For your tennon stock, I take a long piece, use the router table to round the edges of the whole long strip, then cut the small pieces at the miter saw. Easy to batch out a long term supply in just a few minutes.
I did this recently, but I also used a thin kerf table saw blade to cut long shallow grooves on the faces to give it room for glue to flow. I don’t know how much good it does but it -seemed- like a good idea
This set up is brilliant ! The only modifications I would make is a crossbar between the adjustable sides so that they move up and down in tandem and perhaps some depth measurement marks for the thickness of stock you are working with. Super impressed with the simplicity of your design !
Some times Simple is really the best way I ve looked at a lot DIY tools that are designed to do the same thing that are so much more complicated than your design and probably don't work any better, so I am building your design- many thanks
Simple but perfectly effective design. Out of many different takes on the subject this is the one worth making to me. Great content as always, thank you for sharing!
Looks like something I am going to make and try. The only suggestion is to be able to secure it to the table with a clamp so it doesn't move around. Great idea!
You know, sometimes simpler is better. I've seen some really clever designs from Pask Makes and Stumpy Nubs and they look great, and I even tried my own design based on the Pask design with limited results. All these others use springs and pivots and, for me, the result was something that simply wasn't robust enough to give good, repeatable results. Simplifying the design to do the one task that you would use a Domino for maybe 80% of the time is a really good approach and removes a lot of the potential error in a more complex design. That router, tool only, is 50 bucks right now. Ryobi isn't my primary system but I do have a couple of tools (and batteries) that I bought for tasks that I didn't want to invest a lot in when I needed a tool for a specific purpose. I think I might try this, it would come in really handy.
I can do "that" - Subscribed !! But seriously, what an amazing contraption. A bit easier to make than Tamar's loose tenon jig (that another person has designed), yours does away with a LOT of dovetail grooves, I will compare the capabilities for centering and decide which one to make. Thank you sooo much!
Love this design, great but simple approach. The idea could easily be scaled up for larger tenons, with a 1/2 in collet router. You earned a sub; love the free plans.
Alors là, je dis BRAVO ! Cet outil pour creuser les mortaises est juste génial ! Surtout pour un bricoleur ou un amateur qui veut assembler de temps en temps. Merci beaucoup pour cette astuce 👍
Thanks for a great video. I will be making your design very shortly. The one thing that concerns me is the adjustability of the fence and how it might be easy to not keep it square. It isn't all that difficult to make so I'm thinking I'll make one for 3/4' stock and another for 1 1/2" stock. Another possibility is to make a bigger one and have shims to attache to the face to change the position for various thicknesses.
Cool project cheap and simple. Perfect for me. Suggest buying and extra base for the router so you can still you it normally with out disabling your contraption. Nice work
Could this be made without the height adjuster? Just make 2 or 3 jigs for common sizes so I don’t have to worry about whether the height is set exactly equal on both sides?
Such a no-brainer. Just bought the router for $49. I already use Ryobi so I have the batteries. With little spare time, things have to be simple, accurate, and repeatable. When I build mine I want to make sure it fits commercially available loose tenons I can buy rather than make my own. The convenience outweighs the cost saving.
Oh, I like this! Simpler design than the Stumpy Nubs one I just saw, and it's cordless. (And I already have the Ryobi trim router...) I see myself building this, or a slightly modified version in the near future. Thanks for showing your simple and effective design. 👍
Спасибо за Вашу работу. Великолепно. Буду делать себе такой же, воспользовавшись вашими наработками и опытом сборки. Использовать буду в первую очередь для "шкант"- шип деревянный, потом для домино. - Россия = Санкт Петербург Thank you for your work. Great. I will make myself the same, using your best practices and assembly experience. I will use it primarily for the "shkant"- a wooden spike, then for dominoes. - Russia = Saint Petersburg
Now I need to see if I could modify this to fit my Dewalt router! This is so useful to prevent me from spending too much money on a tool I probably will use not very often! Great video.
I made a tool for this using linear bearings for two axis motion. It looks really nice but there is too much play in the assembly. Basically it’s junk. I will try your design now! Thanks!
