Welp. The battery powered Domino is a real thing I guess.

Considering you still really need to use extraction with the Domino to both clear the mortise and preserve tooling life, I see little point in a battery operated version. But yea, they must perceive a market opportunity.
 
I was really hoping they were going to add a blower/bag for dust extraction so that it could operate truly independently.
The new base looks cool, will try to upgrade that on my older domino if it's compatible.
 
I don't get this machine either. Probably because cordless biscuit dowelers are quite a popular thing - but unlinke the Domino they don't require a vac attached. And lets be honest: jobsites where the *small* Domino is required are usually the ones that already have seen the sparkies complete their part of the job long before.
Now that got me thinking how they'd get around that and I checked the manuals. The funny thing is: while the original Domino manuals reiterate the fact that the machine mustn't be operated without a vac attached, the new cordless Domino mentions that it's "advisable" to attach a vac as quality could be impaired. That'll certainly be no fun scraping the bottom of 8 domino holes to get the chips out...
 
I'm not interested in a cordless domino, but the new fence with pins instead of paddles is interesting to me. The kept the "barrel" style handle on the corded version instead of going to the "D" style handle (for lack of a better term) that is on the DF700 and the new DFC machine.

I don't think that I can remotely justify the new machine; even though I've had my paddle springs wear out twice.
 
cpw said:
I'm not interested in a cordless domino, but the new fence with pins instead of paddles is interesting to me. The kept the "barrel" style handle on the corded version instead of going to the "D" style handle (for lack of a better term) that is on the DF700 and the new DFC machine.

I don't think that I can remotely justify the new machine; even though I've had my paddle springs wear out twice.
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I'm betting we'll be able to just buy the fence as a standalone option.
 
bwehman said:
I'm betting we'll be able to just buy the fence as a standalone option.
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I read on the Festool youtube video in the comments Festool said it was not compatible.

"Unfortunately this is not possible. As the milling center of the motor unit is set to the table during assembly at the factory, the milling cuts may no longer be exactly in the center when the table is replaced."
 
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Wait, so the removable "table," you know, the one you take off to change bits and then put back on, is not actually replaceable?

Explain that one to me...
 
In regards to why cordless even though it will need the vac hose?

Still one less thing dragging around or hanging around. Many people have wanted the cord hose combinations. Velcroed together, zip tied, special printed clips, expandable sleeves, Festool cord through the hose, and the Festool cloth sleeved version. Basically the same reasoning.

Also great if you are using a cordless vac.

Great for places with weak power / breakers.

Seth
 
Yesterday as I was cutting mortises with my Domino 500, I kept stepping on the cord, which impeded movement.

I know it's user error, but the way the cord flopped around on the floor, it kept moving to where I would stand to make a cut.

I didn't have that issue with the hose.

I have used the green clips to run the cord along the hose, but the clips catch on the edge of my MFT and assembly table.

So yeah, yesterday between grumbling and cursing, I was thinking that a cordless Domino might be nice.

I know I may be more clumsy than many of you...
 
bwehman said:
not pins like my DF700
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OK, terminology. There are 3 versions:

A) Original DF500 (what I call "pins"):
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B) Later DF500 (what I call "flaps"):
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C) DF700 and now cordless DF500/latest DF500 (what I call "paddles"):
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If you want to call "C" as "pins," then what do you call "A"?
 
@smorgasbord I have to agree, I would never have assumed "pins" to be appropriate for the paddles on the DF700 or the new DF500 given the older DF500 had true round pins, even though technically pins do not have be round, but the precedence has already been set.
 
I see it as a tool for a commercial workshop not a single hobby user. Multiple users with their own vacuum, pick it up from whoever else has used it, plug in the vacuum and start work. There are those hobbyists who will buy every new tool so those sales are icing on the cake for Festool.
 
C and A are both pins, just actuated differently. They fit into a domino slot, unlike the flaps (or what everyone else calls paddles). One does not put a 'paddle' into a slot. But a 'pin' into a slot semantically makes sense.
 
@Mini Me I'm
Mini Me said:
I see it as a tool for a commercial workshop not a single hobby user. Multiple users with their own vacuum, pick it up from whoever else has used it, plug in the vacuum and start work. There are those hobbyists who will buy every new tool so those sales are icing on the cake for Festool.
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Fully agree, and for site work as well I can see the benefit, but as with the new cordless sanders they don't interest me, however the planer, that's a different story! ;-)
 
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