Festool Domino vs Mortise and Tenon Strength Test

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Today I’m testing the strength of the Festool Domino VS traditional mortise and tenon. I was really surprised by the results and had a great time breaking into Shaun Boyd’s shop and stealing his Festool Domino. What do you think of the results? What would you like to see me test next? Thanks for watching! Please like, comment and subscribe. Cheers!
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#FestoolDominoStrengthTest #vs #MortiseandTenonStrengthTest

[@shaunboydmadethis]

Dude, you woke me up from my 3 hour mid-day nap. No worries though, a lot of good information from this test. Glad I could "help"...I guess.

[@katzmosestools]

Should've used the dead bolt...

[@TakamiWoodshop]

It was Bones making all that noise that woke you up dude. Jon is innocent.

[@quickbreaks5865]

You guys are a great team up! I would love to see more with the two of you working together. You both have information that, put together, is a whole knew look into woodworking

[@skeetorkiftwon]

@@katzmosestools Doing the right thing is always harder!

[@trev2417]

Appreciate your effort in doing the test, that looked like 45mm stock so I’d have used the df700 if I’d wanted to test the strength, also furniture would never be put under that kind of pressure, I’ve used the df700 140mm x14mm dominos constructing pergolas, also external doors and gates and none have ever failed.

[@bertv1205]

IMO the major benefit of the Domino System is speed. In a professional shop it will earn its cost back in just a few projects.

[@TempleThomas]

I really enjoyed the test plus you have a great sense of humor. You have become one of my top woodworking channels to watch. Thanks for the current content and happy New year to you as well

[@leonardofaria7364]

Thank you, this is highly appreciated, Even being a designer for over 25 years I'm a beginner in woodworking, tests like this help me understand better the materials involved and narrow my possibilities while designing with pencil and paper. Great video, again.

[@katzmosestools]

Thank you!

[@gavinfeargrieve4874]

I've been asking myself the same question ( M & T vs D) for the last year. I'm absolutely thrilled you took the time to answer this question for me , and with a convincing "scientific " approach. Thumbs up for that. I am biased toward M & Tenon, because of the long tradition and beauty of this joint. However, ya can't beat Dominos for speed and if you're running a commercial shop it's become an essential tool. That said, I think they're both strong enough joints that visual appeal in design becomes the deciding factor. Thanks, you're the best!

[@WorkingTimbersCo]

Ah this is so entertaining! Nice collab!

[@modustrial]

Nice gank move! ;) . Great video too. Awesome to see how fast your channel is growing. Here's to more in 2019!

[@moserbua]

Thx Jon, happy new year 🙌 btw. love your dovetail 6:1 jig - got it on 23rd december - greetings from Austria

[@nrgizd1]

Humor mixed with a solid approach. I believe you captured what was running through my mind!

[@Jeff034]

exactly what i was looking for. MANY thanks.

[@firstlastname99]

Hilarious. I'm sure you knew what you were inviting with this. I appreciated what you put out here as "as-is" information with the clear assumption that anybody smart enough to question your methodologies would be smart enough to use your results as far as they applied. I really appreciated you taking the time to put out some free, structured data that is certainly useful if not merely interesting. It was done as a favor the community and you deserve thanks instead of misplaced criticism.

[@SamsTopBarBees]

Awesome test, and it mirrors others I've seem on yt, thanks for sharing.

[@SpencleyDesignCo]

Killer video Jonathan!

[@FredMcIntyre]

Thanks for the info Jonathan! 👍🏻👊🏻

[@richhubert1260]

Nice video. Very Matthias Wandel like. Happy new year to you sir!

[@spatialguy5571]

rich hubert NOT

[@mjj5508]

I just subbed and i really enjoy your vids and your chanel!

[@johncannata4703]

All i wanted to see was the actual joint break and all i got was a broken heart! At the point of maximum pressure you switched to the next sample, I need to see the destruction!! Lol, great vid!

[@SkylersRants]

Interesting test. Thanks.

