On Dec 19, 12:18 am, "Frank Drackman" wrote:
"Swingman" wrote in message

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to me for years) - I could get Dowelmax ($350) for now - and FMT
($600-700) when the chair project comes around after the table...

When it comes to making chairs (for which I wouldn't trade my Muti-Router
for all the above, including the Domino) I would most definitely choose
the
Domino over the option above.

AAMOF, had the Domino had been available prior to my M-R purchase, I would
have had a hard time justifying the M-R, even though it is more versatile
and certainly not a 'one trick pony', like the Domino.

Just my tuppence ...

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KarlC@ (the obvious)

Do you ever use your M-R for dovetails? In a few months I expect a couple
of projects with lots of same size dovetails and I am starting to
investigate options.

If I didn't have a ShopBot on the way, I'd be all over the M-R.
As my thinking seems to be constantly clouded by 'production'-type
thoughts, I felt the FMT and the Domino
didn't appeal to me on an industrial level.
Between the biscuits, a few hand-drilled dowels and a pocket screw set-
up, all the one-offs are dealt with adequately.
No doubt that the Domino is more elegant than a biscuit joiner, but as
Leon mentions, $1400 is starting to inch away towards the M-R and IMHO
the M-R is a far better long term investment. It is industrial grade.
( AAMOF, the M-R can do things the 'Bot can't.)
There is something to be said for having the axis on the horizontal.
Don't get me wrong, I like the Domino, but it's too much money, IMHO.
The M-R looks like it could be a tool hanging off the side of a
Felder.