It will sell, but not because it's good, but simply because of your influence over your viewers. It definitely doesn't look like domino competitor. Like a bicyle is not a competitor to motorcycle.

Incredible design as usual 👊🏼👊🏼

This looks promising for sure man! One of the things that strikes me about the utility of the Domino is usefulness of the fence system. With multiple positive stops, reference marks and sight lines machine presents a system for reducing measuring and the time it takes to not only cut the mortises. In my mind a “serious competitor” would need those same features to get me to switch. I guess what I’m trying to say (again just my opinion and I’m certainly no pro! 😆) is that it’s more about the system as a whole than simply the ability to cut mortises quickly. In any case, love your stuff and look forward to seeing what you come up with in the end! You are spot on about the Domino needing a serious competitor and I have no doubt you’re the one to do it! 👍🏼

Wow! I like the way you think. Very unique solution. Hoping this gains some traction!

What a joy it is to watch someone that knows what they are doing. I learned a few things just watching you. Thank you.

Love the concept! I'm all for pursuing it further

Love this idea. Changing bit sizes will be key, think about the range of joints the small Domino can do with 4mm to 10mm tenons. I know it would be difficult, but changing distance from outside bits to center would be good too, or offer different heads, thinking about smaller stock where 3 dowels won't fit. Could also remove one of the outside bits to work with smaller pieces. Fence registration into the face of a board or ply is a big pain with the domino out of the box, so jigs or helpers on yours would be great since you won't be supplying the motor and can focus on the parts that really improve user experience. I usually make jigs and fixtures when using the domino on the face of boards to keep it repeatable. Also key would be more depth travel on the fence. Think of putting 2 or 3 rows of dowels on thick stock like 2.5" while being able to use the same reference face and not flip the piece over and risk errors.

Andrew, the world needs this!!! Please keep it up - superb work as always, cheers from the UK 👍

$350 still seem like a lot imo. That's a third* of what the domino costs and w/o a systainer, spare parts, a drill battery, charger, etc.

The Triton might not be perfect out the box, but with some work its a good tool for the money at only $200. To try and sell this at $350 without a motor seem foolish. The idea off using a drill to power it only has one real advantage ease of manufacturing for you. But has plenty of disadvantages, the fact you need two hands to operate it because there's no attachment between the drill and fence , makes the tool unbalanced, and makes the tool longer than the competition. If you could make it permanently mountable to a popular $40 angel grinder that people could buy off Amazon and attach them self would be very cool. Save on shipping and manufacturing for you with the body and motor and makes it a much more direct competitor to mafell and festool.

Isn’t one feature of the Domino that the dowels can move left to right? With dowels, the spacing needs to be perfect otherwise you cannot join two workpieces.

This is really exciting and I think marketing it as a domino competitor is a fantastic idea - you don't need to waste precious seconds explaining what it does. 95% of your market will already know it's place in their shop. I love the prototype and I can't even imagine what improvements you will make in the final version. Here's a few non-obvious pain-points about our domino where I think your tool provides a better solution: 1. It has a tendency to walk away. It's not too bad, but it's enough to make me second-guess the mortises. I think your cork rubber (if that's what I saw on the faceplate) would be a great solution. Also the brad pointed drill bit in the center helps! 2. The domino takes some getting used to. I think your tool will feel more comfortable (using the owner's own drill), be lighter, and familiar. Employees wouldn't need as much training to learn bit/tenon sizes, depth adjustments, etc. If they've drilled a pilot hole, they can use your tool! 3. Forgetting to change a critical setting on the domino can leave you with sub-par joints. If you change domino size, you have to adjust like 3 settings on the tool in addition to the bit. Forgetting or missing the index on just one setting can really mess things up. Your tool would just have a depth stop - that's much easier! Hope this helps! -Davis

I'm really interested in this. I remember you talking about the other day when we spoke at Workbench Con. I have a Domino, but I'm still interested because dowel stock is much easier to make/buy and much cheaper than the proprietary dominos. Plus, as you said, any drill can be used with this. Not a special machine. Keep going with it!