[@UrbanShopWorks]

Great video! I love the lock picking!

[@jcsrst]

Interesting video for sure! i've never seen another strength test of dominos. I have a domino and thought long and hard before I bought it. I use mine ALL the time, from small projects to large. I never considered the strength aspect, for me its an efficiency issue. The domino is fast and versatile. I am ok with a machine for a joint that no one will ever see unless they break the piece. I was surprised that it wasn't as strong as a mortise and tenon. I love my domino even if its not as strong a joint. Thanks for taking the time to test them ; )!

[@diydad6723]

Great video jon, hardwood test next pls

[@grahamparsons6620]

Very interesting results, I thought it would have been a bit closer to be honest but you can't beat the science. Since I don't own a domino and can't afford to buy one it cheered me up no end to see the results 👍👍👍👍

[@alrightythen1533]

Would be fun to see some other tests. Like a tension test, or a shear test, where the jack is placed right at the joint.

[@karl_alan]

This is great. I think more people should be doing things like this. And now that you have the setup for testing, you could do any number of other trials: box joints vs dovetails, half lap vs bridle joints, test different wood glue brands (gorilla wood glue vs Elmer's wood glue vs titebond).

[@pat_link_]

Hurray glad the test showed that the traditional mortise and tenon joint is the stronger option. I am all for traditional joinery when making. The domino has its use a modern floating tenon but comes at a huge cost to justify buying. Great test happy new year

[@shogun678]

Lol at the break and enter. Ha ha good video man

[@AngieWilliamsDesigns]

This was helpful. Thanks

[@yrrek1983]

good stuff, I knew the mortise and tenon would be stronger but the domino is still a great invention for accuracy and speed. As you mentioned, with modern glues all joints are stronger now than they were in the past. Good video.

[@williamlaird2136]

I have only recently started wood working. After several, miserable failed attempts at hand cutting M&T joints and hating the look of pocket holes with screws, I went out on a limb and purchased a Festool 700. Expensive, OUCH! But I have the knowledge that my cabinets don't have any metal in them and are a huge step above commercially made cabinets. Even with my mediocre skills I can make a joint that is all wood and has what I think is strength enough for anything I will be making. I am not willing to make any chairs yet. The pantorouter/CNC machine you used for your M&T joints, financially and logistically is beyond my means. I do not have the space and cannot justify the cost of either. Your dovetail jig is a wonderful tool and I have only practiced with it a few times. I will be doing some drawers and will try to make your jig work. Great video and an absolutely important question answered. Not what I was hoping for but the knowledge is very important to have.

[@viclegend2084]

Gay

[@MNhockeydude35]

I have seen a lot of these tests and it seems to me that the failure of the domino is always related to it being so short. I personally dont think 25 mm going into end grain is not sufficient in high load applications and it usually always fails on that end. I do have the domino XL and really enjoy using it not only for the strength of its joinery but more than anything, the accuracy. If I need a particularly strong joint I will make my own 100mm dominos out of scrap that I have on hand. If a joint is hidden I will use a domino because of the speed. All that really matters is real world application. I have not had any fail and that is really the point isn't it? That being said, I feel that the stock dominos could be much longer in many applications, I would prefer a 70mm domino. A test I would like to see is how much more strength a double domino increases its strength over the single. In many applications two smaller dominos side by side increases the glue surface area and can be implemented over one larger domino.

[@StudioJLT]

Interesting experiment.

[@Bshwag]

I built a shed this summer and put deck on it for storing burn wood. I used 12mm dominos and pocket hole screws to hold the floor joists together. I did this because I used rough cut timbers and normal joist hangers don't fit. we proceeded to load 2 cords of wood as high as the awning would allow, to the point that the 10x4 rim joist deflected about 2 inches in the center on a 10ft run. I ended up putting another peer block and support in the middle. But I have had no issues at all with the dominos holding that weight.

[@lobird23]

excellent experiment. I wondered about this very issue. 20% is significant. Thank you , your qualifications are professional. I think the results speak for themselves. I wonder if the dominoes failed at the glue joints or if the wood fiber failed first.

