Festool Junkie Blog

One thing I have learned over the past several years is: Ya gotta think different when you slappin’ around the Festools. For example, upon first glance, a prospective user views the Festool Domino DF 500 Q as a new fangled biscuit joiner….the Domino is so much more than that limited only by the woodworkers imagination. The Domino has been used to cut tenons, through mortise to expose decorative woods used to join mitred corners, used on bench tops to insert the actual dominos that act like bench dogs, the list could go on and on; these types of stories are all over the place with many of the Festool products.

One approach that I have used with my Festool TS 55 EQ plunge cut circular saw is to glue up large panels and simply draw lines where I need the saw to cut. I once made a compound angle, 4 shelf, entertainment center with a base, simply by drawing the sides of the cabinet in mirror image, and placing my rail on the respective lines. The cool thing is, prior to the cut, I made sliding dovetails for the shelves by utilizing the Festool OF 1400 EQ router into the rail adapter. It was pretty slick when I cut the sides with the saw, the shelve dado’s lined up perfectly.

There have got to be a ton of creative/resourceful ideas out there in Festool Land. Let me know what some of your favorite uses are.

Timmy C