Domino location pins

[Jerry Work]

Hi all,

I had occasion the other day to redo a Domino mortise after I had applied glue.  That mortise needed to be wide and was cut at the narrowest setting.  I removed as much of the glue as I could but naturally the bit mixed sawdust with the glue remaining in the bottom of the mortise leaving a bit of a sticky mess that the vac could not remove.  No problem and I went on with my work.  Today I grabbed the Domino machine (it is in daily use in my studio) and found the locating pins sticky with one stuck in the "in" position.  Now what?  It turns out that on the back side of the fence there is a hole in the casting at the ends of each of the recesses where the pins are mounted.  The bottom of that recess must have some kind of metal disk to locate and hold the spring that pushes the pins out.  I was able to carefully push a small drift into those holes to push the pin back out again.  After cleaning off the small amount of glue/sawdust that had caused the pin to stick in the first place and all is back to normal.  Remove the housing from the fence to gain access to these holes if you need them.

Jerry

 

[Brian 57]

Never heard of "drift" in the tool sense before - assume it's US usage.
regards

 

[Brice Burrell]

Never heard of "drift" in the tool sense before - assume it's US usage.
regards

A drift is a tool to used to drive or remove pins, roll pins or drift pins and the like.

 

[Michael Kellough]

Never heard of "drift" in the tool sense before - assume it's US usage.
regards

A drift is a tool to used to drive or remove pins, roll pins or drift pins and the like.

Also, a drift has long parallel sides (in contrast to a punch or nail set) so it can pass through a hole to continue pushing the pin. Sort of like a cabinetmaker's screwdriver compared to an ordinary screwdriver.