[@joshwiley881]

Good info.

[@TheEveryMaker]

I've been wondering how strong the floating tenons are, this is really helpful. I thought the glue would make them stronger. Very good video!

[@creolignum]

Vidéo tres instructives, merci et bonne année..

[@katzmosestools]

Happy new year to you!

[@andybrook-dobson726]

Great stuff JK-M, really enjoyed this. 2 questions: 1) so did you get yourself a Domino in the end? 2) be interested in the strength comparison between the Domino and a standard biscuit jointer (which seems to be the common decision do I splash the cash on a Festool or stick with a much cheaper biscuiter)? An idea for another episode perhaps or have you already done it? Cheers and keep up the good work. Looking forward to the arrival of my stop block and dovetail guides; sometimes international feels like it takes an age.

[@richardganz4306]

Loved the video and the new website! But did I notice that the domino mortise was wider than the tenon (middle setting on the domino), which might have made it weaker?

[@clevelandexplorer2221]

This is awesome, I had wondered!! But, when you did try the domino, what did you think for ease of use and such, just the handling of it next to mortice and tenons?

[@williambranham6249]

BTW Thanks for the video. I know it was time and labor intensive.

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks bud!

[@ThomasofAkron]

Thank you

[@chuckholton4666]

Great video! Shaun, get a better security system! If some dovetail cutting guy can get into your shop it must not be very good.😁 love both of you guys!

[@ChetKloss]

For me, once I determined the domino was more than strong enough, the rest wasn't relevant. The Domino allows for very strong repeatable joints made relatively quickly. That is where it's value is for me.

[@joeymerrell8585]

Same

[@mattcooper7550]

Chet, hopefully you'll see this, but can you use a domino on things such as building a couch for outside? will the joint be strong enough to a) hold up to people sitting on them b) will the joint fail because it gets hot as hell here in AZ? Thanks.

[@GregLohr]

@@mattcooper7550 The Domino is mainly a tool for making identical mortises quickly and easily. It's nice that you can buy their pre-made tenons. But you could make your own tenons to fit the Domino mortises much more easily than you could cut all those tenons by hand. Does that make sense? The point is, how you cut a mortise doesn't affect whether it's OK outside. For building a couch outside, you need to use wood that can be outside and then give it a finish coat (sealer or paint) that will add protection. And you want to size the mortises / tenons appropriately to the size of the couch lumber and joinery. If the Domino can't cut mortises that big, it's not the right tool for the job.

[@BruceAUlrich]

Interesting. That kind of surprised me.

[@timothyball3144]

Interesting test. Glad that you mentioned the outliers, but I quick look at the numbers, I don't think it would have changed much to toss them out.

[@bobd.]

I think a larger sample (maybe 9) than 5 units of each type joint would have been better. Then toss the highest and lowest values (which leaves 7 samples) from each set before calculating your average would have been better.

[@williambranham6249]

I like the test and the caper. I use both techniques. In the real world application I agree that either would work. Since time is money, the domino will win everytime. I do enjoy the challenge of hand cut mortise and tenon.

[@katzmosestools]

That thing is seriously so easy to use!

[@lobird23]

Have you compared (vertically or horizontally) offset dominoes versus Aligned Dominoes ( or Mortise and tenon). Do you have a video on that?

[@mattcooper7550]

Can you use a domino on things such as building a couch for outside? will the joint be strong enough to a) hold up to people sitting on them b) will the joint fail because it gets hot as hell here in AZ? Thanks.

[@MosquitoMade]

I guess I never thought a domino joint would be stronger, so I'm not surprised, but thank you for testing it out for those of us who are always curious. I would still say a domino would be worth it for someone looking for speed and ease of joinery though

[@erickcastro6069]

El año

[@barryirby8609]

I appreciate the test and the effort that went into it. Would like to see some variations. Like using hardwood. And shop made hardwood dominos. I am betting shop made dominos would be stronger based on improved/increased surface contact for the glue. Unlike you, I have the Domino but not the CNC. It seems to me that the CNC would slow down one off type projects a lot over the Domino, if you take into account the programing time. Thanks again...one more time...