Nice design. I've aquired a ton of 6mm acrylic sheets & 3mm aluminium plates (thanks Covid 19) & recently aquired an old Dore Westbury milling machine. This looks like a fun first project. I think I'll take this design & adapt it a little. One acrylic square for the router base. Three acrylic sheets for the slider part. #1 with slot for the bit #2 with a big slot to accomodate the router base #3 with a slightly smaller slot to hold the base in place & bolt #1-3 together. 3x acrylic sheets for the face plate. Adjustable side & handle plates from aluminium & a fancy wooden handle. A thin piece of acrylic for the marker part. Will it work? Who knows. Will have fun trying though & if it does work it should look great.
I got one of these on sale a while back for $40 figuring I could use it for a dedicated bevel/roundover setup. But I might just have to repurpose it for this instead. Neat design! By the way, Home Depot has these on sale for $49 right now ($20 off) .
Very nice jig! Thanks a lot for sharing. This one is going on my ToDo list right there at the top... The only mod I'd do would be to replace one of the 2 adjustments with a dowel in the slot and the other one with 1/4-20 knob and threaded insert. Beside this minor mod, the design seems very good and solid. W2G! You got a new subscriber!
Looking forward to building this in a month or two once I get my garage cleaned up a bit. I'm planning to order the 6mm collet that comes with the UK version of this router (R18TR-0), so that I can use 6mm spiral upcut bits instead of 1/4" and regular/generic dominoes and not have to make my own tenons.
you could put a pair of treaded inserts with bolts on the side of the main frame to provide side to side adjustment maybe a an allthread on the front to micro adjust the depth on the front slide
There are a heap of Domino clones out there, a good number that I have looked at. For the novice, your design wins hands down for simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness. This Aussie says, "Well done, mate."
use 1/2" plywood,and instead of routing a recess for the router baseplate,glue strips of 1/4" ply ( or strips cut to the precise thickness needed) around the plate. you can glue 8/32 or 10-32 bolts into the strips for wingnuts to hold down the retaining strips,making it easy to remove the router for other jobs. plus with 1/2" ply,you get more reach with your router bit. How did you disable the height adjust mechanism to allow the free sliding depth cutting?
Sadly only design out there is Virutex AB 181 OVVO router , its unknown for most people and priced as Festool ... they have a short ad clip about it on YT . Basically just an adapter to their palm router , to make similar holes than Festool Domino , but of course they have their own connector .
I'm only 4 minutes in, BUT, the blue piece on the plan needs a notch cut out of it where it meets the other piece, and that other piece needs a scribed line to indicate the middle of the cut, so you can get the dominoes holes exactly where you want them. Line up your 2 work pieces, slap a pencil mark across the joint, then just line the.... Oh, wait, just got to the part where you are making the plastic alignment thing.... Awesome video, thank you!
Awesome. Realy awesome. I wonder where you get all this great ideas. I like your Domino setter a lot. Thank's for your entertaining Videos. You're a sympathic guy. Two thumbs up 👍👍🎉😁
Bro, you always make the best projects... I bought DIY Tyler's plans for his homemade domino, but this one utilizes my same router, and looks pretty stupid easy to make by comparison... I wonder if I can get an extra base to have one with and without the micro adjust, making the tool more versatile but easy to switch... 🤔🤔🤔 Good job, my brother!! Love it!!
Can you use the same jig for both 1/4” and 1/2” mortises or do you need two jigs? I could see where if the same jig did both, the 1/4” workpiece might have tear out.
I’m sure there is an engineer at Ryobi thinking they could build your design in plastic and sell millions of them. Truly great innovation and terrific explanation of the build…New sub because of it! What type of bit do you recommend?
I realize this vid is 2 years old, but it's new to me today. As others have said this is quite brilliant, I'm just wondering if you are able to use a bigger bit ? I have a project in mind that would need the biggest tenons (dominoes) available, even if I have to make them....and I likely will. Nice work, I'm going to check out your other videos.
For your tennon stock, I take a long piece, use the router table to round the edges of the whole long strip, then cut the small pieces at the miter saw. Easy to batch out a long term supply in just a few minutes.
So smart!! No doubt that’s how they make them in the factory, too. Why not do the same in my workshop?
I did this recently, but I also used a thin kerf table saw blade to cut long shallow grooves on the faces to give it room for glue to flow. I don’t know how much good it does but it -seemed- like a good idea
Easily the best alternative to the $1200 festool version that I have seen to date. I think I might have to try this one.
This set up is brilliant ! The only modifications I would make is a crossbar between the adjustable sides so that they move up and down in tandem and perhaps some depth measurement marks for the thickness of stock you are working with. Super impressed with the simplicity of your design !
