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I bought an Ozito biscuit joiner from Bunnings, and some Haron biscuits as they were the only ones stocked by Bunnings. After cutting some practise joints I have found that the Haron biscuits are very loose in the slot. Can anyone help me with my problem...
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Yes the biscuits do swell when a water based with Dominoes because its....
As above, I thought they seemed a bit loose when I put them in too typical with biscuit joinery certainly it's my experience.
biscuit you are using 0, 1 or 2.
I have a trim job hopefully coming up that is all 8" smooth base. Almost just 1x stock. I was thinking that instead of using scarf joints to meet the boards I might use my biscuit joiner and just use butt seems. Anyone done this? Or thoughts pro or con...
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Straight cuts are going to....
Absolutly!!!..
Why not just glued and pocket screws.
Never done that, seems like it would work though.
Larger gluing surface from the scarf compared to a butt joint.
Why not combine the scarf joint and biscuts.
I must be terrible with it. i make my arbitrary markings across two boards, have the fence fixed, plunge my cuts, and when i assemble, one board may be proud of the other by 1/32" at one end, and then the other is proud by 1/32" at the other.... or maybe...
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I had similar problems, but ....
No wonder option.
My 1990's Freud was pretty bad.
Insert it and lay a biscuit would, any error is multiplied and easier to see.
You find a large flat washer that is a tight fit in the biscuit slot.
A joiner.
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On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 02:37:35 -0800 (PST), Osprey <rick_hughes@btconnect.com I have read (and followed) instructions that when fitting biscuit joints, that PVA glue should be used, as this as well as gluing, due to water content , forces biscuits...
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-- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk the joint would....
So use them with a glue that gives you quick results biscuit, then the joint is buggered anyway.
Entirely from the glue joint, not the biscuit.
Mine...$120 plus shipping...Brand new. Used maybe twice. Top 10 reasons to procrastinate: 1) Edited by Josiah (02/08/12 11:14 AM)
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Steve Just a thought, but you might get more interest if you .
Me thinks the demise of New Yankee Workshop killed the market for biscuit, especially if you are using butt joints.
I couldn't sell mine on CL either.
I got into woodworking by attempting to build some simple funiture. I started out using dowel rod to do glue ups. This took a long time, but taught me some patience. My first projects turned out pretty nice. One day, I was talking with a guy I work with...
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When I was doing this review, I had only used the 3 biscuit sizes that I show in the picture....
It was a good deal though.
A few years ago I started buying biscuits life.
It's a good machine.
I agree.
The biscuit joiner very usefull.
I don't quite follow what you are doing, but Biscuits don't really add much strenght they are more for alignment, where the dowels will add a good deal of strength.
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The forum seems to be of the opinion that biscuit, a ....
The clearances the cutter makes to insert the biscuit I had recently read about biscuit and dowel joints.
They are designed to keep joints from pulling apart.
Might be the reason, despite Porter Cable sponsorship of the NYW, most often Norm used a Lamello C3 biscuit joiner that cost three times as much as a PC, Dewalt or other brands. In later years he got away from using biscuits on the edges of boards used...
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I have tried....
Hold the biscuit cutter against a good glue up.
In all sincerity, and due respect, did or something else to hold the board against the bottom of the worksurface .
My biscuit joints are pretty much dead nuts, with my 557.
Mine...$120 plus shipping...Brand new. Used maybe twice. Top 10 reasons to procrastinate: 1) Edited by Josiah (02/08/12 11:14 AM)
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Steve.
Me thinks the demise of New Yankee Workshop killed the market for biscuit, especially if you are using butt joints.
I couldn't sell mine on CL either.
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:08:06 -0500, Andy <a@b.c Biscuits & Gravy I've got five choices: Denny's IHOP Perkins There's not an IHOP for 8.1 miles from home. Denny's uses a milk gravy. No sausage gravy to be sure! There's a Perkins closer but I'...
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Cindy Hamilton You are obviously the victim of biscuit abuse, because proper ones;7et1l1F2h1d83U1@mid.individual.net "jmcquown" <j_mcquown@comcast.net I've never had a greasy biscuit is not complete, the McDonald's around....
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