[@Domith81]

I am well versed in critiquing research. I appreciate the fact that you used the CNC machine to make several T&M joints. Your conclusion that a domino is weaker than a CNC made T&M has one problem that you actually mentioned at the start of your video. When you made the T&M by hand (which I imagine most of your viewers are going to do) you had inconsistant results. The technical term for this is "generalizability," meaning the ability to apply your results to another project. So unless your viewers are using a CNC to make their T&M they should not expect to consistantly have 20% stronger T&M compared to the domino. Solution, use four groups: Group 1 domino. Group 2 experenced woodworker made T&M. Group 3 novice woodworker made T&M. Group 4 CNC made T&M joint. Another interesting finding to measure would be a time comparison for how long each joint took in each group. i.e. domino could make 10 joints in 3 minutes vs experenced/novice woodworkers etc.

[@SilverbackWoodworks]

is there any issue with the test criteria considering that the M&T joint was pine/pine and the domino is beech into pine? I think you would expect to see wood failure on the domino where you would expect tenon failure on the M&T. we could have anticipated that, no? im expecting closer comparison if all of the materials were the same wood.

[@AssafOppenheimer]

interesting, I would like to see the same experiment done using shop made dominos (ensure that the wood was the same stock as the tenons)

[@markschneider1366]

Very good video again Mr. Moses ! In my prospective ( being stingy ) I guess it's back to sharpening up the old chisels and table saw jigs . Maybe I'll get a hollow chisel mortise, only $ 300 for a cheap one . Thanks again for your wisdom o great one 😎

[@katzmosestools]

Cheers!

[@topsaw]

Love this, I'll show it to my high school woodshop classes. I do tree work on the weekends, bring the wood in to mill and we build projects from the logs we mill.

[@systemtim]

just point out that the tests are inconsistent because they had different drying times, the domino is made for a different timber for the actual tenon........

[@rsilvers129]

Thank you for the video. Two things. First, I would like to see someone compare a single Domino strength to simply using two 5 cent Lamello Biscuits on top of one another. No one has done that. Even a clone Domino is 17 cents. Second, I used calipers and measured the thickness of 30 each of DeWalt and Swiss-made Lamello plate joiner Biscuits. Lamello was 1000 for $46.37 from Amazon, which is 4.6 cents each. DeWalt was $7.98 for 100 from Lowes, which is 8 cents each. I calculated the mean and standard deviation of the thicknesses and the Lamello were more than 3x as uniform. 97.7% of Lamello are predicted to be between 3.69 and 4.00mm. DeWalt are 3.34 to 4.31mm. The goal is to be as close to 4mm without going over. Visually, the Lamello have a glue-gripping pattern on each side. The DeWalt had a more shallow grid on one side. No sense in judging biscuits without using Lamello brand.

[@John-ye4nv]

Ok - this comment is late. Just found your channel and have skipping around until I saw post. Domino has two fits. Loose and tight and you choose that when you make mortise. You didn’t say which setting you used. The fit between the mortise and tenon - or the domino and tenons will impact glue volume, insertion depth, and mechanical advantage. Moreover the fit depth, unoccupied volume in mortise coupled with fit clearance will also have an effect. Love the channel.

[@hazembata]

What brand of CNC were you using?

[@sergeantmaker]

When viewing your domino mortises they looked a little larger than the tenon. Was the domino set to oversized setting or to tight setting? The extra space in the mortise could decrease the amount of glue surface allowing only 2 sides of the tenon to have a tight glue joint.

[@sergeantmaker]

I went back a viewed the video again and I take my above observation back; t does appear you used the tight setting. I must need a new prescription or something but during glue up it looked like one of the tenons had a little extra space in the mortise. I freeze frame the tool in use and see the dial is on the tightest setting.

