I recently had the need to secure a top to an irregular box using glue and biscuits and was successful using careful measuring BUT the following idea came to me. Why doesn’t someone make a biscuit positioner similar to that used to position the mating dowel holes. For doweling it is a simple metal dowel that has a ridge and a centering pin. For a biscuit it would be about 60 percent of the curved part and three pins that would show where the mating biscuit cutout should be. I passed this idea on to Rockler product development this last week so we may see this become available.
-- Abe Low, Fine furniture, Sacramento, CA
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stefang
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#1 posted 06-06-2009 05:10 PM
Good idea Abe. I have a biscuit joiner, maybe your idea would encourage me to use it more.
I went to El Camino high school in North Sacramento about 55 years ago. Spent some good times at Folsom too
( the lake, not the prison). Haven’t been back there for about 50 years. I’ll bet it’s changed a lot.
-- Mike, an American living in Norway.
ahock
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#2 posted 06-06-2009 06:06 PM
One other way to do it is to take a biscuit and cut 1/3 off of a side. Slip the other side into your already cut slot, and cover the cut edge of the biscuit with chalk. Place the two boards to be joined together and give a light tap with your hand, you should have a nice mark to go with; if you want you can then help it stand out with a pencil.
-- Andy, PA ~Finding satisfaction in creation
a1Jim
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#3 posted 06-06-2009 08:52 PM
Hey Abe
Interesting Idea.
JustinMcCurdy
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#4 posted 06-27-2009 03:14 AM
Couldn’t you trace 1/2 a biscuit on a piece of metal with matching thickness and leave a little nib for marking in the center? Either that or cut a wooden biscuit and drive a nail in the center, clip off the excess and file the edge to a point.
By the way, I am picking up a Makita 2030 planer/jointer on Monday. What did you use to replace your feed rollers?
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#5 posted 06-27-2009 06:48 AM
I could make the biscuit slot marker but thought it would be nice if a manufacturer did it and marketed it for a reasonable price.
I got replacement rollers from the local Makita repair facilit. As I recall they were about two hundred but worth it.
-- Abe Low, Fine furniture, Sacramento, CA
JustinMcCurdy
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#6 posted 06-27-2009 01:56 PM
thanks for the Makita info Abe.
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