Project — "Making a Silver Chest" Page 12

Project — "Making a Silver Chest"

Here is a dial that allows you to adjust the width of the mortise. Of course, they must vary for different width tenons. But, they also can vary for a given tenon if you want to add some side "play". In our case, we made the center mortise to be exact fitting and the others to be a bit wider.
	These are the two middle mortises and they are exact fitting . Andrea used the narrow setting. The others were made with the middle setting.
Andrea uses the new glue dispenser to give a uniform coat to the board edges and tenons. After years of using the bottle, misplacing the cap, dropping the battery brushes and not giving a complete coverage, I decided to buy this dispenser for the shop. Anything this ugly has to work. Surprisingly, we have had it for 3 months and the glue stays without evaporation or thickening. I bought it at Rockler. (link at bottom of this a page.)
	Andrea gets a good, even glue distribution on the edges and the tenons.
It is a precision fit. The tenons match up exactly.
	Once started, she turns the boards on edge and with a few hits from her palm, she joins the boards.
She places the boards into clamps along with the Bow-Clamp Cauls and tightens them. They fit very well and don't need much clamping pressure. for story on Bow-Clamp Cauls, click here.
	What a great final picture. Two boards glued up with a very tight joint all the way along the length and flat and straight. You can't ask for better than that. As for a first use of the Festool Domino Joining System? Andrea and I think we did well, or more exactly, the Domino System, did well. Panel glue ups alone will not pay for the System. We will be using it for face frames, cabinet/door/drawer construction, chair building — you name it, we will try it. If wood is to be joined, we will see if the Domino System is the joiner. Stay tuned.

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Glue Well

Glue Well
Stores fresh glue in a ready-to-use dispenser that's easy to fill. The well dispenses just the right amount of glue for a brush full. The lip keeps glue in the well, not on the sides. Lid tightly seal..