[@danielgeng2306]

Breaking and entering with intent to Domino ? I got you now sumbitch ! Lol great video Jonathan, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ~

[@Eorlingur]

Did you size your mortices to match the tenon or the hole the festool machine cuts? A domino has a different shape than the hole the machine cuts, so there is some play when mounting it. I would guess that a snug fit for the short sides of the tenon would add more bracing area for the glue and therefore make it a bit stronger.

[@katzmosestools]

Yes everything was cut on the cnc to be almost the exact same size as the domino

[@bennettibey9498]

Nice test. Logically the Domino is floating tenon and the M&T has the advantage of essentially infinite grain strength in one direction. A cool variant of this test would be to make pine Dominos at longest length the Domino will drill and test that against M&T. Got me with the "jack" callout 😂

[@sawigginton]

5:00 curious at the scatter of the original attempt, especially given the variance in hand cut (vs machined or in this case CNC M&T). Another interesting experiment would be joint strength vs "slop" for the different domino settings.

[@katzmosestools]

Agreed

[@bobmedic3214]

There comes a point where strong enough is a factor. You have to weigh the difference between strength and speed and mobility. I have both of the Domino machines and I still use a Kreg jig where applicable. Like face frames, I use pocket screws because they are hidden and I don’t have to clamp it. Saves time. Doors or other joints that are visible, I use Dominos. Some joints are made for their strength and aesthetics. Like dovetails, through M&T and lap joints. None of those options are faster or as mobile as the Domino. You can also use a Domino to add strength to other joints like miters or cope and sick joints. Much more difficult or time consuming than using a Domino to add splines.

[@lenmcdaniel6698]

*.moo[ Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

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[@X3WorkshopDesigns]

LMAO!! Suck it Shaun Boyd!!! hahaha. Dude! How did I even miss this video?!

[@Martin1519]

What if the grain of the mortise and tenon were parallel to each other, how would those stats differ? Example, gluing the ends of two 2x4’s together with a Mortis and tenon joinery. Would it be as strong as a 2x4 of the same length without a mortis and tenon?

[@Trashed20659]

The next time I wanna hang a heavy object from a a free-swinging narrow board I should prefer the M&T? If BOTH ends of your wooden arm are joined, as in casework, I am sure the strength would be more than enough either way.

[@ernestshipman411]

3 years later: have you decided to buy a Domino? (enjoyed the video! I wasn't too concerned @ the pine wood vs. beech dowels... I used zillions of birch dowels glueing up redwood or cedar sign panels at my sign shop over the years...)

[@xylonguitars]

a very good effort, thank you for sharing. One problem though is that the dominos themselves are of a much stronger material than the pine timber... you would have had an even lower average if the dominos were made out of steel, for example. I would be interested to see what would have happened if beech was used...

[@NitFlickwick]

Xylon Guitars this was my thought immediately upon seeing pine being used. The beech tenons will behave drastically differently from pine tenons. What I don't know is if they will fail earlier or later because I can see arguments for both (beech is stronger, but that increased strength may focus the load on the connection with the pine instead of spreading the load more evenly through the whole board).

[@wwscott7595]

Hullo young man, very interesting test you have just done. Now, if I want to build repetitive chairs, glass cabinets, British style sideboard's, I think you get the picture. I will spend hundred's of pounds and maybe a bit more, I will buy a Festool domino. As I am a wood worker of simple need's and mind I will stick to the other way. Router, good bit Japanese saw sharp chisel's and a marking Knife. Oh, timber. The second way to me is the sheer enjoyment of being calm and looking at my inner self. That's my rant over.

[@Renegator1]

It seems to me that to get a sense of the strength of the joints, it would have been good to place the jack much closer to the joint. The leverage at the 9 inch mark is substantial and greater than what I think the actual forces on a chair would be. On a chair, wouldn't the force be closer to shear? So this gives us an idea of the comparative strengths, but as I am just starting to look into dominos, I am looking to understand their actual strength. But the test was very coo,l and I appreciate the thought that went into it.