That’s a pretty cool idea!!! Oh, and if you only have the 4th hardest wood in the world. Next time you’re here, I’ll give you the 3 that are harder than that. 😉 👍🏻 Anyway, I’m going to share this. I bet a ton of people will like it!!

Couple of thoughts. Firstly, In my mind, the inherent advantage of using 3 dowels would be anti racking. Putting all 3 in the same line doesn't help that at all. Gives you strength only in one way. Off-setting the one in the middle would give an incredible amount of strength if that is at all possible. If its not, then I would question why even do the third. Especially if it adds that much to the cost with gears etc, make the machine more compact and just have two and be done with it. It is quicker and far cheaper to just drill two and move on to the next position and do 2 more holes. As far as price goes, the issues with the Triton are quality based, with a few simple design tweaks needed and it regularly sells for below 200. That is where this tool would sing. Selling it for 300 and over, I just don't see the benefit compared to other tools and jigs out there that are more versatile. I think its a great idea, but at the end of the day, you are making a biscuit joiner with 3 drill bits and a gearbox. If companies can make a reasonable biscuit joiner for 100$, which has the motor, and the fence, and make money, it seems there is a way to add drill bits and a gear box and get it for 200. Given your affinity for Grizzly tools, which I am a fan of as well, I would reach out to them. This is what he specializes in. He can reach out to the factory that makes the existing tools, get the design tweaked to your specs, slap a new brand on it and ship it. No need to reinvent the wheel, when all you really want to do is make the Triton accurate and repeatable. Your video shows that can be done. I love the idea and ingenuity shown, just feel like your trajectory is a bit off. This is over complicated for what you have stated you needed, and less convenient while being potentially expensive than a subpar competitor its made to beat.

Whats really awesome is the amount of KZfaq creators commenting on this video. A lot of great feedback and support for you. You are a great idea guy.

This shows a lot of promise. It's in the sweet spot between a Domino and the BeadLock nightmare that Rockler has bought out. We use counter-rotating bits in our CNC every day, so no big deal. I built a Morris chair with the BeadLock system and immediately bought a Domino. Can't wait to see how this product gets developed...

What if they are not drills but 1 or 2 flutes end mills? I can think of a couple of ways to keep it firm (without pinty drills) and one way to give a little bit of side play. I have the feeling that the biggest selling point of the domino is that you don’t have to be crazy precise and it would still work. Even a millimiter or two would make alignement easier and I think the dowel would still work as one dimension stay the same... would need testing. It’s just the seed of an idea but I do believe the market would appreciate easier alignement.

That's sure shaping up to be pretty awesome, Andy! I really think you're on to something great. I'd say ramp it up and then let Festool buy you out. :)

great idea well needed, and about time Domino is out of this world price wise in Canada for what it is keep up the great work for your suggested price I am ready to buy now.

I love this idea. I have been delaying a purchase on a domino hoping a competitor will do exactly what you are doing!

Count me in as a customer for the "Throuple Jointer"!

Looks like maffell only with three instead of two drills. I don‘t see any room between Lamello, Domino and Mafell Duo dübler

Congratulations ! I really apreciate when people like to create some things, does not matter with benchmarking

Lamello zeta and Mafell duo doweler are direct domino competitors

One advantage I see with the domino, biscuit joiners, and mafell/triton dowel machine is ergonomics. I find drill add-on's awkward to use. Could you build it to use an angle grinder as the power source? It would complicate the gearbox as you would have to have gear reduction as well, but the form factor seems to be proven for these machines.

I like your work Andy, always have. I just don't think this is worth your time. I can get a beadlock for $105. I can get a doweling jig for even less. I could find a mortiser on craigist or buy a router for under $350. If I'm doing enough work to need the speed, I'm getting a domino. If I'm a hobbyist, I'm sticking with one of the other options. I just don't see a market at that price. If you can make it from off the shelf jellybean parts and cut it to $150, then you have something.

