How Make Splines with a Festool Domino DF 500

Mitered joints are inherently weak unless you do something to improve their strength. Historically, woodworkers have used splines to strengthen mitered joinery and have cut them using specialty fixtures on their table saw or router table. This video demonstrates what might be an even easier approach using a simple jig that I created for the Festool Domino DF 500.

Resources or Tools Used:

Festool Domino DF 500 Q Set  Festool Domino Beech Domino Assortment  Festool MIDI Dust Extractor   Festool CT 26 (larger) Dust Extractor

Shopbot CNC router

Here is the video:

The following diagram shows the dimensions for the fixture that was created to cut splines

SplineJig.pdf

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