Festool Domino Machine Instruction Manual - page 23

Domino Machine In Action

Now let’s turn our attention to how the 

Domino machine simplifies and improves 

the construction of several different furni-

ture projects.

Small Conventional Coffee Table

This lovely small coffee table is con-

structed from highly figured Oregon 

Big Leaf Maple with Blood Wood 

skirts.  The quilting in the top is so 

pronounced that you have to touch it 

to convince yourself that the top is 

really flat.  As this photo shows, your 

eye is convinced the top is three di-

mensional with peaks and valleys.

The finish is a water based, environ-

mentally benign pre-catalyzed con-

version varnish that has been pol-

ished to a mirror like piano finish.

The legs are cabrio style cut from glued 

up blocks of Maple.  The Blood Wood 

skirts are attached to the legs with one 

Domino loose tenon which is more than 

strong enough given the small size of this 

particular table.  The top is attached via 

“L” shaped tongue pieces screwed to the 

underside of the top with the tongue in-

serted into 

Domino 

mortises 

cut into the 

inner face 

of the 

skirts.

We start by 

gluing up 

blocks 

which will 

form the 

legs.  De-

termine the 

distance 

you want 

your cabrio 

legs to 

curve out 

from the 

inside of 

the top of