Festool Domino Machine Instruction Manual - page 8

The Domino Fence 

Now let’s look at the adjustments on the 

fence part of the Domino machine.  In this 

photo we are looking at the back side of 

the fence with the body removed.  You 

can see one of the two hardened steel 

rods that the body slides on as it moves 

the cutter in and out of the work piece 

keeping the mortise slot parallel with the 

base of the fence.

The first adjustment to consider is the 

height the fence is above the 

horizontal 

centerline

 of the cutter.  That is shown 

by a scale and pointer.  In the close up 

photo below the fence is set to be exactly 

10mm above the centerline of the cutter.   

A lock lever secures the fence at the de-

sired height.  The fence moves up and 

down on machined ways so it remains 

exactly parallel with the cutter at all 

heights. 

For rapidly setting the fence to common 

heights above the horizontal centerline of 

the bit, a stop block (shown in detail 

above) is provided that slides back and 

forth to reveal different step heights.  The 

fence sits on the top of a stop 

block step, positioning it exactly 

an indicated distance above the 

horizontal centerline of the cutter. 

The stop block (shown here at a 

setting of 20mm) is  marked in 

units corresponding to the 

overall 

thickness

of the work piece for 

which the cutter will be exactly 

centered

.  In this case the stop 

block is set for a 20mm thick work 

piece resulting in the pointer 

(photo left) indicating that the cen-

terline of the cutter will be at 

10mm.