Domino Templates and Bit, with FREE Downloadable Domino Box Plan!

I bought this like 6 months ago and i made like 4 sets already. At first, its a little challenging but with practice it gets better. I used a table saw and a miter saw to make them and I added my little personal touches to them. IT took me quite some time to make them but I was happy with the results. This was my second set on the picture as you can see they are personalized. Hope you enjoy it if you buy it. Oh, and its way better to use a drill press if you have one instead of a hand held drill!

I made these dominos as a gift...they were a little trickier than planned....clean the drill bit often...recommend a band saw for cutting the individual dominos. The box was fun to learn to build as well. All things considered, a great project and plans.

I recently used the Domino template & bit to make two sets of dominos & found it easy & fun to use. My dominos were made of American Black Walnut laminated to a Birch face. I chose a more blandly figured piece of walnut for the dominos as it wouldn't be to hard to memorize what the pattern of pips (dots) was on a particularly fancy figured domino. I didn't have to worry about stacking blades or using a band saw to cut the dominos apart. I was careful about matching the wood to the dimensions of the template. Then used a marking knife to scribe cut lines to lessen the chance of the blades chipping the pieces. Then two passes on the tablesaw to cut the working piece in half. To safely cut the pieces apart I used a stop clamped to the fence of my radial arm saw & an Irwin Micro clamp to clamp the cut off piece safely to the fence. The next sets I make, I will orient the template across the grain of the working piece instead of with the grain. This will have the wood grain running with the length of the finished domino instead of across the short side.

What a great template! It was easy enough to follow that my 8-year-old daughter helped me with the drilling. The precision drill bit made it almost effortless.My father absolutely loved the hand-made quality of the dominoes we made for his birthday (Cocobolo with a teak oil finish, beautiful!). As long as you plan well and take your time, this is definitely something that can be a great way to involve your children in woodworking.

The jig is easy to set up and drill, like the others said it is dangerous to cut the small pieces on the table saw but after taking a few minutes to make a jig it was easy and accurate. I made one set out of black walnut and one set out of zebra wood, they will make great Christmas gifts.