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Thread: First time using Festool Domino
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2nd January 2014, 11:30 PM #1Senior Member
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First time using Festool Domino
Hello all, I was a very lucky boy because father Christmas (aka my wife!) bought me a Festool Domino 500 for Christmas. I was amazed as I never expected a present of that magnitude. I have been working 70 hour weeks lately and only just had a quick play with it now (10pm...) I watched a few youtube videos and then just had a go! Its a joy to use, very simple to figure out and was spot on first time. The only problem I encountered was cutting my drop saw cable in half... Ive always taken the out of my brother for cutting his (and my) cables in half. egg on my face now! I got the full set that has 6 blades and 1060 domino's. I just joined some jarrah with two domino's and the alignment was perfect. I'm going to save a lot of time with this machine
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3rd January 2014, 04:08 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Wow, nice wife )
How on earth did you cut the cable?
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3rd January 2014, 04:46 PM #3Senior Member
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I had the drop saw plugged into a power point to my right but removed it to plug in the vacuum cleaner so plugged it into a power point to my left, accidently running it under the guard. I just didn't see it being black on black, it blended in.
At least it was only a $49 drop saw and not the festool! I had it rewired in under 5 minutes, no harm done.
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3rd January 2014, 05:48 PM #4
Hi asheddie,
Congratulations. Here's a little tip for using the Domino to make shallow mortises (and great dados for placing the bottoms of boxes) You an use orange Electrical conduit to make a collar for the plunger on the left hand side of the Domino. The full plunge depth is 28mm.
So, for a mortise 5mm deep, you get the formula depth(5mm) = 28 - 5mm which gives you a collar of 23mm. Works a treat.
The way to cut a groove for the placement of a box base is to set the Domino to its widest cut, then overlap as you go along the board. This does NOT damage the Domino! When you get to the ends, you can scribe a line at the point you want stop the cut, then use the 10mm mark on the plastic viewer over the top of the cutter to match the cut to the width and there you go. Beautiful groove 4,5 or 6mm wide and as deep as your collar is set for.
Hope that's clear!
Regards,
Rob
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3rd January 2014, 08:26 PM #5Senior Member
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3rd January 2014, 08:41 PM #6
You can cut through mortises too. Up to about 50-56mm.
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17th January 2014, 05:11 PM #7Woodworker
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Hi asheddie:
Welcome to the world of the Festool Domino.
I would suggest searching the net for "halfinchshy" videos. He has bucket loads of excellent video reviews of Festools, including both Domino machines. His reviews are well regarded, well presented, and extremely informative. I have learned a lot from him.
Enjoy your machine. I have both and love using them both.
DavidWarm Regards, Luckyduck