I really like this idea. Solid joints, and accuracy. I can think of three projects right now ...one is 2/3 complete on my bench and this would be a game changer!

Bro! Want this in my life! Move forward with this quickly cause this is a winner!

Yes, yes, and yes. For a while I've known that I would one day put down the money for a domino because there wasn't a comparable option I liked... but the cost is just so prohibitive.

I like the idea, don't like the price. This feels more like a dowel jig version two. 350 for a dowel jig?

Multiple dowels make a strong joint. Different sized bits are where this gets even better.

Yes!!! Great concept. Simple and you can use with any drill. Dominos do need a competitor.

Slightly similar: Triton TDJ600 Only 2 holes, wide apart. Quality seems to be an issue. $350 for 3hole with quality would be excellent.

First off I love your innovation. Very impressive prototyping, but I am going to say I'm not thrilled with the concept. I feel like really this is a dowel jig competitor not a domino competitor. Dowel jigs are sub $100 so at $300 for a non all-in-one tool is a hard sell. This seems to offer only a slight advantage over dowel jigs (advantage being 3 holes at once). In my book dowel jigging is easy, other than the fact that you need to get your spacing dialed in on both sides. Biscuits have slop, as do Dominos (when set to wider than the insert) using them in a panel glue up. For panel glue ups, putting 3 dowels on top of each other doesn't help with much, over a single dowel or biscuit. I personally would prefer a better designed dowel jig (more rigid with a better system to transfer the hole to the second piece), and if you want to do more than one hole, have a pop out index to register hole spacing.

Love this idea! The best part is to make it affordable for those of us weekend project folks. I think you should pursue this idea further.

Love the idea and the prototype! Happy to test it out and put it through the paces. ☺️👍🏼

Only about 7 more years on the Domino patent countdown.

Since i do have a domino i'm biased, but still. Lateral setting in the domino is very handy (doesn't need to align perfectly), and it's better suited for mortise/tenon imo(of small stock). Looks nice tho

As noted my many, the important feature of the domino is loose fit. For dowels to compete, they need to be placed so accurately that panels will be perfectly aligned. CNC will do this. For a hand tool, the best route is probably a full width jig (say 600mm) that adjusts to the exact width if the panel and and can allow two or more multi-dowel hole sets (on both panels) to be drilled to sub 0.1mm accuracy. It would still be slower than a domino- but more accurate. No more relying on the glue. People that assemble panels for a living will still use the domino, but if the price was right the jig would sell to everyone else. And that is a bigger market...

i'm down for it. it's an incredible design, very functional and handy

If you modified it so that the engine was a compact router and you sold a modified plunge base, then you would be talking. As is? Not that better or faster than a quality doweling jig.

At $350 or less, I'm 100% in.

Definitely an interesting concept you have. I love the idea of "bring your own motor" by using what drills you already have. Similarly you could use a router if the design was built around it as most woodworkers have a small router. Like some of the comments below, I don't think three dowels in a singular plane will increase the strength factor to be compared to a domino. Putting the middle one offset will greatly increase the strength as your distributing the force or load over multiple planes.

I think this is a great idea. As an owner of both dominos, I don’t think I would buy it but the ability to make your own dowel stock and or buy it cheaply is intriguing. I hope you move forward on this project.

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Weeeelll... There's the Maffell Duo-Dübler that does the same thing...

What a cool idea. I Agree with you when you say Festool domino needs a serious competitor.