Some times Simple is really the best way I ve looked at a lot DIY tools that are designed to do the same thing that are so much more complicated than your design and probably don't work any better, so I am building your design- many thanks
I built it and it works! Thanks, the thing I like the best is that I can still use the router for ordinary tasks.
Simple but perfectly effective design. Out of many different takes on the subject this is the one worth making to me. Great content as always, thank you for sharing!
Looks like something I am going to make and try. The only suggestion is to be able to secure it to the table with a clamp so it doesn't move around. Great idea!
You know, sometimes simpler is better. I've seen some really clever designs from Pask Makes and Stumpy Nubs and they look great, and I even tried my own design based on the Pask design with limited results. All these others use springs and pivots and, for me, the result was something that simply wasn't robust enough to give good, repeatable results.
Simplifying the design to do the one task that you would use a Domino for maybe 80% of the time is a really good approach and removes a lot of the potential error in a more complex design.
That router, tool only, is 50 bucks right now. Ryobi isn't my primary system but I do have a couple of tools (and batteries) that I bought for tasks that I didn't want to invest a lot in when I needed a tool for a specific purpose. I think I might try this, it would come in really handy.
I can do "that" - Subscribed !! But seriously, what an amazing contraption. A bit easier to make than Tamar's loose tenon jig (that another person has designed), yours does away with a LOT of dovetail grooves, I will compare the capabilities for centering and decide which one to make. Thank you sooo much!
i just made that comment on her viieo . lol
Love this design, great but simple approach. The idea could easily be scaled up for larger tenons, with a 1/2 in collet router. You earned a sub; love the free plans.
Alors là, je dis BRAVO ! Cet outil pour creuser les mortaises est juste génial ! Surtout pour un bricoleur ou un amateur qui veut assembler de temps en temps. Merci beaucoup pour cette astuce 👍
Thanks for a great video. I will be making your design very shortly. The one thing that concerns me is the adjustability of the fence and how it might be easy to not keep it square. It isn't all that difficult to make so I'm thinking I'll make one for 3/4' stock and another for 1 1/2" stock. Another possibility is to make a bigger one and have shims to attache to the face to change the position for various thicknesses.
Very impressive but I think I was even more impressed by the vice and the display cogs. Very cool.
This is excellent. Sure beats $$$ for a Domino Jointer that I'd rarely use and the Ryobi cordless router is under $50 right now.
Absolutely genius!!! I can do this now. You are amazing.
Cool project cheap and simple. Perfect for me. Suggest buying and extra base for the router so you can still you it normally with out disabling your contraption. Nice work
Really nicely designed and presented, thanks!
Awesome build for the money. Those Ryobi One+ trim routers are a stellar deal too.
Brilliant design, simple and effective. Definitely going to have a try with this. Thanks.
Sweet! You asked what shop project would we like to see 9 days ago. I requested, a method for loose tenon joinery. Woo hoo.
You got it lol
@@DIYBuilds thanks. I already have Ryobi everything, except the palm router. Home Depot tomorrow.
@@dougprentice1363 and on sale now too!!
Just buy domino dont be a stingy person😂@@DIYBuilds
Do you think I have that kind of money kicking around?
I have to agree that this is the simplest jig to obtain the loose tenon joints. Thank you for thinking out of the box to make the jig.
THIS TIES UP THE ROUTER TO THIS JIG , if you make it removable with the same idea of the wing nuts, you can use the router on other jigs or projects
Yes
Perfect, simple, affordable, and accurate
Could this be made without the height adjuster? Just make 2 or 3 jigs for common sizes so I don’t have to worry about whether the height is set exactly equal on both sides?
Life is too short for all the cool things that can be done. Awesome work!
Absolutely brilliant. Love seeing all the Ryobi tools - looks like my shop!
Such a no-brainer. Just bought the router for $49. I already use Ryobi so I have the batteries. With little spare time, things have to be simple, accurate, and repeatable. When I build mine I want to make sure it fits commercially available loose tenons I can buy rather than make my own. The convenience outweighs the cost saving.
Oh, I like this! Simpler design than the Stumpy Nubs one I just saw, and it's cordless. (And I already have the Ryobi trim router...) I see myself building this, or a slightly modified version in the near future. Thanks for showing your simple and effective design. 👍
What a brilliant solution. Very nicely done!