[@josephdestaubin7426]

We use Dominos in our shop, but I have to say at the Dominos themselves seem to have an inherent flaw. It's well understood that wood glue only has any strength when it is is as thin as possible. The Domino's of course don't really allow the glue to be thin. I would love to see a test using a shop made floating Tenon in a slot cut by a domino cutter. On paper you should be able to get a significantly better result . Chears.

[@jasonm.7358]

Nope. Check out Matthias Wandel’s test. Wood joints intentionally gapped by 0.3mm were significantly stronger than tighter joints, and joints clamped super-tight to make the glue as thin as possible were significantly weaker, as were joints where a dry tenon was inserted into a glued mortise (which _looks_ like how these Domino joints were constructed). So, when you say “it’s well understood “, like gluing endgrain, you may find that what is commonly _believed_ is not necessarily _true_.

[@LukePighetti]

Try using a 2 part epoxy

[@GuysShop]

Nice test Jonathon. I actually am not surprised at all given similar testing I have seen in the past. That being said, either dominos or M&T will give you more than enough strength for 99.9% of furniture applications. I have projects that I built well over 20 years ago that are completely held together with biscuits. Which are probably less than half the strength of dominos. Thanks for posting this!

[@katzmosestools]

I totally agree Guy. Cheers!

[@mauriceryton]

Interesting, l think all the domino gives you is consistency and speed. It would be interesting to see the same testing after the adhesive dried for a week and was at full strength.

[@Wood_Slice]

Just a thought. The mortise and tenon as same wood species (pine im assuming) whilst the domino wood species might be a hardwood (not sure). That might throw off the result

[@quickbreaks5865]

That’s a pretty FANTASTIC test. I have always wondered if it would be worth purchasing a domino just to speed up projects, but after watching this I can see that a craftsman should never choose speed over quality

[@GregLohr]

A craftsman doesn't always have to choose speed over quality. You can have both. This video, as interesting as it is, doesn't scientifically prove that the Festool Domino is only about speed and not at all about quality.

[@gregoryvangundy6170]

I’m making some maloof style chairs so got interested in buying a domino but I realized the domino’s limitation is the depth of the joint, ie not very deep. Since joint strength is related to glue surface area by almost any method this is a serious limitation. As many of my joined parts will be max 1.5” square and then sculpted I’m going with large hardwood dowels. I’m sure in a production shop a domino proves cost effective.

[@lfcbpro]

Further research showed that Katz-Moses pizza is better than Domino's too :P Thanks for the vid Jonathan, just goes to show you don't always need the best and most expensive tools to come up with a very good job, learning some good woodworking skills can be just as valuable.

[@anilsarapalli9968]

I wonder if it would make a difference if the wood species of the stock and that of the domino were different

[@katzmosestools]

Maybe and I would be interested as well

[@davidness7523]

If the domino failures were caused by the pine board failing, then is test proves the domino is stronger than pine. Wouldn't it be better to use beech (I think that's what the dominos are made from) for all the components? If you can't find beech, then use something of equivalent strength.

[@tomlagatol4448]

Jonathan, I noticed (early on )in the video that the mortice made by the Domino was the looser of the two kinds that it makes. I mention that as that might be a difference between the CNC generated M/T and the domino.... Just a thought. Thanks for the vid.

[@katzmosestools]

It wasn't. It was on the tightest setting

[@tomlagatol4448]

My bad....Sorry!

[@titosrevenger]

Can you explain what's going on in the shot at 2:49? The voice over says you matched the size of the M&T to the Domino, but in the shot it's clearly very loose. It looks at least 2mm wider in each direction. I'm assuming this is just a size comparison to show that they're almost the same size and that the actual tenon fit more snugly than the domino fits in this shot.

[@--JD--]

The hardwood (beech) domino cut through the soft pine (that's why they didn't break), the M&T was both the same Pine, moe elastic and in the end, broke the tenon; therefore the different results. Willing to bet that we a have test setup failure here (apples & oranges).

