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AKA Floating tenons I think owning a Domino would be cool, but my cost per joint would be astronomical. So consider some alternatives. BeadLock - a few years ago someone gave me the basic and advanced versions with all the sizes and bits. I've used them for a few things like some barn and cabinet doors. I call them the "poor man's Domino". They work fine, but are quite slow. And you have to buy their tenon stock, or an expensive router bit for each of the three sizes you want to use. The advanced version has a second set of guides in addition to the drill guides that will hold a chisel square and then you can use your own loose tenons. Since then Rockler has come out with a version 2.0 of them. Technically, you could use for loose tenons or traditional tenons. It's also my backup (only) dowel jig. Domino rip-offs - From what I've seen these are basically a small jig that holds a router or drill and routes some holes. Mixed reviews from the YouTube bloggers. For example, Mortise Master -- At the last woodworking club meeting, a local guy who has invented and sells this system came and did a show and tell. I might not have caught all the intricacies, But it seemed pretty simple and (to me) not worth the price. https://www.mortisemaster.com/ Shop-built router fixture -- I made one of these years ago and have used it a few times. I took a piece of plywood and added a fence to one edge. Then using a 3/4" bit, I routed a thru slot parallel to the fence. Then I glued on a second piece of plywood perpendicular and right on the inside edge of the slot I just cut. This allowed me to use a 1/4" or 3/8" straight bit in that router and it would be centered in the slot. I could clamp on my pieces and route a centered mortise. Since then, Tamar and 3x3 woodworking came up with a more advanced version that uses Matchfit clamps, that I have since acquired. An alternate version could be the handhold jig that I did and was featured in a Wood Magazine tips a while back. Its set up would be similar to what Tamar did for her guide. Using just a router - Glen Huey (AKA the Donut Dude) did a seminar for the club years ago and also did a video while he was at Popular Woodworking. While he just did it for traditional mortises, with some adaptations, you could do for loose tenon joinery Mortising machine -- A friend who was moving to a retirement village and getting rid of his shop gave me a mortising machine. It works great, but I don't think there's a way to do the end of boards, so its use is limited to traditional mortising.
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A local guy has a Domino machine for sale, includes extra bit and 300 Dominos. In a Systainer. "Never used" I'm wondering who dumps that kind of money into a tool and then never uses it. $1000
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Wood Magazine came today and I was browsing the article on how to build a rocking chair. All the joints are held with loose tenons and seeing the picture, I'm thinking Domino. But no, they have a clever little shop-made jig to cut these. I have used similar things for other purposes, and until now, it never occurred to me. Note that the stock is 1.25" thick, they are using a 3/4" opening on the jig, 1/4" bit and 1/2" bushing, that results in a 1/2" tenon. Probably too much for 3/4" stock, but I think I can adjust it down. Also in the next issue, they promise 5 jigs to do loose tenons. I may retire my Bead-Lock.
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