Спасибо за Вашу работу.
Великолепно. Буду делать себе такой же, воспользовавшись вашими наработками и опытом сборки.
Использовать буду в первую очередь для "шкант"- шип деревянный, потом для домино.
- Россия = Санкт Петербург
Thank you for your work.
Great. I will make myself the same, using your best practices and assembly experience.
I will use it primarily for the "shkant"- a wooden spike, then for dominoes.
- Russia = Saint Petersburg
very cool - especialy the sandpaper trick !
Now I need to see if I could modify this to fit my Dewalt router! This is so useful to prevent me from spending too much money on a tool I probably will use not very often! Great video.
I made a tool for this using linear bearings for two axis motion. It looks really nice but there is too much play in the assembly. Basically it’s junk. I will try your design now! Thanks!
Great built.Now I just need a palm router cause doing this with a plunge router jig.Keep safe.
That looks like a super simple build. Even a numpty like me should be able to do that. Cheers mate 😃👍🏻
Nice design. I've aquired a ton of 6mm acrylic sheets & 3mm aluminium plates (thanks Covid 19) & recently aquired an old Dore Westbury milling machine.
This looks like a fun first project. I think I'll take this design & adapt it a little. One acrylic square for the router base. Three acrylic sheets for the slider part. #1 with slot for the bit #2 with a big slot to accomodate the router base #3 with a slightly smaller slot to hold the base in place & bolt #1-3 together.
3x acrylic sheets for the face plate. Adjustable side & handle plates from aluminium & a fancy wooden handle. A thin piece of acrylic for the marker part.
Will it work? Who knows. Will have fun trying though & if it does work it should look great.
I should have used a cordless router when I made mine. Good job.
Great idea and nice deployment! Thanks for sharing!
Cool idea, maybe add a spring between the router and back of fence?
Very simple and thoroughly explained. Thank you very much!
This is great! I just got the dewalt cordless router and this would work the same I bet! I wanted to do a mortise machine but this seems better!
Awesome. You should’ve gotten a patent for it! Now Kreg and others have made some.
Brilliant. Going to get started on this this week.
Thanks for the free plans 👍
Maaan this is brilliant! I happen to have a spare Ryobi router so I seriously might have to make one of these. Thanks for the vid!
very simple way,but very nice way.wonderful.
Te la comiste con esta herramienta. Tremenda idea, Genial.👍
Great straight forward simple router jig to make and best thing is the money not buying the festool domino plus extractor.
Always learn something watching your videos! Thanks for posting.
This is awesome! I love the design. I'm gonna have to give this build a shot!
I got one of these on sale a while back for $40 figuring I could use it for a dedicated bevel/roundover setup. But I might just have to repurpose it for this instead. Neat design! By the way, Home Depot has these on sale for $49 right now ($20 off) .
Damn Canada price was $98
@@DIYBuilds Ouch!
I bought mine at Direct Tools- Factory Outlet, here in Lknd,Fl restocking all my stolen tools, great prices!
Brilliant jig, dude! Fantastic work! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Love the sound effects. Really adds to the video.
This is the most simple , but most robust homemade ones I've seen to date. 👍👍👍👍👍
I'm definitely going to try this. OR...something like it.
Thanks!✌️
P.S. Love Movie Magic! Now to get that to work in real life.😅
Nice job as always. Gotta love your regulation Sandals lol.
simple cheap and effective as always!!!!! love your project man
Very nice jig! Thanks a lot for sharing. This one is going on my ToDo list right there at the top...
The only mod I'd do would be to replace one of the 2 adjustments with a dowel in the slot and the other one with 1/4-20 knob and threaded insert. Beside this minor mod, the design seems very good and solid. W2G! You got a new subscriber!
Looking forward to building this in a month or two once I get my garage cleaned up a bit. I'm planning to order the 6mm collet that comes with the UK version of this router (R18TR-0), so that I can use 6mm spiral upcut bits instead of 1/4" and regular/generic dominoes and not have to make my own tenons.
Great presentation. I was wondering how to do this without the biscuit tool. Thanks! I will let you know how it worked out!
Straight away, a great build!
Best one i have seen so far thanks i will try yours .
Very clever, thanks! I just may do this!
Great Job! I'll be making this soon.
you could put a pair of treaded inserts with bolts on the side of the main frame to provide side to side adjustment maybe a an allthread on the front to micro adjust the depth on the front slide
There are a heap of Domino clones out there, a good number that I have looked at. For the novice, your design wins hands down for simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness. This Aussie says, "Well done, mate."
