Thank you, Mark! I'm just waiting for the shiny new DF500 to arrive. With that in mind, I've been watching a lot of Domino tutorials. As soon as you mentioned the alignment issues, I imagined there must be a gizmo for that. And sure enough, there is. As you say, I'd still want to reference off the face side and edge, but at least if you do muck it up, there's a fighting chance of not having to bin the expensive stock. Just hoping, like all things Festool, that the little bit of plastic doesn't leave me short for Christas.
Yes it certainly helps. Some say use the side fence for the depth adjustment but just using this makes it much easier. As when using it it stops the fence moving down. As we know once your set your good to go. Practice makes perfect with the domino just take your time and you will produce the goods. Thanks,enjoy your DF500 👍😄
I just use the appropriate set/up block setting on the height pre-set if I want to customise it. At the end of the day the height isn’t that significant, good practise says you should mark up your face sides and reference diff the same face. Thinking you’ve got your new adjuster thingy might solve the problem some of the time, however for example ply is rarely exactly 18mm, so if you don’t reference off the same face then you’re back to square one. Similarly if you use 2 different batches or manufacturers of mdf they can be slightly different thicknesses.
Yes correct but if you can cut off the same sheet then all your thickness should marry up. If I just cut batches off 1 sheet for one part of the job. Once I start a new sheet of MDF I can keep that separate to compensate for the difference in thickness. I do mention in my video to still reference your face to get your face of your workpiece line up great. Thanks for the comment 👍😄
As a complete amateur with a Domino machine, I always make the 20mm setting mistake and get them the wrong way round so great reminder Mark. Will buy one of those guides now.
You want regret it RpR. As I don’t use the domino daily I was making the 20mm mistake also. This will make my life easier. Glad it’s helped you out. They are on eBay 👍😄
Keep in mind that there is a scale on the depth adjustment and you can set the adjustment to any depth. You don’t need the little plastic gauge with stops. That just speeds up getting the right adjustment. Just slide it out of the way and set your stock depth on the scale.
Yes there is 👍 honestly I don’t bother using it just in case I’m half way through a project and need to reset. It’s only just in case I’m not in the same exact position. 👍😄
