Those of us that attended the latest end user training at Festool HQ in Indiana got an up close look at the Multi-position Guide Stop.
This is a high quality attachment for the Domino.

Chris

Rick, congratulations on getting this going and I wish you lots of success with this endevour.

It looks like a great device   and one that I would purchase if I had a Domino. But, I don't   so I won't .

Nice Rick

Like Bob said! I am on board with this as well and will e-mail shortly.

Dan Clermont

A very well thought out tool that will enhance the versatility and capabilities of the Domino.   You should possibly consider becoming an engineer...

  OK, just got my delivery of the Guide Stops; won't get a chance to work with them until tomorrow, but MAN ARE THESE STOPS WELL ENGINEERED AND MANUFACTURED!  Very solid, built llike the proverbial tank.
 Right on, Rick.

 Bob

Thanks Guys.

I had a feeling you were going to be surprised by how robust they are built. Hey, if you can't over-engineer it, what's the fun in doing it at all?  

Most people aren't accustomed to seeing anything made from 14 gauge steel, and you would be hard pressed to find anything else in the workshop made this thick. Not even a cabinet tablesaw uses steel this thick. The last thing I wanted to do was skimp on materials. Even all of the fasteners are stainless steel, with the exception of the 4 phillips-head screws. Even the custom-made thumbscrews are stainless steel, and if you had to buy them non-custom in quantities of 1's or 10's, they would cost $10 to $15 apiece.

In order to be able to put such high quality parts into the guide, I had to "Plan" for success, not just "hope" for it. If I didn't build these in high volume, they would cost $800 each, and obviously that wouldn't sell very well.

Rick,

I like your design ! ( and your entrepreneurial guts ).
From the looks of it  the markings are imperial, aren't they ? Planning to do a Metric version as well? ( not that it's a big issue, with this design )

This might just be the last little push I need to fall into the Domino-vortex..... do you sell in Europe ?


Regards,

Job

Yes, I ship to Europe, and any other country the U.S. postal service serves, which I believe is any country that we have fair trade with (or something like that).

Yes, the graduations are 1/16" divisions, but I have actually contemplated removing them. When I first put those on, I did so thinking that they could be of value for a quick setup, but that was before I had a finished unit to experiment with. It took me all of 30 seconds to realize that using those graduations would not be accurate enough for the caliber of the accuracy this guide is intended. I almost removed them when I had the baseplates repainted, but decided to keep them in place for now, simply for appearances.

The setup procedure I developed for the stops is so simple and accurate, that once you use it, you would never consider using the graduations. Using the graduations would require trial-and-error to tweak the settings to compensate for trivial variations. The documented procedure is a one-shot deal, and you get the correct position the very first time. (This also virtually eliminated the need for the "Adjustment" part of the Adjustment/Spacer screws, so they are really just spacer screws, used when you need two adjacent stop positions very close together. FYI, the spacer screws permit adjacent stop positions to be as close as 0.0747" (1.9mm) apart.)

This is documented in the brief MGS-20 Manual I put together last week. It uses the Domino Sight Gauge and two blocks of wood to set the stop positions, and it even compensates if your Sight Gauge has not been calibrated. It is based on the same procedure that you use to calibrate your Sight Gauge, except you now use the edge of the two blocks of wood to butt the Position Stops up against during adjustment.

By the way, I am going to try to expand the scope of the manual when I get the time. Right now it focuses on setting up the guide, but does not discuss applications.

When I first got mine I thought the same about imperial graduations on a metric tool (confusing).  But as Rick says, once you start using his setup procedure you'll find that the hash marks won't be used at all.  His procedure allows for a much more precise setting with either metric or imperial dimensions (your preference).

Just think of the markings as 1.5mm, Brice. 

Well Terry, with your lengthy expertise with the Domino, I have been very curious what you would think about it, and I have been patiently waiting for you to post here. I am glad to hear you are intrigued by it. I have already shipped a couple of these off to your fellow countrymen last week.

If you are still unsure about what you would be getting, or are unsure about the high standards that I designed this to, there is an active discussion over at TalkFestool from a few people that have already taken delivery. There is also some more Q&A there too.  (Granted, the first couple dozen postings are off-topic chat, but toward the end of the thread, people began receiving their units and posting comments.)

I think you will be surprised, as others have, with just how robust I designed this to be. I'll be looking for your order.

This is a notification that this topic has been moved to the Sales & Dealer Area.  The previous board called "Amazing Member Inventions" will be removed due to lack of content.  Thanks.

Rick just finished his video on building a drawer with the Domino and his Multi-position Guide Stop (MGS).  Check it out at Rick's site, click on the "video" tab at the top of the page to watch Rick in action.

Why it's the Festool vacuum clamping jig of course.   It's not available here in the States and no word if it will be in the foreseeable future.