Love this build. I just wish it was capable of routing pockets into a panel--like when attaching shelves in a bookcase.
Working in slippers + socks just as needs to be! Just like me 😃😃😃
No H&S officer at home...
use 1/2" plywood,and instead of routing a recess for the router baseplate,glue strips of 1/4" ply ( or strips cut to the precise thickness needed) around the plate. you can glue 8/32 or 10-32 bolts into the strips for wingnuts to hold down the retaining strips,making it easy to remove the router for other jobs. plus with 1/2" ply,you get more reach with your router bit.
How did you disable the height adjust mechanism to allow the free sliding depth cutting?
This is incredible! Just the design I have been looking for! Thank you!!
Sadly only design out there is Virutex AB 181 OVVO router , its unknown for most people and priced as Festool ... they have a short ad clip about it on YT .
Basically just an adapter to their palm router , to make similar holes than Festool Domino , but of course they have their own connector .
I'm only 4 minutes in, BUT, the blue piece on the plan needs a notch cut out of it where it meets the other piece, and that other piece needs a scribed line to indicate the middle of the cut, so you can get the dominoes holes exactly where you want them. Line up your 2 work pieces, slap a pencil mark across the joint, then just line the.... Oh, wait, just got to the part where you are making the plastic alignment thing.... Awesome video, thank you!
You sir, have won a subscriber. Well freakin' done!
Thank you so much for showing mistakes. Let's us know that not everyone does it perfect the first time. Great content, you gained a new subscriber!
Not surprised you didn't cut out the pocket on your CNC router but I was kinda wishing you had. Nice project.
I wanted the project to be more approachable for average people so I skipped the cnc though I did want to use it.
Well done 👍👍👍
PERFECT AND EFFECTIVE. THANK YOU
Cool beans! I like to see videos like this!
nice project simple and easy to build , i like it
Nice video. If you want a really inexpensive rig use a Harbor Freight trim router. It's corded but is often on sale for under $30.
I used that one for my cnc and failed almost immediately.
Dang. I think I'll make one. Especially with that router being on sale for $35 today on DTO.
Amazing build!
Awesome. Realy awesome. I wonder where you get all this great ideas.
I like your Domino setter a lot.
Thank's for your entertaining Videos.
You're a sympathic guy. Two thumbs up 👍👍🎉😁
Bro, you always make the best projects... I bought DIY Tyler's plans for his homemade domino, but this one utilizes my same router, and looks pretty stupid easy to make by comparison... I wonder if I can get an extra base to have one with and without the micro adjust, making the tool more versatile but easy to switch... 🤔🤔🤔
Good job, my brother!! Love it!!
The router is just $49 now at HD black friday sale.
$98 in Canada.
Very clever build.
Outstanding video - well done.
100% amazing but i think you should add some sort of spring mech to push the router back maybe?
Can you use the same jig for both 1/4” and 1/2” mortises or do you need two jigs? I could see where if the same jig did both, the 1/4” workpiece might have tear out.
At 12:56, my faith was restored. Safety sandals in full affect!
Definitely a whole lot less expensive than what Festeal charges! Thanks!
I’m sure there is an engineer at Ryobi thinking they could build your design in plastic and sell millions of them. Truly great innovation and terrific explanation of the build…New sub because of it! What type of bit do you recommend?
1/4" spiral upcut
I realize this vid is 2 years old, but it's new to me today. As others have said this is quite brilliant, I'm just wondering if you are able to use a bigger bit ? I have a project in mind that would need the biggest tenons (dominoes) available, even if I have to make them....and I likely will.
Nice work, I'm going to check out your other videos.
If you got yourself an oval cutting bit, you wouldn't need to move it back and forth. Nice build!
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
I just found a use for the same ryobi trim router that I stopped using because I got a makita trim router with plunge base….Feswho?
Beauty design.
Excelent Job Man...Awesome Projekt..
That's really cool!
Love the simplicity, i am a simple person so why i couldn't think of this? lol Great video and awesome idea, that i going to make for sure. Thank you!
Very good video. Way to stick it to the green tool cult and represent the common man's budget!
Ok you are spending my money again! I love it! Tool buy!
This is excellent, I will give it a try. I was wondering how you gauge the depth of cut .