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Quarter Size Cherry Quilt Chests #4: Tom's Domino at Work!

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Cherry Chest Update

Well I got to squeeze in some time out in the shop and work on the cherry chests that are being built for the Annual Quilt Show in Sisters, Oregon. They will be on display at The Clearwater Gallery.

I could not resist the new LumberJock CyberToolShare s feature, so I hopped on the internet late one night and borrowed Tom’s Festool Domino. I used the Domino to assemble the frame and panels into the final box.

The Domino was amazingly quick. So quick, that I made a mistake on the first set of mortises. I did not have my alignment faces clearly marked and I referenced of the wrong face! The photo below shows how I corrected the mistake. I glued a domino in the mortise and cut it off flush. I then re-cut the mortise with the correct alignment. Worked great!

I made a small jig to hold the chest stiles firmly while cutting the mortises with the Domino. A small piece of double sick carpet tape gives just the right holding power.

I cut the joinery on the stiles in less than 30 minutes – not including my mistake and fix!

I am just waiting for the 1/4 cherry plywood to arrive so I can cut the panels. After a little more practice with veneering, I plan on making my own panels with MDF hardboard and some interesting wood species to contrast with the cherry frame.

Well, I guess its time to return the Domino to Tom. Thanks Buddy!

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posted 446 days ago

Nice! I’m glad it worked out for you. I sent you the power cord, but I should have sent the manual. LOL You made good use of the time you had in the shop, that’s for sure!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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posted 446 days ago

LOL. I’m real dissapointed you did not borrow a chisel from my shop and do it the manly way….

Looking good David.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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posted 446 days ago

Great save, David. The project went together nicely. I bet Tom has been sweating bullets waiting to get his Domino back. LOL.

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posted 446 days ago

You guys are going to cause some confusion….I can see people now…...they’ll be emailing Martin wanting to now where the Cybertool Share button is….lol.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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posted 446 days ago

You’re right Bob. There is a bit of confusion already. We’re just trying to make an already informative and enjoyable enviroment, a little funnier from time to time.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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posted 446 days ago

I’ve go a question. When I saw you borrow the Domino from Mot I didn’t see you also get the case., because Mot had it in his shop. But I saw the case in David’s shop.

Did I miss something.

LOL

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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posted 445 days ago

David, did you put it back? Trying to tease Mot? :D
Karson—the eye for details, as usual!!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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posted 445 days ago

Great work David

Festool in known for long time in Europe but it’s not for amateurs (at list not the poor ones).

I remember that 3 years ago, the carpenter that made the stairs in my house came with a few boxes, one on top of the other, they call it Systainer or so, he had the Circular saw + rail, router, sander and shop-vac.

When I asked “How much all that costs” he replied “Expensive, but it worse every penny”...

So David, whan they said is the delivery day?...I could see that you fall in love with it…

niki

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posted 445 days ago

And make it funnier you did…..very entertaining…..and I’m still looking for who borrowed my bandsaw.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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posted 445 days ago

David…I think I may have stopped at the Clearwater Gallery a few years back. My wife, daughters, and I we’re in the area for my nieces wedding. She was married on banks of the McKensie River. We took a long ride through the volcanic park and found ourselves in Sisters. Pretty town.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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posted 445 days ago

As a side note, I grew up on the McKenzie river. Near the town of Leaburg.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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posted 445 days ago

and you won’t believe this.. but I grew up … oh,.. in the same area that I am now. hehee

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posted 445 days ago

The comments are always so fun to read!

Bob – Sisters is a beautiful little town. It is our get-away paradise!

Niki – Guess I would have to say, I did become a bit enamored with the Domino! It is a lot of fun – “Tom’s curse” from borrowing his machine is that I am now having to struggle with the metric system, Eh! Thought you would like that as well Debbie!

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posted 445 days ago

My wife sees this I may have to come out to the Quilt show David. I made her a quilt rack , and dern if she made a quilt to put on it!

Nice job here David.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

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WayneC

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posted 445 days ago

I’m seriously thinking about driving up to Sisters. May be hard to get away from work. I will have to see how it goes.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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posted 445 days ago

ah yes.. metric.. is a centimetre bigger than a millimetre or smaller????
I haven’t been converted to metric yet.

Of course, if you ask Rick, I don’t do the other well either.
I measure like this: “It’s a little line past the 1/2 inch”.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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posted 445 days ago

Debbie…rather than saying all that “It’s a little line past the 1/2 inch”.
just call it a 1/2 inch plus (or 5/8ths minus) works well for me! ;)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh

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posted 445 days ago

yah… that would be 1/2 inch plus a little line. or minus a little line… lol
as I said, Rick laughs at me

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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