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equipment:woodshop:hand-held-mortiser_festool_df500 [2026/01/15 17:51] – added not to gently tighten Domino cutter tsgmadequipment:woodshop:hand-held-mortiser_festool_df500 [2026/01/17 02:29] (current) – added size to pdf file descriptions tsgmad
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-====== Hand Held Slot Mortiser, Festool DF500 ======+====== Hand Held Slot Mortiser, Festool Domino, DF500 ======
  
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   * Pivoting Fence allows you to create angled mortises from 0-90° with positive stops at 22.5°, 45°, 67.5°.   * Pivoting Fence allows you to create angled mortises from 0-90° with positive stops at 22.5°, 45°, 67.5°.
   * Domino cutters of different diameter thicknesses can be used to create mortises of different width, height and depth.   * Domino cutters of different diameter thicknesses can be used to create mortises of different width, height and depth.
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 +Points to remember:
   * Mortise width setting should only be changed when machine is running.   * Mortise width setting should only be changed when machine is running.
-  * Remember to only gently tighten Domino bit cutters.  Rotation of cutter will self-tighten cutter.+  * Gently tighten Domino bit cutters.  Do not over tighten. Rotation of cutter will self-tighten cutter.
   * Dust collector hose must be connected and used at all times when machine is running.   * Dust collector hose must be connected and used at all times when machine is running.
  
  
-{{ :equipment:woodshop:hand-held-mortiser_festool_df500_manual.pdf |Festool DF500 Manual (6.1 MB)}}+{{ :equipment:woodshop:hand-held-mortiser_festool_df500_manual.pdf |Festool Domino, DF500 Manual (6.1 MB)}} 
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 +{{ :equipment:woodshop:hand-held-mortiser_festool_df500_earlier-model-supplemental-manual.pdf |(Older version) Festool Domino, DF500 Supplemental Manual - BE AWARE manual is for an earlier model but contains useful information (2.9 MB)}}
  
 Four Domino Laws Four Domino Laws
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 [[https://makers-manual.com/how-to-use-the-festool-domino-joiner|How to use Festool Domino Joiner (website version of YouTube video: Complete Guide to Festool Domino)]] [[https://makers-manual.com/how-to-use-the-festool-domino-joiner|How to use Festool Domino Joiner (website version of YouTube video: Complete Guide to Festool Domino)]]
  
-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6jyLkObBqg|Top 4 Festool Domino joints you need to know (16:12 min)]]+[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6jyLkObBqg|YouTube: Top 4 Festool Domino joints you need to know (16:12 min)]] 
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 +[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MwiXDUiubM|YouTube: Clamping Different Materials with the Festool MFT (10:24 min)]] 
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 +[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GD6XOgEaes&t=34s|YouTube: Festool Clamping Essentials (35:05 min)]]
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