Festool Domino Machine User manual

The perfect connection.
The DOMINO system user manual.
DOMINO. The perfect connection.

The perfect connection.
The DOMINO system user manual.
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There are numerous draft designs, CAD
drawings, parts lists and documentation
for our DOMINO connecting system. Yet the
conversation and initial drawings where
the idea was formed was on something a lot
less imaginative: a napkin.
But first things first. To be precise, it was
initially only an informal exchange between
two practitioners in our canteen, pondering
what the optimal domino should be capable of.
And because nothing else was readily avail-
able, they sketched a domino on a napkin to
represent the demand for ‘more stability’.
Then a second sketch next to it for a ‘larger
glue surface’. And finally a third for absolute
‘rotation resistance’ at the first attempt. Using
the simple equation: make one from three,
the foundation was laid for the DOMINO
DF 500 domino system.
What was missing was the fitting hole –
and thus the real challenge began. That is
to say, the development of a completely
new tool. With the typical southern German
inventiveness, infinite passion and the
concentrated expertise of our engineers,
a mix of traditional vertical bore and
simultaneous horizontal routing movement
was created – the birth of the DOMINO
pendulum router principle as the driving
force for the new DOMINO DF 500.
From its origins on a simple napkin, to
a design that has not only revolutionised
the traditional timber joint, but has been
continuously developed since then with
further options: the DOMINO XL DF 700
and the newly developed corner and flat
connectors, forming a complete DOMINO
connecting system. For what has always
been extremely stable, is now also flexible,
with separable rack, board and frame joints.
Two men. One conversation. And the origin of a brilliant idea:
the DOMINO connecting system.
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Contents
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1 DOMINO joining machine fundamentals 11
1.1 The DOMINO pendulum router principle 12
1.2 The domino slot principle 13
1.3 The DOMINO joining machines: an overview 14
1.4 Performing basic settings for the DOMINO joining machines
Switching on/off
Selecting hole width
Selecting domino length and thickness
Cutter replacement
Depth adjustment range
Height adjustment range
Angle adjustment range
Working with the stop system
Working with extraction
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2 The domino 31
3 DOMINO system accessories 37
4 Practical application examples 41
4.1 Overview: making joints with the DOMINO joining machine 42
4.2 Frame joints
Mitred frame joints
Butted frame joints
Stable frame joints with the DOMINO DF 700
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4.3 Rack joints and safe positioning of strips 50
4.4 Round profile joints 56
4.5 Stable, separable corner joints 58
4.6 Stable, separable flat joints 66
4.7 Mitred joints 74
4.8 Drawer joints 76
4.9 Butted board joints 79
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5 Items included, specifications 85
6 Accessories 87
6.1 Cutters 88
6.2 Stops 89
6.3 Domino and connector
Domino and domino rod- Beech
Domino exterior use- Sipo
Domino corner and flat connector
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7 Supplementary system accessories 97
7.1 Mobile dust extractors 98
7.2 MFT 3 multifunction table
MFT 3 accessories
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7.3 VAC SYS vacuum pump and clamping unit
VAC SYS accessories
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The DOMINO joint. Simply perfect.
Every timber joint has its advantages. The DOMINO connecting system unites them all. In truth,
there are numerous innovations which were developed on the basis of a spontaneous idea.
Such as the DOMINO connecting system. And yet it is also based just as much on the principle
of thinking ahead. Thinking ahead in terms of a timber joint that unifies the benefits of all
previously existing systems: the controversial stability of mortise and tenon, the flexibility of
biscuits used in furniture making and the precision of the round dowel used in frame and rack
making. We found the key for this in the patented pendulum routing movement and the resulting
slots for accepting the specially formed dominos. For a new, complete timber connecting
system, which assures with the highest possible stability. A connecting system that works simply
and with considerably shorter set-up times and which can be used even for tasks that were
previously predominantly the domain of stationary machines. To date we have not only convinced
many tradespeople, but have been able to fill these people with enthusiasm about an idea that
took a significant step further. For timber joints as unique as the DOMINO connecting system itself.
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The DOMINO principle: Fast. Easy. Versatile.
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