Thanks Sedge and Big D for the Wicked helpful insights on how to properly use my Domino. Y’all have the best channel for Festool owners. Cheers from Tennessee. Have a great Memorial Day.
Wicked Tips! I used this video to help me assemble a shoe rack yesterday. The offsets came out perfectly. Like you said, due your due diligence when setting up, laying out, and marking your work pieces. Thanks for another great video and tips!!
Thanks Sedge, Big D and Chris. Have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. Thanks for showing some support for Derek From Malden. Great guy and a great friend.
Yet another example of why I’m still considering converting to my shop to metric. I’ve toyed with the idea for a long time. If it wasn’t going to cost me so much to retool/replace every measuring device, I would have done it by now but since retiring, I have to choose a bit more carefully where every dollar goes.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for answering this question. I don’t know if I was the one that you read. But I asked this in the last week. I’m making a children’s table for my grandson and I want it to match the table I made for his mom. And it has an offset. Makes it so much easier than how I was doing it before.
All your videos are always enjoyable. After I watched yours, I have got seven festool equipment now 😅 I have learnt the new things from you. Hat off to you
I saw a magazine explain this by adding shims. Then I saw you explain it this way years ago. As you have said people over complicate this machine. Keep it simple!
Just had a wicked awesome thought…. You can probably use this same principle for stacked tenons. I thought about getting different thickness shims to put under the fence but why do that when you can use the precision of the machine!
Great video guys. How simple you make it. And yes you hadn’t made this video because I’ve looked. I’ve just finished a coffee table and could have done with this video. My dominoes were all over the place. The wood is very chunky so I was doing a 2x2 grid with the dominos. I got lost with all the measurements, used up a day working on it, but I did get to make it fit in the end. On the plus side I’m making 3 more the same only this time I have the knowledge of your video. I’m offsetting the apron a bit more because the leg has a 10mm radius on all edges including the top, so also offsetting down from the top as well. I’m going to go to a larger domino and only use two instead of 4. I’m a terror for punishment. But how do you learn if you don’t push yourself. Keep up the great work on your videos. 😊
I had a project with an unintended offset and I know I know why... mystery solved. Also, I was talking with Jason in Toronto and when I mentioned to him that I've commented about you doing a workshop, he said he's ran the idea by you as well. I would totally love to attend a collaboration between the two of you for a workshop.
@@sedgetool There is one thing I do know, whenever it happens, you can count on me being there :) Anyways, thank you for another incredibly useful video!
I know you’ve said on just about every vid of yours (prob every, not just about) that you have to have the machine running when changing setting from tight to wiggle room, but I was wondering why it has to be running? By the way, I really appreciate your content and teaching!
they are tiny synchronized gears and the machine should be running.... I know quite a few folks who do not know this ( it's in the owner's manual ) and have been switching between gears with out the machine running. This is ok ...but when the gears get stuck do not try to force it or gears will strip....so...That is what I always switch gears while the DF500 is running...no need to do this on the DF700
Thank you Sedge and Big D, another question about the domino, can it be used to cut a groove along the material to have a long floating tennon or an inlay of another material?
Another great video, thanks guys! Forgive my ignorance but I'm a lost with the explanation starting at 9:35. Set the plate height at 40, subtract 20 from 40 then divide by 2 to get 10. ??? Is there a specific formula to use for this? One that works for different thicknesses and offsets? For instance, I'm building a workbench and my leg thickness is 90mm, apron thickness is 32mm, and I want a 19mm offset. What is the formula to determine the settings for the Domino? Is there a different approach to this when using the DF500 vs DF700? Thank you for your knowledge and expert advice. It's very much appreciated. Cheers!
Sedge - I have a question on using the domino for a long cabinet. First, I will build a kick plate as you have shown in your video. Then, I want to build a 2438 mm (96in) cabinet. I want to put interior cabinet dividers at 520 mm along the length to act as sides for interior cabinets. I plan to put drawer slides to allow using a piece of 18mm plywood as a shelf for some of my systainers. They will be 2 sustainers deep and grouped. For instance, I will have my track saw sustainer on the front of the shelf with the accessories systainer and parallel guide systainer on the back of the shelf. How would you lay this out for the proper domino locations? Any help is appreciate and if I could afford Festool drawers, I would use those. Retired by the way.
So in this case, for more then 10mm offset, you can't use the stop lock am I right? It only goes to 40? For a traditional tenon, we use 1/3 of the thickness. 1/3 * 25mm is 8.3 Why don't use you 8mm domino's?
It's a bit cryptic, but the explanation starts at 09:40. The 20mm plate height for the apron skirt puts the domino center 10mm from the face of the skirt, but not centered on the end of the skirt. The 40mm plate height for the leg puts the domino center 20mm from the face of the leg. When the skirt is attached to the leg, the difference between the domino centers to the face of the skirt and leg is 10mm. It would have been easier to follow if Sedge had drawn registration line 10mm from the face of the skirt and 20mm from the face of the leg, then put the two registration lines together to show how the centers of the domino create the 10mm offset.
@@sedgetoolI know that came out rude, I honestly do feel like it is common sense to use it that way.... I love most of your videos! Don't be discuraged by my comment
There's a whole lot of distracting chatter between two great mates and that's all fine and dandy. However, as a process for an instructional video it is really hard to follow and sort the chaf from the wheat. Too random for my tastes. Others may love this process. If so enjoy.
Thanks Victor.... I love all the Great video content you produce as well on your you tube channel and by the amount of subscribers you have you must be on the right track !!! Good For You ....
The apron is 20mm "material thickness". There's your 10mm split of material thickness is 20mm, the Domino puts the mortise in the center of the material. You raise it to 40mm, the difference between 40mm and 20mm is 20mm. The Domino puts it in the center at 10mm again, which gives you the 10mm offset. Pretty simple.
