Festool Domino Machine Instruction Manual - page 9

The stop block is marked to center the 

bit on work pieces 16, 20, 22, 25, 28, 36 

and 40mm thick.  

You can also simply use the height 

scale to set the fence any distance you 

want it to be above the horizontal cen-

terline of the bit within the range of 7mm 

to 30mm.  

The minimum height of 7mm ensures 

that a 10mm cutter will leave a minimum 

of 2mm of wall between the upper side 

of the mortise slot and the upper side of 

the work piece so you don’t inadvertently 

drive the cutter into the bottom side of the 

fence.

The fence also rotates from 90 degrees 

angle relative to the edge of the work 

piece (meaning the fence is parallel with 

the cutter) to zero degrees relative to the 

edge of the work piece (meaning the cut-

ter is moving perpendicular to the fence 

the way it is shown in the photo left).

Ball detent stops are also provided for 

common in-

termediate 

settings, or 

you can sim-

ply set the 

angle with the 

protractor 

scale and 

pointer.  The 

pointer is ad-

justable so 

you can cali-

brate the an-

gles to be 

dead on.

Now let’s look 

at the variety 

of alignment 

marks to help 

you place the 

mortise slots 

exactly where 

you want 

them.