Festool Domino Machine Instruction Manual - page 55

Here you can see how the rear corners 

fit so nicely while properly allowing for 

the movement.

The next step was to provide for the 

banding across the front.  I made work 

surfaces by Domino M&Ting (is that be-

coming a verb?) the plywood extending 

work surface to a side slide that would 

hold the work surface flush with the un-

derside of the top as shown here.  

Next, the blood wood banding was affixed 

to the front of each work surface and the 

shallow pencil tray by more Domino M&T 

joints.  

Worked like a charm!

The whole top can simply be lifted off and 

transported separately, yet it is so strong 

you could stand in the middle of it if you 

wanted to.  With all the expanding work 

surfaces closed, the top 

looks like one thick monolith 

that creates a strong horizon-

tal line to accent the clean, 

modern look.  When you ac-

tually see the desk, the blood 

wood spacers that hold the top up off the 

top of each pedestal blend with the blood 

wood band for a really slick effect.