[@MrJKellerLewis]

There is a similar test video put out by Dowelmax testing their dowels against dominoes. Check it out. It doesn't have any lock- picking though

[@morpheus8128]

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[@lenmcdaniel6698]

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

[@lenmcdaniel6698]

I would like to see the boys want to see Siri

[@lenmcdaniel6698]

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[@craftedworkshop]

Cool test! I think this would have been much more useful if you’d used hardwood rather than Pine. Who uses Pine with a Domino? 😂 I’d imagine the Beech Dominos didn’t play particularly well with the Pine. I’d love to see a round two!

[@terryfigel8261]

I would be interested to see that too, but in addition can you also test butt joints(no tenon)? I would like to see that. I think this was a really well done video!

[@joestafford6255]

Main advantage for Domino is speed. For most of us without access to a CNC, the Domino is much faster then hand-cut M&T. I realize some people, like yourself, can probably cut M&T joints fast enough for that to not matter :)

[@andybrook-dobson726]

Loved this JK-M, thanks. Good fun. So a couple of questions: 1) did you get yourself a Domino in the end 2) wonder about a similar comparison test between a domino's mortice & tenon v a standard biscuit joiner. You thought about doing this one?

[@dsdragoon]

Glued wood joint testing is very difficult to do well.

[@jakefromstatefarm9721]

I'm barely a weekend DIYer wood worker so it be hard to justify any domino let alone one over $1,000. A good friend has his shop filled to the ceiling with green tools and tells me the biggest difference between my multi colored tools and his is the ease of set up and repeatability.

[@hydrophobicgoldfish]

Results were similar horizontal to vertical because of the square profile. Try rectangular profile for comparison...?

[@furkid100]

Great test , i would of thought the Domino would be the stronger its a huge investment in Aus a Festool Domino is around $1599aus , then the cost of the dominoes on top of that .

[@katzmosestools]

Totally agree

[@adentranter3686]

We make our own dominos. We have the XL and the normal sized domino, that XL is a machine, used it to cut mortises in thick stock, works a treat, also love the normal sized domino. But huge time saver in a work environment.

[@janrasmussen4623]

just watched the video - although 3 years old, it is still very relevant. But I would like to mention, that one needs to be very careful to compare two averages without doing a statistical analysis to examine, if the average difference measured could be caused by pure chance. A quick analysis actually shows, that with only a sample size of 6 attempts and a 95% confidence interval the average vertical strenght for Mortise and Tenons ranges from 49.9 (+/- 10.8) lbs and the vertical strenght of the dominos ranges from 39.4 (+/- 8.4) lbs. The difference is no where near statistically significant. However there is a minute significant difference in the horizontal strenght test - the average horizontal strenght for mortise and tenons ranges from 51.2 (+/- 6.3) lbs and the dominos from 37.8 (+/- 7.9) lbs. So I don't think you can conclude from this test, that there is an obvious difference in strenght between mortise/tenons and dominos.

[@drewfoxworthy1057]

Interesting....

[@NeoLifeless]

I had heard the surface of a domino you buy is not as smooth as one you’d make. Lettering or some pattern, which weakens the joint. If that’s true might be cool to add in some smooth diy dominos.

[@CRongstad]

I’d be curious of the results using a hardwood

[@katzmosestools]

Me too but I'm not sure I can justify buying a bunch of hardwood to break hahaha

[@formekinetics691]

Like to see if dominos could be used on a timber frame.... Something to be said about mortise and tendons.... They been around a long time....and have held up for hundreds of years.

[@omgnothingisavl]

Which glue did you use?

[@katzmosestools]

Tite bond 3

[@callumthomas213]

take woodwork at school dont know shit about it but these videos are welllll entertaining

[@Nine2FiveGamer]

I wonder if these results are due to stress multipliers created when cutting into the joining piece with the domino. Any 90 degree angle cut into any material will act as a stress multiplier when a lateral force is applied. With traditional mortise and tenon, that 90 degree cut doesn’t exist inside the joining piece.

[@johnyhuh]

What if the material was a hard wood instead of pine?