Working With The Machine - Festool DOMINO XL Guide D'utilisation

Overview, General Notes and Tips
 We recommend routing and joining a test work-
piece before machining the actual workpiece.
Wood is a natural, non-homogenous material and
because of this, its dimensions will most likely de-
viate slightly during processing, even if the machine
is set accurately. Machine handling also influence
the degree of working accuracy (e.g. fast-feed
speed). Furthermore, the dimensions of wooden
DOMINOs may vary (for example, due to humidity),
regardless of how they are stored. All of these fac-
tors influence the dimensional accuracy of manu-
factured dowel holes and dowelling joints.
Creating the DOMINO connection
Proceed as follows to create a DOMINO dowelling
joint:
1. Select a DOMINO dowel and insert the
suitable bit into the DOMINO joining
machine.
2. Set the routing depth.
3. Set the routing height.
4. Adjust the routing angle if necessary.
5. Mark the areas on the workpieces that
belong together [12-1] so that you will
be able to join them correctly again
once you have cut the dowel holes.
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6. Position the two workpieces to be joined
A against one another and mark the
desired positions of the DOMINO dowels
with a pencil [12-2].
6. Select the required stop pins.
B
7. Set the desired dowel hole width (ade-
quate fit or with 3 mm play).
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8. Cutting the dowel holes [12]:
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– The first dowel hole by attaching the
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– The following dowel holes according
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stop pin to the side edge of the work-
piece.
to the previously made pencil mark-
ings and the scale of the vision panel
[12-3].
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