New Dominos Coming to North America

[Hipplewm]

But you only need to do it once (reposition the oem handle), and you have to use the same tool to replace the oem handle.

Maybe I am lost - how do you tighten the fence, then place the handle back to the up and away position without either using a tool or loosening the fence again?

I'll go out to my shop and take some pictures tomorrow and show you, but in order to go from loose to tight, the arc of my original handle left it down in the corner when the fence was tight - this in turn made it a bugger to loosen and typically I used a screwdriver to "flick" it up and away to loosen.

With the new style screw - you can tighten halfway, resposition the handle, tighten fully and reposition the handle up and to the left to make it extremely easy to grab and reposition to loosen

Not sure how to say this any more plainly - there is a massive difference between the handles and I prefer the handle you can reposition at any time in any direction, so I don't pinch my finger or fumble trying to loosen the original screw - obviously Festool did as well as all the new screws are mounted in a manner where they don't pinch your fingers and a adjustable handle isn't required as the screw can spin freely 360deg

 

[ChuckS]

Start watching from the 0:25 segment:



As Michael said, you only need to adjust the knob once. I've never adjusted mine as the factory setting is perfect.

The new fence has just one real improvement over the old one: the indexing pins. The fuss about the old fence knob and fence's sliding smoothness is really just that: fuss.

 

[Hipplewm]

Start watching from the 0:25 segment:



As Michael said, you only need to adjust the knob once. I've never adjusted mine as the factory setting is perfect.

The new fence really has just one improvement over the old one: the indexing pins. The fuss about the old fence knob and fence's sliding smoothness is really just that: fuss.

Yeah, you absolutely don't understand what I mean - I'll make a video for you tomorrow to help you understand what I am trying to convey

 

[onocoffee]

I adjusted my fence lever a couple months ago finally. Was pretty simple. Have thought about ordering the McMaster part that Sedge showed in a video but haven’t pulled the trigger - maybe because I don’t like the hue of their green.

 

[Michael Kellough]

With the fence knob post tight (although inadequately) loosen the screw that holds the handle on the post, then pull the handle up on the post and reposition about a quarter turn counter clockwise. Then retighten the screw. I did this years ago so don’t remember if you have to pull the handle all the way off the post.

If you very particular you might want to do it a couple times (treat the screw kindly) to get the perfect position that still allows the fence to slide easily when the knob post is loose yet tightens sufficiently more than before. If you’re super particular and still not satisfied then you’re a good candidate for a new adjustable handle.
Because you’re right, with an adjustable handle it doesn’t matter what position the handle is in when the screw or knob post is tightened etc., you can just re-position the handle.