I am considering purchasing a Festool Domino and I have some questions, both technical and stylistic for those of you using the system.
First the technical questions...
1) How hard is it to hook up or a regular shopvac?
2) Are the Festool vac's really worth $300+? Festool mini vs. CT22 vs. Ct33? Which vac is best if you intend to use the guided circular saw system and sanders?
3) Do you have to use a vacuum with it, or will it just spew the chips out anywhere?
Now the stylistic/strength questions
4) Are two dominos in place of a regular M&T of similar strength?
5) I currently have a hollow chisel mortiser and a tennon jig. Do you have any use for your tennon jig and hollow chisel mortiser? One of my attractions to the domino is that it would take the place of my hollow chisel mortiser and tennon jig and in the case of the mortiser would save a LOT of storage space for a tool I don't use very frequently. I'm on the fence about getting rid of the tennon jig, but would love to get rid of the mortiser if the domino is better.
6) Was the domino worth $700 + $240 for the starter kit for being very specialized
7) if you use the domino like a biscuit joiner and just make a center line, is there enough of side to side play to deal with subtle misalignments of the mortise?
Thanks for any insight you might have as this is a huge investment and it is too expensive to make a mistake for my budget. Also I am not looking for a flame war on festool/domino/etc. I'm just looking for some info for making a purchase decision.