Festool Domino 700: A Comprehensive Tour and Demonstration

Welcome to our tour of the Festool Domino 700! This powerful and versatile woodworking tool is perfect for creating precise and stable joints in a variety of materials.
In this video, we'll take you through the features and capabilities of the Domino 700, including its adjustable cutting depth and width, its high-speed motor, and its convenient dust extraction system. We'll also demonstrate how to set up and use the Domino 700.
Whether you're a professional woodworker or a DIY enthusiast, the Festool Domino 700 is a valuable addition to your workshop. With its precision and versatility, it's sure to become your go-to tool for creating strong and reliable joints in your projects.
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[@bdm1000]

I for one would like to see more videos doing things with the Domino.

[@rayjackson4547]

Ron- Nice job, the overhead camera is a big help. Most of us woodworkers are balding so we can't use overheads.

[@davidhull2060]

Excellent video..very clear and concise. I have used biscuit joiners, the Mafell Duo doweller and both Festool domino machines. They all have their pros and cons...biscuits are great as an alignment tool particularly on sheet goods, and very affordable for both machine and consumables. The Mafell creates quick and strong joints with cheap consumables (but the machine itself is expensive). The festools are a clear winner for me in terms of versatility, speed and ease of use, and the strength of the joint produced. They are definitely very expensive machines, but if you run a small shop, they can make a massive difference to your productivity and quality of work. I also find that i make fewer errors, and waste less timber, as all components to be joined are cut to ther exact finished sizes.....no need to make allowances for tenon length or haunches etc.

[@wadesam6232]

Ron - why is it that with all of your great video's, most educational and some informational, that you only have 138k subscribers? Your content is always spot on, not salesy at all either. Anyway, I always look forward to seeing what new and/or interesting things you are doing and have come up with. That, and you are from the Great NW :)

[@craiglindberg3727]

Not the quantity but the quality. I believe there are some improvements to be made to the Paulk system, although I can’t for the life of me think of one of them. Anyway this guy is beyond his time and people still don’t understand that the time we have is all we get. So that one year investment for the trailer, tools, jigs and fixtures can be reclaimed, will bring opportunities and most important of all it allows me a chance to live by example so this next generation will at least have a chance at using their problem solving skills with whatever might be available to them at that time.

[@kiwdwks]

Thanks Ron! Have the 500 and the 700 has always been on the wish list. Might have to make the plunge 😉. Thank you for the informative video.

[@TheSmartWoodshop]

Right on!

[@juliet4262]

Thanks for the great video on the DF500 I purchased mine this week! I am a new to woodworking and I find all your videos great and very helpful!

[@TheSmartWoodshop]

Welcome aboard!

[@MaciejWiercinski]

Excellent video. Very informational, well structured, focused and concise.

[@TeamProsperity]

well done Ron but I would love to see you post a video showing how you set up the 700 for shelves or one 2x10 edge grain joining another 2x10 on the face grain somewhere around the center of the board. I’ll make a mark as to where I want the joint but when setting the fence at zero to make the mortise on the face grain seems I never get the two to fit exactly where I want, could you demonstrate that setup? thank you

[@user-jh7fn8td3k]

Excellent, Calm and done with precision - You done fess tool a service.

[@TV-vt1qx]

Very good!

[@striperseeker]

great explanination. Can you do a video showing alignment of offset dominos? for example. I have 1"x3" stretcher going into a 3x3 leg, but I want the stretcher offset by 3/4" from the face of the table leg? Is there an easy way to have repeatable steps?

[@drewfoxworthy1057]

Maybe your best video!

[@TheSmartWoodshop]

Glad you think so!

[@Sly_Wolf_1]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@bdm1000]

In addition to using larger Dominos, would you say the 700 is also a refinement to the 500?

[@inthewoodworksco.9041]

Great video. Would you say an 8mm domino would be an acceptable size for 3/4" material or do you think it's a bit too thick? I see a lot of guys use 5 or 6mm tenons with the df500 but you can only go down to an 8mm bit on the df700. Thanks.

[@johnyhuh]

1/3 of 3/4” is about 6mm. That has been my go-to size for joining 3/4” materials. DF500 would be the best fit for this case.

[@DR01D5]

There are also adapters for the df700 that will allow you to use all the router bits from the df500 (4mm-10mm)

[@user-ip3yw8hc1k]

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[@paulbabcock9606]

I can see the utility of taking the tool to the work but over $1500 is a hard pill to swallow. There are other options in stationary tools which are not much more money and they do a lot more than mortise and tenon joints. This is really a $500 machine at best; when the patents expire I may consider one.