As someone who uses dowels on most of my projects, I'll say the biggest advantages to using a Domino are 1.) the speed you can cut the mortises and 2.) the option for a loose setting. There are other advantages but those are the two that stick out to me whenever I consider if the Domino is worth the price. The jig you've made doesn't allow for the loose setting and I would guess it's not quite as fast as a Domino though it's probably somewhat faster than a traditional dowelling jig. I think three dowels per plunge is too much. It can't be used on as narrow stock as a domino or more traditional dowelling jigs. Drilling three 3/8" holes into end grain simultaneously sounds like a nightmare. I'm just imagining there being too much force required to drill the holes accurately with just the user holding the jig against the workpiece. I'm not as concerned with price right now because if the concept or idea isn't convenient and unique, who cares what the cost is? I think your best bet is something that looks like a miniature, portable, horizontal slot mortiser. There are little imitation domino jigs that a router fits into and mimics the oscillation effect. Something more refined than that would be great. I'm picturing a jig that can hold a variety of router bodies in a carriage that can slide front to back and side to side with necessary stops to dictate plunge depth and width. Anyway, I always admire your dedication and thought process on the various things you've created and invented. This is no different. Good luck and I'm happy to discuss this more if you're interested.

Needs more innuendo

Seems more like a high priced dowel jig competitor rather then a low price domino competitor. Looks cool, but I would not be a buyer.

love your stuff, I have always been a big fan and supporter of your ingenuity and entrepreneurship. I'm a hobbyist woodworker that is unwilling to afford a domino and have been using straight-up dowels for the past few years. I suspect going head to head with Festool in the large commercial market would be a struggle, but I believe there is an opening in the hobbyist arena where you would be competing with all the dowel jigs out there (yes I know you have a better tool, but garage woodworkers are a stingy lot) and possibly in the small professional shops where speed and functionality are everything. I think a few videos demonstrating speed, strength tests, and some application trials are in order to drive interest before plowing straight ahead. That being said, I think you have an awesome solution.

I love the idea Andy. The Domino in the high school woodshop is tricky and expensive. This is a simple affordable solution. Two thoughts, one to go faster by better chip removal and second thought would be a companion tool for making the dowells.

You need to hook up with AvE on KZfaq. He occasionally takes CNC projects from the community.

If only i knew what a domino was...this would probably make much more sense.

Andrew, this is really an interesting idea and I am looking forward to seeing progress. One thing to be aware of, IMHO, is that people that have a doweling jig like the dowel max or the Jessem doweling jig can drill three holes in about the same amount of time. They are also set up to make perfectly “situated” holes when you need an “odd” pattern. I think for yours to be competitive the price needs to be closer to those high end dowel jigs. Also being able to index the next set of holes off of the first set would be important. But after seeing what you did with your vise, I have no doubts you can get this figured out as well. Good luck Sir.

Aloha Andrew, Good prototyping. I had fewer tools to do mine when I was needed to keep a shop going for a contractor on 'Base Housing'. I've always shied away from Domino's since they were pricy and seemed just too beyond the needs of a general woodworker. Even 'Biscuits' have their limits. If I wasn't disabled now, with all the 'Whiz Bang' of CNC and CAD-based tools, I'd use a gear set-up that allows you to pivot your drills spacing, using 'idler gears' to vary the spacing yet maintain the same rotation. I really like your prototype, hope to see more of it as you work out its design. A lot of my accessories later were later thought of and picked up by toolmakers. I've been out of action now for about 8 years. Vertigo 24/7 makes me not feel safe enough around 'man-eating shop tools. Rehab sent me back to Collage and I did well with today's CAD Classes, but I'm still too slow to be productive as I was before. I was into CAD just as digital was becoming available to common P/C's. I'd do more today 'if'... but vertigo and loss of pay have taken its toll on too many things in my life. Keep working out your ideas and learn from your mistakes, they are truly the best things to learn. Aloha, Mark Baker

You built a dowelling jig. It has NONE of the features which make the Domino the great design it is.

very innovative but it isn't anything i would buy esp at that price...

I'd be interested in seeing joint strength comparisons. Also, would you anticipate accommodating different bit sizes? I have a Domino and I really appreciate the wide variety of tenons I can use for different applications.

Andrew... We are still holding our breaths..!!! Hahaha... Looking forward with this project of yours...

