Swingman,

Yup. We buy what we think will do the best job for us, and it may not be
what someone else thinks will do best for him. Charlieb just seems to be
still trying to convince himself that he made the right choice, even after
spending the money for it. I think he made a good choice and it will serve
him well. He just needs get on with making sawdust and stop torturing
himself over whether he made a good decision or not. That's why there are so
many different tools on the market that do the same or similar jobs, and
those companies all seem to be making money. To each his own I guess.

I spent several years dreaming about a MultiRouter but could never quite
justify the cost. I've watched several live demos of it and it would sure
make M&T production easy, although, in my opinion, it isn't quite as precise
as what I was looking for. The FMT is great for repeatable very close
tolerance joints and a little slower when it comes to setup and production
runs. Although I have only seen video demonstrations of the Domino, I think
it may be faster than the FMT and the MultiRouter, but we've already made
our choices, haven't we.

Do you really need M&T joints that are bigger than 1/2 x 5" ? (the limit for
FMT) What do you make that requires larger joints than this? I've found
that I get serious cross grain gluing problems when I try make larger M&T
joints. Most of what I make is furniture related and the FMT does all that
I've needed to do so far (but I didn't throw out my old wooden morticing jig
yet-just in case). I've also used my FMT for some production runs of
plantation and exterior shutters, where it performed really well.

I have only had to cut tenons on the ends of a couple of excessively long
pieces with the FMT. For these few long pieces I needed to put tenons on
their ends, and I solved the problem by mounting the FMT to a deck railing,
letting the board hang off the edge of the deck, and I stood on the deck
behind the FMT while making the cuts. It worked out quite well.

--
Charley


"Swingman" wrote in message
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"Charley" wrote in message

You wanted comparison information from someone who owned an FMT and had
looked into a Multi-router and a Trend M&T jig and I tried to help you.
That's all. In fact, I'm now wondering why you are still comparing them,
after you have already made your big decision and bought the Domino.
It's
almost like you aren't really sure that you made the right decision when
you
bought it. Have you?

It certainly appears to me that there is no doubt in his mind that what
works for him is the Domino.

I've been following Charlie's ruminations on this particular issue since,
IIRC, around 2003, which is about the time I started also looking for ways
to do "production runs" of compound angled joinery.

I looked hard at the FMT, was impressed with its precision, but was turned
off by the width limitation and the hassle of doing joinery in long
workpieces.

Sounds like Charlie made the right choice for him (and has done a hell of
a
job giving providing EXCELLENT information for comparison purposes), the
FMT
suits you, and I wouldn't trade my M-R for either ... exactly the way it's
supposed to work, eh?

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