A Domino Scrapbook Page   (all photos courtesy of the Swensons)...

   It's not  Elena. It is Per Swenson a real fine furniture maker and contractor.  He has been working hard for months on a project that is just one picture after the other of wonderful wood works. His 82 year old father is Per's right hand man. It is hard to know which one is the better since what we see is the product of both and what they do in wood zings.
   So it was no surprise to me that Per and father, Bob, got one of the first Domino Joiners to hit our shores. It also didn't surprise me that Per was able to use it "right out of the box."
   "We were at the point of gluing on the front and back rail of a 30 ft bar. In the past we would be splicing length together with scarf joints that took a lot of time", Per says. "If the Domino could make the splice and a seemingly invisible one, that one day alone could pay for the whole setup."

   He assembles some MDF support pieces.

   And eases the sections together in exact alignment.  "When your very first Domino Joints are so accurate and fast, it promises to be a good day," says Per.

   This photo shows the bar build up that Per and the Domino are doing.

   His father Bob is using the Festool OF1400 router in a shop built jig to flute the column shown in the next picture.

   Have you ever seen such fantastic work? One view after another.

   Have you ever seen such a great use for Birdseye maple.

   Father Bob's hand carved masterpiece is attached to the wood panel.

   If you have followed the progress of this job, you would be impressed by Per's keeping a very organized and cleaned jobsite...which he attributes to the Festool Dust Extraction system.  It's a matter of the chicken or the egg — the Festool vacuum and boom arm does make it easier.

   A celebration of the beauty of wood. You can only hope that the many people who enjoy the bar will fully appreciate the magnificence of it all.



Per rejoicing at the completion of this earlier project.


Above, a past job.
Below, an earlier view of the current job...

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