Finally nailed a flawless Festool Domino joinery job on custom cabinets without a hitch

man, the pnw mud makes every jobsite a nightmare, but when it all lines up like yours did, damn its worth it.

watch out for those dominos chipping in damp pnw jobsites, had one split on me last winter and the whole cabinet assembly went to hell before i could even glue it up.

man, flawless jobs like that are unicorns in the pnw mud, glad you finally caught one without the usual callback BS

man, those flawless jobs are rarer than a dry day out here in the pnw. been chasing that domino precision for years and still get the occasional alignment headache.

for pnw jobsites, i always tape the domino mortises right after cutting to keep moisture out, saved me from swelling issues on a few builds.

nothing beats that rush when a domino job comes together perfect, especially after all the screw-ups i've seen with biscuit joiners in the rain. i pulled off a similar face-frame setup last month on a kitchen reno, and the client tipped me an extra $200 just because they loved the clean lines. took me about 10 hours total, but using the festool df 700 made alignment a breeze, no shimming needed. been doing this long enough to know precision like that saves you callbacks and headaches down the line. pnw jobsites are brutal with the damp, but the domino's dust extraction kept everything dry and accurate. my helper was impressed too, said it's the best joinery he's worked with yet. if you havent tried the mortise width adjustment for thicker stock, do it, changes the game.

keep the fence height locked at 18mm for those mortises on face-frame work, it cuts down on alignment fuss in wet wood like nothing else. i've done a dozen cabinet sets with the domino xl and never had a callback when i double-check the plunge depth first. works like a charm in the pnw slop too.