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Forum topic by GANGGREEN | posted 10-26-2018 06:30 PM | 620 views | 0 times favorited | 8 replies | ![]() |
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10-26-2018 06:30 PM |
A friend asked me recently if I had any use for a biscuit joiner, which he bought several years ago and never used. I’m a beginner and my tools and equipment are marginal, particularly my clamping area and my clamps, so I jumped on it, thinking that I’d surely make use of it. I got it a few weeks ago and didn’t have a chance to try it out until today when I wanted to glue up some hardwood edging around the top of an off-feed table. I marked the locations and cut the slots on the table and the edging, then grabbed my two sizes of biscuits and the slots weren’t even remotely close to being big enough for the biscuits, so I grabbed my owner’s manual and read the part about “depth adjustments”, tried it out and I’m still not even remotely close. When I started investigating to see what was wrong, I realized that what I have is a Ryobi DETAIL biscuit joiner and the biscuits which it used are far, far smaller than standard sizes. That’s fine from my perspective as I wanted them more for alignment of table tops than for strength anyway, but now I’m unable to use it because I don’t have the right biscuits and don’t know where to find them. Would my local Home Depot sell such a thing or where can I find them? For what it’s worth, I think the largest is only 1” in length and much smaller than that in width. |