Just clicked "Place Order" on the Domino XL

yes.

LOL ;-)

I don’t think so. I personally like doing MT joinery, that satisfying feeling when it just “fits” right. But they are time consuming for me at times. I’d love a domino if i could afford and justify it!

Then again, I DO have a tenon saw and cutting them by hand sure is fun.

I think that’s where I’m torn. I do like joinery, and if I had the time to hand cut everything, I could get into that.

But that’s not where I am right now. I have a house to furnish, and I’m sold on the Schwarz concept of Anarchy – in the sense that I’m not buying anything else from Ikea if I can help it. I could do three projects a year with traditional methods, or 5 projects a year with “shortcuts” like the Domino.

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Lateralus – I noticed you are one lumberjocks day older than me.

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You’re not crazy. We’re all just jealous…

The domino is a tool that I think is perfectly justifiable in your situation. I don’t blame you a bit. I bet I’ll get one down the line, but first comes the 16”parallelogram helical head jointer and a 25” helical head planer.

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You may be crazy, but you have company. I am pulling the trigger on the Domino DF500, the smaller model, before the price increase on 4/1. I guess I’m 2/3 crazy, and not full crazy like you…

Since your focus is larger furniture, the XL should be a great fit. I am tending toward uses for smaller projects (at least for now).

I took my first sip of the green koolaid awhile back with the Festool track saw. Delicious!

-- Lee

TimberMagic – Haha yes, that upcoming price increase was the lit fuse that pushed me over. It’s my first Festool tool. Fes tool?

The WoodenOyster – 16 inch jointer? Now I’m jealous.

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Do you realize that you also need a dust extractor for the Domino to work properly?

Far too often I see Domino owners using Dominoes where they are really not needed or there are other/better ways to accomplish the task at hand. Keep in mind that in the Fine WoodWorking joint test, the Domino was about 10% stronger than a biscuit, and a simple pocket screw was about 10% stronger than the Domino. Floating mortise and tenon – over twice as strong as a Domino
http://www.finewoodworking.com/how-to/video/joint-strength-test.aspx

That is a lot of money to be tied up in a single tool, but if it works for you – go for it. I am still happy using my biscuit jointer – but its a Lamello ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aVgquxrgnY

I don’t have a Domino but I have read some guys use it to make a mortise by doing adjacent cuts and make their own floating tenons.

I was really surprise to see that pinning a M/T joint actually weakened it.

-- Everything is a prototype thats why its one of a kind!!

Thanks for the reply John_H. I was planning to use my shop vac for DC on the domino. I’ve read others have done the same. I didn’t purchase the Festool dust extractor, at least not yet. Hopefully I can get by without it.

I read that Fine Woodworking test as well. That test involved the older Domino. I am assuming with the larger tenons available on the new one that the joints will be stronger. Although I have no data to back that up. Recently, FWW released a video review of the Domino XL:

http://www.finewoodworking.com/tool-guide/video/domino-system-makes-joinery-fast-and-easy.aspx

Rwe2156 – that’s a good idea. I’ll see how the stock dominos work and try to figure out how easy it is to create a reliably reproducible home-made floating tenon.

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You’re not crazy if what you get back from the purchase exceeds what you had to give to make the purchase. That’s called value.

I hope you get back from the purchase more than what you had to give.

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Congratulations endgrainy enjoy your new Festoy.

If you don’t like it you can return it for any reason within 30 days
of purchase and their customer service is second to none.

endgrainy,

I use my shop vac on the Festool track saw, and it works great. I plan to do the same for my Domino. Once I get a Festool sander, then I’ll spring for a Festool DC. I bought my track saw about a month after getting a Laguna 2HP dust collector, and just could not bring myself to then buy another “vacuum”, and one that cost over $500 (at least right away!).

By the way, I bought a Bosch VAC005 hose (non anti-static) from Amazon for ~$35, and the port fits the track saw perfectly, so it should be fine for the Domino.. The other end is standard (I use that term loosely) 2-1/4” fitting for shop vacs. It is 5m long.

-- Lee

You’re not crazy. I’ve had the 500 for several year and it’s great. There are thousands a upon thousand of Dominoes in use out there by both professional and hobbyist.

If there were really any strength problem of any concern it would be plaster all over the woodworking forums. I can’t remember ever running across where anyone said they had a joint failure.

This site could be a valuable source for you.

http://festoolownersgroup.com/index.php

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I hate the domino and love it all the same…...

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