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Exterior Entry Door Construction

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  • 11-10-2013 8:41pm
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    Double Barrel
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    Is anyone using a Domino XL as an alternative to standard M&T joinery to make up exterior doors?
    Interested in first hand experiences and opinions.


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    galwaydude18
    Registered Users Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭galwaydude18


    Double Barrel wrote: »
    Is anyone using a Domino XL as an alternative to standard M&T joinery to make up exterior doors?
    Interested in first hand experiences and opinions.

    The domzilla is a class tool. Brilliant for door joinery. Go to www.festoolownersgroup.com and you will see plenty of examples of the domzilla in action.

    Do you have many festools?


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    Double Barrel
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    Galway

    This would be my first Festool - I have mostly Bosch hand tools - although I have a stationary Festo chain mortiser from 1960 or 70s ?.


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    One shot on kill
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    The domino is a fair tool.

    But I'd be a m+t man my self be used for years and is a prooven joint. Why change it and chance it.


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    galwaydude18
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    Double Barrel wrote: »
    Galway

    This would be my first Festool - I have mostly Bosch hand tools - although I have a stationary Festo chain mortiser from 1960 or 70s ?.

    One tip for the domino is to put a lot of pressure on the front handle and guide the cutter in with your free hand around where the lead plugs into it. Did you get a dust extractor for it?


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    recipio
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    I've gone over to the Beadlock system for heavy duty mortices . ( Sorry can't post a link but see www.rockler.com ) Its worth buying one of the router cutters to produce your own tenons.
    It makes really tight M+T joints and there is great satisfaction is saving 2" off the ends of the rails.


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