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   nikkiwood | Feb 15, 2007 08:34am | #1

   I got the chance to handle one yesterday (but did not try it out). Typical of Festool, it is nicely made and well designed.

   It looks and operates almost exactly like a biscuit joiner.

   But it is powerful expensive -- about $700 for the machine, and another $200 for a separate systainer that provides you a modest supply of the tenons and the different size bits. IIRC, it does three different size tenons.

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   Kaleo | Feb 15, 2007 09:55am | #2

   I've been using this tool for over a year now, it will change how you design and make furniture. Where ever you might think to put dowels you'll use the domino. Even for most Mortise and tenon joints you can use this instead. This thing is brillant. I would suggest getting one as soon as you think that you can afford it.

   Kaleo

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   BigFrank | Feb 15, 2007 10:27pm | #3

   Is a domino really as strong as a normal mortise & tenon?Is it any different than a handmade mortise & loose-tenon?

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   Kaleo | Feb 16, 2007 12:13am | #4

   As far as I have seen they are just as strong as a regular mortise and tenon. I would venture to say that I think that they might be stronger. Because like a bisicut joint I think that the domino swells alittle in the joint when the glue is added. But this I have researched so I really don't know for sure.Kaleo

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   nikkiwood | Feb 16, 2007 02:08am | #5

   Would you say they are strong enough to use for chairs?********************************************************
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   Kaleo | Feb 16, 2007 04:26am | #8

   Yeah I would say so. I mean I have seen chairs with dowels in them. I look at this machine as a loosen tenoning machine. So if you would use a loose tenon in a chair, which I would. Then this is a machine that can make you mortises for your loose tenons in about 2 seconds. It will save alot of time on production pieces.Kaleo

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   EF | Feb 16, 2007 03:00am | #6

   I like the date: April Fools Day!
   Edward

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   Elcoholic | Feb 16, 2007 03:28am | #7

   Looks wonderful except for the limitations on mortise length and depth and the relatively obscene price.  Considering Amazon has the PM 719T for $862 I can't imagine why I'd want a Domino.

   John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking

   The more things change ...

   We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized.  I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.

   Petronious Arbiter, 210 BC

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   steveky | Feb 16, 2007 06:14am | #9

   What is a "PM 719T"?

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   nikkiwood | Feb 16, 2007 07:11am | #10

   It's a small stationary mortiser made by Powermatic, with an X-Y table.http://tinyurl.com/36k227I have an earlier model; and if you want to step up from a bench top mortiser, this is a good choice. The X-Y table is a great convenience, and makes cutting the mortise much faster. ********************************************************
   "It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts."

   John Wooden 1910-