“The length of the threaded studs mounted on the baseplate can be determined by placing the cutting wheel on the grinder and positioning the base plate for the thinnest wood likely to be joined with your biscuit joiner. In my case, I decided 1/2” wood is the thinnest I will need. In actual practice, it would be more difficult to bring your hand or fingers into contact with the cutting wheel on my biscuit joiner attachment than with a cutter wheel on a router bit. If I want to make biscuit slots for pieces in a polygon, I would need to make a wedge base of the proper angle to support the base plate of my biscuit cutter.
I think the biscuit joiner attachment that you had was made by Wolfcraft. I purchased a DeWalt biscuit joiner and never looked back. My personal opinion is that you should look for a good used dedicated biscuit joiner from DeWalt, Porter Cable, Bosch or other major tool name.
24th July 2006, 07:39 PM #1 Angle grinder buiscuit jointer attachments I’ve seen a few ads for biscuit jointer attachments for 4” angle grinders. 24th July 2006 07:39 PM # ADS. 24th July 2006, 07:48 PM #2 As the cost of the GMC biscuit joiner is about the same as the attachment and an angle grinder you would be better of buying a proper one. Originally looked at the grinder attachments but there really was little dollar advantage and I would have needed another grinder.
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What can I use instead of a biscuit joiner?
Some tests suggest a dowel joint will provide stronger joinery than biscuits. Tests also indicate that dowel joints are not as strong as tenon joints or dovetail joints. They do make solid and accurate joints, though. A dowel joint will be a better method than nails or screws and are much less susceptible to breakage.
What is the difference between a plate joiner and biscuit joiner?
A plate joiner is the same as a biscuit joiner and are used to create an oblong hole in two matching pieces of wood. After the joiners have created the hole, a biscuit is glued, inserted and typically clamped until the wood is dried.