Festool Domino Machine Instruction Manual - page 37
through to the outside of the frame.
Shorten the tenons by cutting them if you
have to.
Notice also how the frame center cross
members are held in Domino M&T joints
in both directions to make for a very
strong outer frame for the walnut top.
The final steps are test assembly of all of
these components. When these pictures
were taken I had already finished the top.
The photo above shows clamps holding
the leg-to-panel frame joints tightly,
clamps holding the whole assembly into a
known square corner, and clamps holding
the skirt pieces on each side of the
drawer openings tightly to the leg-to-skirt
M&T joints. I removed the clamps hold-
ing the unit to the known square corner
front to back so you could see the details
more clearly.
For more info on clamping into a known
square corner, look at the manual I wrote
about the Festool MFT which is available
for download from the festoolusa.com
web site.
In the upper left photo the top is regis-
tered into the end-of-leg to underside of
top Domino M&T joints to make sure the
legs and top will properly
mate in the final assembly.
With everything square and
accurate I could invert the
piece and do the top of
frame to underside of top
Domino M&T joints since
those are in a different place
than the end-of-leg to under-
side of top joints.
Once all the components fit
together correctly, it was off
to final sanding and then to
the finish room.