Festool Domino Machine Instruction Manual - page 34

the fence firmly on the flat part of the leg, 

I could cut the vertical mortises just as 

accurately as the horizontal ones....great 

fun and it takes only minutes to do.

I know it looks a bit complicated in these 

pictures, but when you have a Domino 

machine in your hands and start using it 

you will see just how fast and accurate 

these cuts can be.

The next step was to machine the 

upper and lower platform pieces to 

size and then machine the dado that 

will hold the side skirts.  Here I have 

clamped one of the platform pieces 

down to the top of a Festool 1080 

MFT.  I have five MFTs in my studio 

and they all are in use constantly as I 

just do not know of any better way to 

hold work pieces steady while you 

machine them.

In these photos you can see the Domino 

machine with the saddle fences set for 

the 50mm width of the platform frame 

members and the fence set to center the 

Domino mortise on the 20mm thickness 

of those pieces.

Drop the Domino machine onto the end 

of the work piece, slide it forward until the 

face of the Domino machine registers