Calibrating The Horizontal Position Gauge; Accessories, Tools - Festool DOMINO DF 500 Instruction Manual

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22.2
Fit the stop latch on one sides of the
dowel jointer [Fig. 22b]:
• Step 1: insert the spring.
• Step 2: position the stop latch on the dowel
jointer.
• Step 3: lower the stop latch until the small
hemisphere engages in the spring.
• Step 4: insert the hexagon socket screw to
secure the stop latch.
Calibrating the Horizon-
tal Position Gauge
The horizontal position gauge (also called
the sight gauge) is used for aligning Domino
tenons to a pencil mark on the workpiece. If
the gauge is not perfectly centered over the
mortising slot, the two workpieces will not be
aligned when the joint is assembled.
23a.1
– Take two pieces of scrap wood, and draw
a thin line on each piece where a tenon is
to be placed.
– Set the mortise slot width to the narrow
setting (see "Setting the mortise width").
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3
b
23a.2
– With the middle line [23a.2] of the sight
gauge lined up on the pencil line, plunge a
mortise slot into each piece of wood.
– Join the two pieces of wood together with-
out glue, and examine the alignment of the
original pencil lines.
– If the pencil lines are not aligned, loosen
the two screws [23a.1] on the sight gauge
and slide the gauge sideways as noted in
the upper image.

Accessories, Tools

For your own safety, use only
original Festool accessories and spare parts.
The accessory and tool order number can be
found in the Festool catalogue or on the In-
ternet under www.festool-usa.com.
Systainer
Many Festool products are shipped in a unique
system container, called "Systainer". This pro-
vides protection and storage for the tool and
accessories. The Systainers are stackable and
can be interlocked together. They also can be
interlocked atop Festool CT dust extractors.
– Place one systainer on top of the other.
– Release all four latches on the lower sys-
tainer by pulling back at their top edges
[23.1].
– Slide all four latches upward [23.2].
– Snap all four latches back to their fl at po-
sition [23.3] so they engage the stacking
tabs of the upper systainer.
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23.3
23.2
23.1