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Advanced Domino Action | Leg Shaping, Side Glueups and More Joinery | Sideboard Series Pt 4

This article was originally posted on The Wood Whisperer.
Summary
Part 4 of the sideboard build covers shaping elegant tapered legs with the Taper Maker jig, assembling the sides as subassemblies, and tackling advanced Domino joinery. It demonstrates using shims and spacers with the Festool Domino to cut precise, repeatable mortises on long or wide faces, ensuring the top and bottom frames are both secured and perfectly located. The post also links a summary video, lists the tools used, and provides free imperial/metric plans.

What tricks or jigs do you use with a Domino (or other methods) to keep mortises repeatable on wide faces and to lock frame locations during glue-up?

In this part of the sideboard series we’ll shape the legs by adding a nice decorative taper. There are lots of ways to cut tapers but one of my favorites is by using the Taper Maker, a jig you can make yourself using our hardware kit and plans. After that it’s time for some advanced Domino action.

Advanced Domino Action

With the legs shaped, we can glue up the sides as sub-assemblies and then dig into some advanced domino action. The Festool Domino is incredibly easy to use and for the most part I find it very intuitive. But things get tricky when you need to cut mortises into a long or wide face and sometimes we need to get creative with shims and spacers in order to achieve repeatability and consistency. The goal here is to create a series of mortise and tenon joints that will not only hold our top and bottom frames in place, but will also locate them perfectly. Curious to hear from you folks what kind of advanced domino action you’ve done.

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The post Advanced Domino Action | Leg Shaping, Side Glueups and More Joinery | Sideboard Series Pt 4 appeared first on The Wood Whisperer.

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