Festool Domino Machine Instruction Manual - page 25

we discussed earlier.  Simple to do, just 

set the height pointer to 25mm and lock 

the fence as shown in this photo (the 

Domino body has been removed from the 

fence so you can more easily see the 

height setting).

Now make a mark on each leg about half 

the maximum height of the skirt down 

from the top of each leg on the two faces 

which will form the inside top of the leg.  

Make this mark with an adjustable square 

set to the desired length so it is the same 

on all four legs.  Set the square aside and  

don’t move the setting as we will need it 

to align the Domino mortise we will cut in 

the ends of each skirt piece.  The mark 

indicates the centerline for the mortise 

relative to the top of each leg and the 

fence height setting establishes the cen-

terline for the mortise relative to the out-

side of each leg.  Put on the cutter you 

need, set the mortise width to minimum, 

and set the depth of cut to be half the 

nominal length of the Domino tenon you 

intend to use.  As I recall I used a 10mm 

x 50mm for these legs so the mortise 

depth was set to 25mm.

Place the Domino fence on the leg sur-

face where you want the mortise and 

slide it to where the centerline mark 

aligns with the mark you made on the leg 

blank, turn on the Domino machine and 

make the cut.

You will be amazed at how 

accurately you can position 

these mortises with “just” the 

visual reference marks.  Us-

ing an adjustable square or 

other “story stick” and a sharp   

pencil or knife to make the 

mark, both mortises in each of 

the four legs will be very close 

to being in exactly the same 

place.  And, it will only take a 

few minutes to cut all eight 

mortises.  

Thank you Domino ma-

chine! 

(Note: you can also just hook 

the spring loaded pins over 

the ends of the leg and skirt to align them 

for this cut as well, if you want to.)

Take each leg blank to the band saw and 

follow the leg shape you drew on one 

side of the cabrio leg with the template.  

Save the off cut piece and tape it back in 

place with clear package wrap tape.  If 

you look carefully at the photo on the bot-

tom of the last page you can see the saw 

kerf and the glare of the package tape 

holding the off cut piece on the leg blank 

shown.

The taped-on off cut piece reestablishes 

a flat surface for making the second leg 

profile cut on the band saw.  When you 

get finished with all four legs, you will 

have quite a stack of scrap as shown in 

the photo on the next page.