This is my first youtube comment ever, but I just wanted to say how awesome what you are doing is. I was just complaining that for a weekend warrior like myself all the regular jointing options kinda suck. A Domino competitor like this would absolutely make sense for me and I would easily spend $350 if it means I can make a bigger project over two weekend days

Great idea! Much faster than a doweling jig and way cheaper than a Domino. I would absolutely buy one!

I just bought the Domino last week! I love where this is going. If this was available hen I was looking for Domino competitors I would have bought your prototype 😂. My vote....make this thing a reality and take my $........subscribed

Excellent! I would definitely contribute to a Kickstarter project for this. Thanks for showing the prototype.

I found your video as I was browsing after looking at the Mafell Doweller for $1500.00 , which makes it more expensive than the Festool Domino. I think there is a larger market than some comments may lead to believe. There is nothing out there between a doweling jig for your drill and the Mafell. I know I'm late to the party , but I just found you. Keep up the amazing work.

Love the direction Andy. Any thought on being able to adjust for stock that is narrower? Not sure how that could be done but know you, it already in you head. 👍❤️

I've been lusting after a Domino and lamenting the lack of a good, well-priced dowel alternative. I'd be interested in this for sure.

Love the concept. Dowels are so much more available and for the average DIY woodworker, like myself, Festool is way out of our league. Love the ingenuity and, as an entrepreneur, I appreciate your thoughts about the future revenue stream with specific drill bits.

Many valid comments so far. Here's my spin... First of all: I like your ingenuity. It's a fine tool you made there and it's great if it works for you. I also liked how other people tried to build their own low budget domino from a router and some plywood. But here's my opinion on trying to market it as a competitor.... There are basically three systems in the market: Festool's Domino, Lamello's Lamello, Mafell's Duo Doweler. Domino: Great for floating tenons, framing, table making. Lots of stability, can be forgiving with the "loose" settings. Lamello: Good for furniture work, sheet work. Ingenuity with P-System (Clamex), making this more than an alignment tool. Quite forgiving. Duo Dowler: It drills holes. I guess if it wasn't for the 32mm-System, there would have been less use to it. Not forgiving with dowels.... All three systems have some things in common: 1. They are ready to go machines (basically an angle grinder with an attachment to it). 2. They have a reference plate on the bottom, allowing you to place your stock on the table and have a perfect reference surface. 3. The adjustable fence is a nice add-on for larger stock, but most of the time the flat surface on the bottom is the best for standard 19mm ply, MDF, etc. in furniture work. 4. They have reference stops at the sides to align the tool quickly. 5. They have dust collection. I think the greatest flaw of your design is the separate power drill. It makes it very bulky to use and gives you two tools to align. You cannot use your table as reference surface. As some people mentioned a dowel jig: I see a dowel jig being either a light weight helper you can hold with one hand while you handle your heavier drill, OR a larger piece with multiple holes you setup and clamp to your work piece to have hands free for drilling and do repetitive, matching holes quickly. With a three-drill-gear-slider-fence-block that has its weight and a separate drill I'd be not so sure. If it was the only option, it'd be a leap forward to a dowel jig. But having options already, I'm not sure. The power drill has to deliver 3x power (+loss to the gears), so drilling three holes individually may be just as fast. The price point.... Hard to tell. Makita and DeWalt got biscuit joiners which are AFAIK the few real competitors for a Lamello Classic X, each ~250$€ (all other 50-100$€ toys suck). Triton got its spin on the duo doweler (which sucks right out of the box) for ~200$€. A contraption for 300-350$ that still requires a good power drill, that may be harder to use, is not that much of an alternative for a hobbyist than buying a good dowel jig. In perspective: The Wolfcraft biscuit joiner attachment for an angle grinder is ~50$€? Right and left turning drills in one tool are a great source of error. Also: Only available from you.... Closed system.... What's the advantage over Festool or Mafell? The workflow: Domino or Lamello-like machines are switched on, quickly aligned and plunged in, align, plunge, align, plunge.... turned off. Both hands on the machine all the time, super safe, super convenient. Yours: Align the contraption, get the drill, attach the drill, check the contraption again, turn on, push...push...push...done one plunge, detach the drill, put the drill away, goto the next mark. If the drill was fixed to the contraption, it'd become more handy, but maybe harder to maneuver. I think you'd have to improve some more and have some more system-gadgets that makes this tool equal to all three competitors.

