Festool Domino DF 500
Festool Domino DF 500
| MachineInfoBox Domino DF 500 | |
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| Synonyms: | DE: Dübelfräse |
| Type: | Loose Tenon Joiner |
| Material: | Wood |
| Used with: | loose tenons |
| Location: | Saw Station |
| Access Requirements: | Joinery Machine Introduction |
| Status: | Working |
| Manual: | bedienungsanleitu.ng (DE/EN); festoolusa.com (EN) |
| Tutors: | Lukas Pakue Utis Baumphil |
| Similar (More or Less): | Biscuit Joiner Loose tenons |
The Festool Domino DF 500 is a high-precision Domino joiner. The available router bits we have for this machine are 5mm, 6mm and 8mm. The routers are stored in our Loose tenons storage box
Key Features:
- Pendulum Milling Principle: This unique milling principle allows for precise and effortless work.
- Adjustable Settings: Moveable step stop for height and preset adjustment for standard material thicknesses, as well as milling height adjustment with a scale ranging from 5 to 30 mm.
- Milling Angle: Mitre milling from 0 to 90° with locking positions at 0°, 22.5°, 45°, 67.5°, and 90°.
- Dust Extraction Connection: Ø 27 mm, ensuring clean working conditions.
- Product Weight: 3.5 kg without accessories.
Work Flow:
Changing the router tool:
- Lift the unlocking lever [1-3] until it audibly engages with the fork wrench.
- Separate the motor unit and the guide frame. Press and hold in the spindle lock. Release and unscrew the jointer bit with the fork wrench. Release the spindle lock. Insert the new router tool and reassemble the Domino DF-500.
Adjusting the milling depth:
- Open the notch lever lock [1‑8] by pressing it. Use the locking lever [1‑7] to set the desired jointing depth (12 mm, 15 mm, 20 mm, 25 mm, 28 mm).
For the jointer bit with a diameter of 5 mm, only jointing depths of 12 mm, 15 mm and 20 mm are permitted due to its short shank length.
- Release the notch lever lock again. A special cutter is available for the DOMINO dowel 4x20 mm (due to risk of breakage). Note the following when using this cutter (D 4-NL 11 HW-DF 500): Set the routing depth to 20 mm using the stop lever [1‑7]. The actual routing depth is 10 mm. The dowel can only be positioned centrally.
Setting jointing height:
a) with selection slide
- Release the clamping lever for jointing height adjustment. Using the additional handle, raise the front section of the guide frame. Use the slide [1‑6] to set the desired board thickness (16 mm, 20 mm, 22 mm, 25 mm, 28 mm, 36 mm, 40 mm).
- Press the front section of the guide frame downwards as far as the stop. Close the clamping lever.
b) freely selectable
- Release the clamping lever for jointing height adjustment. Using the additional handle, raise the front section of the guide frame. Push the slide to the stop in direction motor unit. Set the desired jointing height using the scale by moving the front section of the guide frame vertically. Close the clamping lever.
Setting dowel-hole width:
Reliable setting of the dowel-hole width with the rotary switch [1‑2] is only possible with the machine running! The following dowel-hole settings are possible:
13 mm + jointer bit diameter
19 mm + jointer bit diameter
23 mm + jointer bit diameter
Additional stop with extension:
The additional stop can be used to enlarge the contact surface when jointing on the workpiece edge, thus allowing safer guidance of the machine. The distance to the centre of the routed hole can be reduced from 37 mm to 20 mm using the two integral stop spacers, allowing you to position the dowel closer to the edge.
- Secure the additional stop to the threaded bores on the guide frame using both screws, whereby the contact areas of the support ring and the table must be level with one another.
- Swivel one of the distance spacers outwards to reduce the distance. The spacer aligns automatically with the stop latch.
Instruction Videos:
Joining small parts using the additional extension
This tool is not ready for use yet since not all commissioning steps have been completed. The process is not yet tracked on GitHub. Feel free to contribute to making it usable, any help is very welcome!
| Task | comment | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Name the tool: | - | Done |
| Take a picture | - | pending |
| Find the manual as PDF | needed for all machines - add a link to the InfoBox or comment where you could not find it | Done |
| Documentation | (at least): Document Loose Tenons on Material:Loose Tenons (at least): Integrate Wanted:Domino_Joiner to this page or to Joinery Machines |
pending |
| Print QR-Code | use the MachineQR Factory | Done |
| Introduction | Will be integrated to Biscuit Joiner Introduction, which will then be renamed | done |
| Security Check | to be done or witnessed by a manager | Done |
| Test | to be done or witnessed by a manager | Done |
| tool's name, owner and approx. value | provide to Johannes for inventorization | Done |
| Last step: make it available | physically and in the wiki - then delete this template | pending |
