"Upscale" wrote in message
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"Leon" wrote in message
BTY how is all that Festool stuff working out for you???

The domino is working out very nicely. The TS55 I exchanged for an HL850
back at the store I bought it. I'd never used it so there was no problem
exchanging it even though I'd had it several months. With the HL850, I
purchased the bench unit, the angle stop and a 36mm AS hose. It works great
with very little dust.

For almost the first year I did not use my saw, so to speak, Then earlier
this year I got a work out. Swingman and I have been working on a kitchen
redo and I cut up numerous sheets in my shop and on site with the 75. Then
there is the Murphy bed project that I am working on that involved numerous
sheets to be cut up. I have even used the track saw to straighten 10~12 S2S
boards.


I do have one problem with the domino. How do you handle dry fitting with
the dominos? Frequently, I've dry fitted pieces together and then have a
hell of a time getting them apart. I've resorted to keeping a set of dominos
available that I've sanded down a bit for use with the dry fitting of parts
and they're subsequent easy removal. Do you do something similar or do you
use another method for dry fitting?



LOL, I have found that if you use the smallest width/exact cut setting it
is almost impossible to remove the dominos after a dry fit. I more often
than not I use the middle sized slot cutting position on the dial, this
gives you some wiggle back and forth room. Additionally I have found that
the larger than 5 mm dominos tend to fit a bit more loosely.
Concerning all of that, I was gluing up a 60x83 panel, two plywood panels,
two rails, and three stiles, and 40 or so 6mm Dominos. I found some
Woodcraft brand dominos on the clearance table and bought several bags. I
used the WC 6 mm dominos on the above mentioned panel and found that they
seemed to be loose. I found during glue up that they ended up fitting about
as loosely as a biscuit and allowed for the top mating surfaces to slip. I
had to add extra clamps to insure that all the pieces on the front side were
all on the same plane.
Sooooo a tight fit is a good thing although it can require a bit of
planning ahead if dry fitting.