I think it is a great idea. My personal opinion is that dowels add strength whereas dominos are just there to help align the pieces

So excited to see what comes from this

Very interested. Just happened to be looking at various dowel jigs this past week and wondering what the strength comparison would be to a Domino if I used long enough dowels. Some suggestions for features include 1) Self-centering add on similar to dowel jigs. 2) Offer longer dowels on your site. I find it difficult to find ones that I would consider long enough to use in this type of application. 3) See through fence of some fashion for positioning even if it's just a hole in the alignment plate. I like my Dewalt biscuit jointer for this. 4) Need a depth stop for the holes.

I like the idea and for those who have not invested in a domino, this could really be a great alternative. For those who like/prefer dowels this could really speed-up their shop time on projects.

I'd love to see you continue with this idea Andy! I think it is very promising! I do agree with others here though, I think comparing it directly to a domino could prove more damaging than it is worth? One of the thinks I love about the domino is the 4mm domino cutter, which is so handy for so many small jobs! I often just cut the mortise with the domino and then make a traditional tenon. So I guess my thought is - how can you approach the customisation of cutter size and joint size to make it more useful across a very wide selection of applications? I love the idea though and think that you are definitely on to something! Please keep going with it!

It's exactly what a was looking for, love it! do you have any technical drawing?

One advantage that the duel dowel machines have over the domino is that they are 32mm apart to work with the European style cabinet system. If the outside bits of your jig are 32mm you would then have something that is not only comparable to what the domino does, but also does something more.

I just saw Kings mag feeder build and he said to look up your site which I did and even subscribed after seeing you build this new Dowling jig. I'm a big fan of using biscuits and for many years going back to the Emelo first one that came out and also a big fan of dowels. I have used gang drills before that is nothing new but this jig you have designed is. Right off the bat what is so good is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ dowels are cheap but Festool dominos go for over $300, THAT is a BIG SAVINGS right off the bat. BRAVO Andrew. I will buy one for sure, I think it has to be geared down to the 3/8 mark or smaller like 1/4. it is not the size of the dowl so much as is the patterns spread. I'm thinking of face frames and the like. Anyway, I'll be watching.

I think this is an awesome idea, I could see myself buying one. I do little projects around the house not enough to buy a domino, but at a lower cost I would invest in your idea.

I love it! the fact that I can use my own drill is a big plus for me. On other devices, if the motor shucks out, the hole device is junk. if it were cordless, you would have to have batteries for it and only it. with it using the owners drill you can couple it to whatever brand of drill (and battery system)you already have. You can also put it in the drill press for perfect vertical drilling. Using the reverse bits you can also require fewer moving parts. I wouldn't change a thing!

I would buy it that's for sure - keep up the amazing work

This is a great start... I own a Beadlock which makes a floating tendon. The device you have made (though impressive) is just a Dowling jig. I use this to make breadboard ends on tables. I needed a floating tendon not dowels to let the different grain patterns to expand without cracking. If you made another two drill holes in between the three you are there! And would save a ton of time compared to the Beadlock. I have to drill five separate holes for my Beadlock if it where only 2 steps it would be an improvement over the Beadlock.

Andrew, Great idea and concept. Have you thought about the loose fit scenario that plays a critical part of the Festool Domino variation? I am not sure if you know what that means but what I normally do with Festool is to have on side with a very tight fit. On the facing board only one of the numbered holes are tight and the rest are cut loose left to right. This is almost a necessity most of the time. It looks like your system will only allow absolute tight dowels across the edge of either piece of wood. Just something to consider. Keep up the good work. Festool is SO EXPENSIVE, it would be great to have another option.

