Festool Domino Machine Instruction Manual - page 42

frame members.  In the photo above you 

can see how one side of the fence is fur-

ther away from the bit center than the 

other.  In the lower photo on the previous 

page you can see how this results 

in a different centerline for the mor-

tise than for the dovetail groove 

which will hold one of the curved 

maple pieces.

Even seemingly difficult alignments 

like this one are easy to do by us-

ing the lines scribed on the clear 

plastic window and the scales on 

the upper portion of the saddle 

fence.

To make the cut, clamp the work 

piece to the top of the MFT, drop 

the saddle fence over it and push 

the Domino up snugly to the end.  

Set the depth and the width of cut 

and plunge to make the cut....fast, 

easy and very accurate.

The next several photos will show a mock 

assembly of the main structural members 

so you can see how they go together.  

Before we actually assemble the piece, 

however, there is more machining to do 

such as cutting the tracks for the 

door slides, cutting the dados to 

hold the bottom of the cabinet, 

cutting the dados that hold the 

side burl panels, etc.

Meanwhile, let’s see what the 

skeleton looks like.  The shelf is 

not in place for these photos.  We 

will get there a bit further on.