DIY Bit adapter and spacer for Domino 700 XL

[Wagon Willie]

I used to have a Domino 500, but sold it when I purchased my XL.  I kept the bits and made this adapter for the 500 bits.  Pretty much like the Seneca adapter, but much cheaper as the tap and die were less than $20 delivered from Amazon.  A bit of time on the metal lathe, some file work for the wrench flats, a bit of polish and gun blue....    Works fine.  I used 5/8" cold rolled steel as a blank.

Also I needed a spacer for thin material when using the 700 XL but didn't like the Seneca one all that much so I built my own.  I don't use the XL with plywood very much and use the metric system almost exclusively in my shop (except Whitworth on the old Brit bikes...) so a 10 mm spacer made the most sense to me as the math is then very easy.  I kept it spaced a bit from the tool so I can line up my marks and put a small notch on the center line  to help even more.  Yes, I drilled holes in the Festool (sacrilegious to some?) and then tapped the holes so I can quickly and easily screw on the spacer.  The spacer is made from bamboo. 

 

[nclemmons]

Nice work!  Did you harden the adapter after turning and threading it?

neil

 

[Wagon Willie]

No, I didn't think that any hardening was necessary and so far so good.  Cold rolled steel is reasonably tough stuff.

 

[Cheese]

[member=890]Wagon Willie[/member]
Whitworth, music to my ears, well not really. I thought I was the only one who still had Whitworth tools in the roll-cab. If you're a Brit MC fan, you'll recognize my avatar. Purchased new in 1973 and she still resides in the garage.

You probably need the metal lathe because of your Brit bike passion.  [big grin]

Ya on this forum they're always traveling between imperial and metric, but throw in Whitworth and the journey just became even more confusing. 

BTW...welcome to the forum

 

[Wagon Willie]

Yes, I've been owned by a few Nortons myself!  I love them when they run, but found that the ratio of working on them and riding them was pretty much 2:1....and I didn't always like the walk home.  Still, they are beautiful machines! 

I haven't tried Whitworth in the wood shop, perhaps it will help!