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So I will be embarking on a mission to make a set of benches and chairs to match my dining room table that I finished in the summer of '16. As i learned with the legs on my table, drilling and chiseling mortises on a leg that beefy using traditional methods really sucks, especially with hard maple. So I decided to utilize the Domino to do a bulk of the work, and made this fixture for repeatable cuts.

My legs are squared up, placed into one side, and the marks are transferred to both the top and bottom using a combination square. I make cuts on the top and bottom of the right side (pic r), then flip it over to make cuts on the top and bottom of the left side (pic 5). The results are overlapped cuts, and a perfectly centered mortise. After that, there is still some chisel work, but considerably less chisel work than if done using traditional method with a drill press.

Here is the end result:



Thanks for looking, any comments welcome & questions responded to.

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Super simple and efficient jig.
 

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Very clever Tooch! Takes lots of work out of the equation. Nice Tool!
 

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I like that idea. Sure will save a lot of time. Jigs are so helpful but we often don't take the time to make them and suffer while making a project.
 

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Great idea, I have made lots of jigs for my Domino cutter, but never though about this.
 

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Thanks guys. So far I'm pretty happy with the results. One modification I haven't yet included in the post is that I switched from 3 cuts to 4. I found that the spacing was pretty close and noticed slight roundovers in the middle of the mortise cut. adding an additional cut in between helped alleviate that.
 

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How does it compare to a router technique?
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Very similar I suppose, but instead of plunging a router into the stock a Domino is used, which is a horizontal plunge instead of a vertical plunge.
 

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Great jig, Mike!! Nice result!!

Jim
 

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Tooch, looks like a method that will save time and work…which is a win/win for any woodworker. Thanks for sending the idea our way.
 

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Awesome idea the only through tenon I've made with my domino wasn't on purpose ( forgot to change the depth) great information. Thank You for sharing.
 

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Well done. Gr8 jig
 
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