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I've had a domino since release date sometime around 2005 I think. Made lots of furniture with it. I did at one point find the measurements online to set the fence to half the material width rather than having to work from the reference edge all the time which was useful. Can't seem to find it at he moment though.
In the first iteration those tabs were the same as the ones on the wings in the photo and you can set them within a fraction of a mm because they are fixed in concentric grub screw things.
Why not either do both parts with cnc or both parts with the domino?
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Because one mortice will be in there panel edge, which I think it's a much more complex feat by CNC, and the one on the face is in the middle of the board at 43 degrees to the edge, so would need a jig. But yeah, I've eliminated some of the Domino butt joints now for, possibly not a bad idea moving away for the rest given the headaches that it could cause. Fwiw that side paddle dimension is nominally 37mm though prone to the same calibration issues apparently. I think if struggle getting the cut in the centre of ply given board thickness can vary by more than a mm.
I was looking at the intelligent fixings peanut 2 also which seems appealing but requires a special router bit.
Polygon
Hey, the little stops are just feature to save time, so you don't have to always mark out the domino positions near the edge of the work. I cant remember the exact dim off the top of my head but can check for you.
To cut vertically, (ie into the face of the work) you position the domino machine up with the reference plate set against the edge of the work. There is a plastic attachment that screws onto the back of it to keep it vertical
The dims you listed refer to some presets that the domino has built in, but you can manually set it to any dim from 6mm up. I've always wondered why the presets don't correspond with normal sheet thicknesses, it would save so much time. Generally i try to get the mortice exactly in the center of the material, but its hard to set the depth scale perfectly by eye. But usually it doesn't matter too much because you make sure the reference plate of the domino is working to the same side for both things you are trying to join.
As someone who has had to assemble the CNC domino hybrid designs you're trying to achieve, i wouldn't really recommend it as a system as you spend ages trying to transfer he domino position onto the edges. Far easier IMO to use the CNC to cut a full thickness rebate ? housing joint into the material.
Hope thats helpful!