Originally Posted by
Paul Johnstone
You could probably sell the domino for $20-100 less than you paid for it, quite easily. I recently bought one.. and it seemed that all the used ones on ebay went for pretty close to new price after shipping. IMO, it wasn't worth it to take the chance on used.
On the other hand, if you get the domino, it may help you become more productive on future products, and they are only likely to get more expensive in the near future.. You say you are building this for a customer. I think if you are doing woodworking for profit, then a domino makes a lot of sense. Sure, you will take a hit on this project, but it will speed up future products.
My advice is to buy it, and then after you build the shutters, decide if it's worthwhile to keep it.
Another option is that I think the Leigh FMT jig has a template for doing shutters. That would probably be even faster than a domino. I am not 100% sure though. I'm guessing the FMT would be faster because after the initial setup, you could really crank through them. In contrast, it would probably take more time to position the domino at the correct angle each time.. but then again, I have a domino but have had no time to try it out yet.