Hell yea! Make this thing happen. A plastic shroud around the gears, alog with a depth stop seems like a pretty rad piece. Another idea ive always had for the festool is a bottom ledge where you could adjust the height and be able to "clamp" the tool do any working piece. Let me know how i can get a prototype and test this bad boy out

The video of your tool shows innovation that's Definitely in it's own niche, considering the price of previously introduced machines that are in the cost "stratosphere" Thxs for your hard work!

I can see this concept can evolve into more I liked it

Love the fact that this uses the top of the workpiece as the reference point. I’ve used a center finding dowel jig to drill out mortises one hole at a time. It works great, but it’s slow and sometimes you don’t always want your mortises to be centered with the stock. With panel glue ups it’s usually best to reference from the top. This is why the triton dowel joiner looked very promising. Unfortunately we all know it fell short of its promises. Would it be possible to use a good but fairly inexpensive biscuit joiner (like the dewalt) and retrofit it with an attachment like you’ve created? You could make use of the biscuit joiners existing motor, fence, and plunge capabilities.

I think this is a great idea. Festool has been able to charge outrageous prices for the Domino largely, I believe because there hasn't been any competition for those sales. However, PLEASE make sure that you protect your ideas by submitting patents for them before showing them to all of us. You deserve credit for your work!

I always love the effort you put into your design. As an aside..I'd love to see this line boring design made smaller for cribbage boards and the like (Maybe 5 small holes at a time, etc). One of my favorite features of the domino would be the indexing pins. Normally, if I mark the line I am using a wider slot. Where I can hook an indexing pin to the end of the work and reference from there. Add indexing pins - and I could see loving it as an attachment, even at the $300 price point. (Granted, I have the domino and wouldn't need both, but I would have considered it previously) Without indexing pins, at the $300 price point, I'd lean towards a doweling jig. Regardless, beautiful work as always.

What a neat idea! If it gives precision and ease of use, with a little speed improvement over dowel jigs etc., it might be worth while. But at that price point, it has to be first class at the way!

Thank you!! I've ALWAYS thought there should be a competitor for the domiNO! I'd buy it! Keep the process coming #anotherkleindesign

First of all, a great idea. I think the target group should be defined first. Professional woodworkers in large companies do not have a problem that you want to address. Companies also have the means to buy expensive joinery equipment. Your target group should be hobby woodworkers , at all skill levels. This will make it much easier to determine the production series as well as the price of the product.

My only concern is that a dowel joint is not a floating tenon joint, and therefore cannot be compared in a 'marketing' type scenario, even if you supply all the data in the world about it's strength.

I would buy this. I took a hard look at the dowelmax and then went down the rabbit hole of making my own.

Really cool idea Andrew, one thing to consider is, can this be leveraged on a grinder vs a drill as the posture of holding a drill could lever the placement out of alignment IMO. Cheers!

This looks very very interesting. I am wondering if you are looking to build in a way to vary the width between drill bits? I would like something,that can do down to about an inch so I could use it instead of my doweling jig. Looking forward to this build. You’ve made me want to build a new workbench worthy of one of your amazing vises

The advantage the domino has, is that you can mill 2 different sized holes width wise and create a bit of play on one axis.

I think its definitely a cool idea. How much better are you predicting it to be compared to the Triton one you demonstrated for $200? How much of an advantage is there between 2 dowels and 3 dowels? Would it make sense to make it only 2 dowels instead of 3 to cut costs? I'd be concerned about ergonomics of holding the drill instead of an "inline" motor like on the Domino. Can't wait to see more videos on it! Thanks!

This is awesome. I'd consider one once its polished. Looks like a great concept.

I think it's about time. Go for it. I'll buy one.