Side Stop With Extension; Working With The Machine; Overview, General Notes And Tips - Festool DOMINO DF 500 Guide D'utilisation

Side stop with extension

The side stop (15a.1) can be used to enlarge the con-
tact surface when jointing on the workpiece edge,
thus allowing safer guidance of the machine.
The distance to the centre of the routed hole can
be reduced from 37 mm to 20 mm using the two
integral stop spacers (15b.1), allowing you to posi-
tion the dowel closer to the edge.
– Secure the side stop to the threaded bores (15a.3)
on the guide frame using both screws (15a.2),
whereby the contact areas of the support ring
(15a.3) and the table (15a.4) must be level with
one another.
15a.3
15a.2
15a.1
– Swivel one of the distance spacers (15b.1) out-
wards to reduce the distance (see Fig. 15b). The
spacer aligns automatically with the stop latch
(15b.2).
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15a.4
15a.5

Working with the machine

Overview, General Notes and Tips

Wood is a natural, non-homogenous material and
because of this, its dimensions will most likely devi-
ate slightly during processing, even if the machine is
set accurately. Machine handling also infl uence 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 factors infl uence
the dimensional accuracy of manufactured dowel
holes and dowelling joints.
Numerous tests have been run to produce an aver-
age fi gure for these dimensional discrepancies. The
dimensions of the machine and DOMINO dowels are
based on these averages. If a lateral offset of approx.
0.03 mm - 0.04 mm occurs when two workpieces
are joined together, you have the option of replacing
the stop latches (2.8) fi tted on delivery with cor-
rection stop latches. These latches are 0.15 mm
narrower and reduce the lateral clearance of the
dowel holes in relation the edge of the workpiece
(see "Changing the Stop latches").
Getting Started
Prior to processing the fi nal workpiece, it is advis-
able to optimise the dowel-hole depth, width and
diameter using a sample workpiece.
Because the Domino system is a form of the classic
mortise and tenon joinery, it should follow much of
the same guidelines of mortise and tenon joinery.
Here are some guidelines to assist you in making
your choices:
• When the strength of your workpieces is compa-
rable to the strength of the Domino tenon (e.g.
general hard woods) then the thickness of the
15b.1 15b.2
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