morganew Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 A couple of us Guild members are building the split-top roubo here in Northern Virginia, and neither of us are going to convince the wives that we NEED the domino just for our workbench tops. That said, we'd love to use it on bench building to see if we can come up with reasons that we need to buy one down the road. So if you are in the Northern Virginia/Maryland-DC suburbs and have a Domino, I would love to rent/borrow it for a day and see if it really is the best thing ever in the history of woodworking. Happy to pay in $/beer/other comestibles. Obviously, We'll provide our own mortices, and if anything should happen, I'd buy you a new one. Can you help infect a fellow woodworker with the Festool disease? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Obviously, We'll provide our own mortices, and if anything should happen, I'd buy you a new one. If you already have your own mortices why do you need to borrow a Domino But that shouldn't stop anyone with a Domino from taking the offer for free beer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Sorry I am guessing that Atlanta is way outside your travel range. It really is an amazing tool. Before I got mine I had a Lamello top 10 biscuit machine, which is the Cadillac of biscuit machines. It rarely gets used anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySats Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 They have a 30 day return policy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 They have a 30 day return policy . And 10% off starting May 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 And 10% off starting May 1 Too bad they just raised all their prices by about 10% FWIW, I used biscuits for my glue-up. I'm not a fan of biscuits and I rarely use them, but I'm still Domino-less. It's just for alignment purposes...all that glue surface requires no additional reinforcement. The biscuits did the job just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganew Posted April 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Eric, alignment is exactly what I am after. I have a couple of boards that, after ripping, jointing and planing are only about 4 1/16 wide. It would totally suck to get this all together and have just enough glue float that I have to go below 4" to get it flat, since I was able to keep the rest at closer to 4 1/2". oh and yes, I meant "bring our own tenons", whoops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I suspect there is a Northern Virginia woodworkers association/club/etc. Bet someone on the mailing list has a Domino/XL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I am assuming you are face gluing the boards so that the top ends up being 4"+ thick. If so, I am with Eric, dominoes are probably nice for alignment but overkill. Lots and lots of cauls and you should be ok. And I will say it before if most of your boards are closer to 4 1/2", and you only have a couple that 4 1/6", I'd go buy a few more boards and save the narrow ones for something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 True dat ^^^. Why be my dialect change ovanight yo? Kiki say oh hail no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Too bad they just raised all their prices by about 10% FWIW, I used biscuits for my glue-up. I'm not a fan of biscuits and I rarely use them, but I'm still Domino-less. It's just for alignment purposes...all that glue surface requires no additional reinforcement. The biscuits did the job just fine. Oh, I'm well aware that the prices are about the same as a month ago! I have a Leigh FMT and keep trying to tell myself I don't need a Domino...so far, so good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pbmaster11 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 all I know is the moment I have it in the budget the domino is getting purchased! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pghmyn Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 all I know is the moment I have it in the budget the domino is getting purchased! Truth be told, I feel the same way. That Domino budget...hell, the whole shop budget...has to be put on hold for the finding my first house budget! Budgets aside, the Domino is something I really have wanted for awhile. I have been in so many instances where I say to myself, "Using that Domino really would be helpful right now." Seems like a worthwhile machine to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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