Best Domino Tutorial

[Dusty.House]

Hi all,

I finally took the plunge and brought a Domino.

What video tutorials would people recommend? I normally figure these things out myself but i want to make sure I fully get it.

Thanks in advance.

Ben

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[Jiggy Joiner]

Hi there, if you’ve used biscuit joiners previously, you will have a better understanding of the machine, and approach when using it. There is a learning curve with the Domino but, not ( in my opinion) a big one.

Regarding tutorials, they are all pretty good and thorough, but may vary in style. I would suggest viewing videos from different users and making your own conclusions.
Download the supplementary manual too, it’s very useful.

I would honest suggest getting some scraps together, and doing some practice dry joinery to get the feel and measure of the machine.

I think the biggest mistakes are made through marking out not being accurate, and depth settings set wrong.
The more you use the machine, you will develop your own techniques and ways.
Hope you enjoy using it.

 

[Bob D.]

Hi all,

I finally took the plunge and brought a Domino.

What video tutorials would people recommend? I normally figure these things out myself but i want to make sure I fully get it.

Thanks in advance.

Ben

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dusty.tools

You need to go back to school, to YouTube University, and sign up for Professor Parfitt's classes.

 

[Birdhunter]

Halfinchshy and New Brit Workshop have excellent videos. Practicing on scrap helps learn faster.

 

[DynaGlide]

Get in the habit of marking the Domino face that the tool needs to reference off. Everytime I don't do this I make mistakes.

 

[ear3]

[member=67145]DustyTools[/member] I would also recommend going through the calibration procedures covered by Half-inch shy:

 

[RC]

I highly recommend downloading and reading the supplemental user guide on it from Festool USA:
https://www.festoolusa.com/-/media/...nloads/manuals/domino_df_500_supplemental.pdf

++ R

 

[sancho57]

I have had the domino for about 6 years or so. Took a couple of end user classes even had Allan help me with it and I still didn’t get it. Then I realized I was over thinking it.

The domino is really easy to use. Just mark the domino faces ( face the domino is registering off of) mark the pieces where you are going to place the domino, set the machines fence to  what or close to what the material thickness is, set the debth of cut to half the length of the domino.

It’s really that easy. I know I really over thunk it. Even considered selling it. Now no way I love it. Just got to figure the darn thing out in your simplest terms

 

[Dusty.House]

Thanks All, I’ll check out the links and grab some scraps tomorrow

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[rmhinden]

I finally took the plunge and brought a Domino.

Nice pun

One trick I figured out, is to use a fine point sharpe pen to highlight the alignment lines on the Domino.  Basically run the pen down the lines (back, sides, etc.), then wipe off the excess.  It make seeing them much easier.

Bob

 

[Dusty.House]

I finally took the plunge and brought a Domino.

Nice pun

One trick I figured out, is to use a fine point sharpe pen to highlight the alignment lines on the Domino.  Basically run the pen down the lines (back, sides, etc.), then wipe off the excess.  It make seeing them much easier.

Bob

Oh good idea, I’ve seen that done on Kreg Pocket Hole jigs to good effect!

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[oobaa]

+1 for newbritworkshop snd the supplementary manual

I found 10minuteworkshop really useful particularly with UK dimensioned sheets

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[kmickey]

You will need a rock solid clamping system, preferably one that works horizontally and vertically.  I use my Stanton bench for domino work and it’s fantastic. 

I recently saw a tip for the 500 regarding hand placement.  If you hold it near the end of the barrel (near the power cord) your odds of keeping it flat on the plane are much higher than if your grip the barrel like a racquet. It’s markedly increased the accuracy of my plunges. 

Using the pins or the edge of your domino when you’re near the end of a board will almost always beat a pencil mark for accuracy.

And as others have said, get some scrap and practice.  It’s not hard, but you *will* make mistakes, whether alignment, plunge depth, or slot width. I try to plan it so I do my shallow and narrow cuts first, you can always recite wider or deeper, but not the other way around.

 

[Dusty.House]

Thanks, very helpful!

I got my first project started, I probably got carried away and installed too many

This is the side of a bookcase that I am beefing up so I can install an invisible hinge to hide a secret room!

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[Jiggy Joiner]

Good for you, you can watch many videos, read lots of manuals which is all good but, you can’t beat experience, and everybody has to start somewhere.  [thumbs up]