03-04-2009, 10:49 PM #1 Biscuit Jointer Recommendations Looking to buy a Biscuit jointer and, based on your experience, would like some inputs on which brands and models you feel I should seriously consider. 03-04-2009, 11:05 PM #2 Hi Lois,Most of the name brand biscuit joiners will work fine. I had always wanted a biscuit joiner, but was not convinced the biscuit actually adds much strength to the joint.
lamello biscuit joiner classic x Related Question:
Are biscuit joiners worth it?
Biscuits joints serve best as a quick and easy way to keep glue-up parts in alignment, and that they add appreciable pull-apart to strength joints that would be otherwise too weak to stand on their own – like butt joints and miter joints.
What is the difference between a biscuit joiner and a Domino joiner?
While a biscuit joiner will AT MOST go 1/2″ into each side of the wood, a domino joiner will go almost 3″ into each side (remember, 1/2″ the tenon length goes into each piece). Which means a domino joiner will assist with both alignment AND structural rigidity of the joints.
How thick is a lamello biscuit?
4 MM plus 0. tolerance can be minus 1/10 MM or 0.004 of one inch.