To Festool or not to Festool !

[p111dom]

No my 1400 is quite old. Bought it second hand. I'd say 3-4 years old. I've never seen this add-on before so I presume it's an inovation they added later in the production run.

 

[ramp34]

I am in the process of making a kitchen island, and attached the rails to the legs with mortice and tenons, even tho I have a dedicated morticer, it still took for ever to make them all, does the domino replace the mortice and tenon now? are they a really strong joint, would they bare the weight of a granite top on the island?? many thanks

 

[p111dom]

It depends on what thickness the stock is. The max domino length is 50mm giving a 1 inch tennon. Fine for joining 2x2's, possibly not 4x4's.

 

[wizer]

You can get a slightly stronger joint by milling deeper holes on both sides of the joint and using your own made doms. You can also have multiple rows of doms to further strengthen the joint. I think they will be fine for the kitchen island you refer to and for most other furniture type joinery (where appropriate). Their down fall is in very big joinery type situations.

 

[p111dom]

Not having the tool to hand I can't check but I think the max plunge depth is 27mm so you couldn't go much deeper.

 

[CNC Paul]

Wait till the Mother ...Domino comes out 14mm domino's and a 75mm plunge :twisted:

 

[p111dom]

Bet it will have the mother of all price tags too. :lol:

 

[ramp34]

is there really a new domino coming out then?

 

[superunknown]

Wait till the Mother ...Domino comes out 14mm domino's and a 75mm plunge :twisted:

We need more info, you can't just dangle a carrot like that!

 

[p111dom]

I might be wrong but I think its only rumour. The standard domino is best described as tricky when using the 10mm dominos with a 25mm plunge. I suspect a 75mm plunge would make the machine unusably heavy meaning you'd need some sort of clamping arrangement. You're nearly onto chain morticed territory here any way and if you need to clamp it, a standard morticer would be better and cheaper.