New Dominos with no registration pins? What the....

Frank, Thank you, I saw this same question a while back on the Aussie forum about the plastic pins.

Having one unit with metal pins and one without would be the best of both worlds for me...
 
Ted, have you heard about the ekat-site? It has exploded views of all festool tools, with part numbers and prices. If it would really be that usefull to you, you can just order the base seperately, and you can then quickly change one for the other, without screwing the tabs back on or off.  (I haven't checked the price yet of the replacement base, I'll check and post a link)

The ekat-site can sometimes be very usefull, because some tools are very similar and by changing a few parts you can convert them.
Best example I read was from Riri at the Aussie forum. He had a project where he needed to strip and bring up the grain of old floring, and festool makes a tool that's perfect for the job, but because it's a bit for specialty use, rental companies don't have it, and it was priced rather steep for a one off job. We then noticed the similarities with the festool renovation sander (the 180 mm version of the RAS115), so he ordered the special tool and the parts to convert it to the renovation sander, a tool wich would see more use in his regular activities. (He did so after confirmation from his festool dealer it could be done).

/edit: here is a link to the US ekat-site, you can find the domino under the routers section (I can't link directly to a tool, just to the overview). There are two versions of the drawing for the domino, the top one is the one with the tabs (...120V). The base consist of a lot of parts and won't be cheap, but it would be less pricey than a second domino.
 
Well, I went and bit the bullet! This thread got me so scared about the new vs old pins that I bought the old metal pin version. Thanks for the heads up guys. My wallet is still mad at all of you though. I think all it needs is time. :)
 
Sounds like Rick Christopherson is making revisions to his Domino manual to include the redesigned model as well as some other updated info. Makes me think we may see the redesigned model sometime soon in the US. There seemed to be no notice of the introduction of the new model when it was released in Australia (this cause somewhat of an uproar on the AU woodwork forums). So if you want the "old style" Domino with the original index pins you better buy one sooner than later just to be safe.
 
I was in the local Woodcraft this weekend and they still had the old ones.  They didn't know about the redesign. 
 
Brice Burrell said:
Sounds like Rick Christopherson is making revisions to his Domino manual to include the redesigned model as well as some other updated info. Makes me think we may see the redesigned model sometime soon in the US. There seemed to be no notice of the introduction of the new model when it was released in Australia (this cause somewhat of an uproar on the AU woodwork forums). So if you want the "old style" Domino with the original index pins you better buy one sooner than later just to be safe.

Brice,
What makes you say that Rick's revised Domino manual has something to do with a redesigned Domino machine?  Can you explain the connection here?  Have you spoken with Rick about this?  Have you heard something from Festool?

How do you reconcile your interpretation of Rick's revised manual with this statement you made a little earlier?
Brice Burrell said:
From my conversation with Christian O. sounded like the new Dominos weren't going to make their way to the States for awhile.

Thanks,
Matthew
 
Matthew Schenker said:
What makes you say that Rick's revised Domino manual has something to do with a redesigned Domino machine?

The draft of Rick's manual that I saw recently (yeah, I'm being vague, it was in a relatively public place but it sounds like he's still working on it) had pictures of two different types of Dominos, one of which looked a lot like mine, the other of which had the plastic levers instead of the pins, and a different looking clear guide on the fence.

I'm not sure whether that qualifies as "redesigned", but the base plate portion was clearly a different different mold from whatever the base plate on mine was cast from.
 
Mathew, sorry, I should have been more clear. The discussion with Christian O. took place in April and based on that conversation it sounded like the Domino with the new indexing pins or levers wouldn't get to the US in the near future. Like I said, that was April. I also should have been more clear on when the "new" may be released here. I was speculating that it might be soon given that fact Rick is working on revisions to his Domino manual that will include info on the "new" Domino and other places in the world already have it as well. I saw the manual in the same place as Dan. The "new" Domino pictured in Rick's manual looks to be the same redesign being discussed in this thread.
 
Good Morning,
Thanks Brice for your explanation.

For those of you wondering what this is about, Rick recently decided to delete all his content from the Festool Owners Group, after threatening me with copyright violations if I did not allow him to do this.  He did this right as several critical discussions about the Kapex were developing, and right after he openly attacked me because I was requesting a public response from Festool about the Kapex issues.  He has since posted material on another forum.

And now Brice mentions Rick's material.

Thanks,
Matthew
 
Matthew Schenker said:
Eiji,
I was concerned about this as well, and I asked about it in Henderson.  I got an answer from them, but I'm drawing a blank on what they said.  I remember the answer did make sense.

I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that it was not a legal issue.  Maybe two different people answered this question at two different times?  Can someone else who was in Henderson help me out here?

Matthew

Over here in the Netherlands, the story we got is indeed that of a lost lawsuit from Maffel. So they had to change the design...
 
Greetings from Greece. First time posting on the forum. I see a lot of conversation about the registration pins on the Domino.
Me myself have a new Domino with no pins which are not needed as Festool is supplying the new dominoes with a removable
pin system (which unfortunately comes for additional 44 Euro -or $US 62) if you follow the link you will see an enlarged picture
from the German site.

http://www.festool.de/mediandoweb/index.php?sTemplate=zoom&sTemplateFile=standard.php&BILD=http://wwwinet.my-tts.com/Festool/Kat_2005/fraesen/jpg_zoom/zoom__fr_qadf500_493488_z_8a.jpg
 
I have one of the originals, but have not used the pins. As a matter of fact I would think they get in the way. I don't see the need to space the dominos in that tight and even a pattern.  I just use the pencil line and hit it.  Works great.  Love this tool. 
 
bonesbr549 said:
I have one of the originals, but have not used the pins. As a matter of fact I would think they get in the way. I don't see the need to space the dominos in that tight and even a pattern.  I just use the pencil line and hit it.  Works great.  Love this tool. 

I agree, they do nothing but get in the way, I always go by a pencil mark...
 
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