You have to plan your cuts.  It's important for the domino cutter to have plenty of material to remove so it does not drift.

The top is reclaimed White Oak salvaged from an Amish timber frame barn in Pennsylvania Dutch country.  The boards were originally part of the threshing floor where grain was separated from straw and husks.  (They were nasty and full of square nails.)  The finish is a custom mix of two colors of Osmo to coordinate with the floor.  (Sorry for the tread drift.)

Joe, that countertop looks wonderful.  I really like how you got the Osmo finish just right.  Which two colors did you use?   

Ok, I've been saving this one.  Not saving but this swing just came out of winter storage so I couldn't take any pictures.  I built this porch swing 11 yrs ago.  And I used my Domino 500 in the usual way for joinery.  It's Norm Abram's design and I used sipo dominos to help stand up to the weather.




But I also used the Domino to cut the mortises for the back slats.  First cutting the mortises then milling the back slat stock to the right thickness and then I think I used an 1/8" round over bit in the router table to fit the corner curves of the mortise.  Worked out great and happy to say, it's still holding up after all these years and the domino joints are just as tight as the day I glued them up.

Ok, I've been saving this one.  Not saving but this swing just came out of winter storage so I couldn't take any pictures.  I built this porch swing 11 yrs ago.  And I used my Domino 500 in the usual way for joinery.  It's Norm Abram's design and I used sipo dominos to help stand up to the weather.

But I also used the Domino to cut the mortises for the back slats.  First cutting the mortises then milling the back slat stock to the right thickness and then I think I used an 1/8" round over bit in the router table to fit the corner curves of the mortise.  Worked out great and happy to say, it's still holding up after all these years and the domino joints are just as tight as the day I glued them up.

The New Yankee spirit lives!  Very nicely done!

To follow up on a previous post.

On a Baltic birch shop box for holding accessories, use Dominos at each end (3/4") to line up the box top and bottom, then (in theory) use spring latches to latch to box shut.  I'll post a pic if I remember after the latches get here.

The attached pictures show the box top and bottom.  The domino extends from the top into the bottom.  I also added end posts to align the corners, not because they are needed, but because I was experimenting .


The last picture shows the box closed.

More on the box, to illustrate that the contents are not light.

The first picture is the stuff to go into the box.  Missing from the picture are the extension rods.


The second picture shows the box filled.  Note the small parts tray obscures a couple of compartments below that have the rotary tool plunge base and some larger small parts.  The extension rods are held to the top by friction.

Q: Why do you need three sets of fence kits?

One is for the rotary tool plunge base that Veritas sells.  It's in the picture of all the stuff that goes into the box.  I bought some 1/8" straight bits and use it for small detail work.  It uses some of the same accessories as the trim router fences, so I packaged them together.


So, why do I need two fences for trim routers?  Yep, that's what my wife said.  I may have gotten a little carried away, but I've been frustrated with switching trim routers between different setups.  I decided to invest in Veritas accessories as they have a nice system going that includes base plates that fit several different accessories and fit in a small trim router table (which I can use outside with a cordless trim router).  Overall it's a flexible system that does most of what I need.  So I outfitted all of my trim routers with the bases, and wanted to get enough accessories to be able to use them flexibly.  Unfortunately, you can't use the fences that come with the routers once the Veritas bases have been installed.  So it seemed at the time like I might be able to use at least a couple of fences to replace the three original fences that I now can't use.


I have something of an existence proof for using three trim routers on a project, but none yet for two fences which I just got.  We'll see...

I was asked to make some toggle buttons and mail them to the other side of the pond. With little time available to do the job, I came up with a quick solution: dominoes!

Customs declaration: Made in Canada with German material

The latest Festool video featuring Brent shows a clever use of 4mm dominoes as spacers:



I've already used more than half of the bag of 4mm dominoes that came with the Systainer deal. I'll need to order a new pack shortly.