Hey All, I'm finishing up an oak hutch from plans I got through Fine Wodworking and the author (Marty Milkovitz, Jan/Feb 2007 issue 189 for those who want to know) suggests fastening the top to the base cabinet with buttons. I have seen a variety of wood fasteners for securing table tops but I thought it might be easy to use the Domino cutter to make slots in the carcase and in the matching "buttons". I took a piece of stock and set the depth to 20mm then using the Domino's indexing pin I made a series of slots along the stock's length. After cutting the stock to 1&7/8 inch wide I made a few select slots in the carcase applying the same depth. Then I glued a domino (small d to infer the wooden item, not the expensive cutter) into the button block, slip the unglued end into the slot(s) of the carcase and screwed the block into the underside of the top. The side slots were cut wider to allow for expansion and the back slots were not fully inserted for the same purpose. It seemed a lot quicker to do this than to rabbet and cut a series of buttons, plus it was a lot more fun with the Domino. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking with it. Marc
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16 years ago