Mini biscuit jointer

[Quinn McCarthy]

Does anybody make a mini biscuit jointer anymore? I need to glue a 1" board to 1/2" plywood. I was planning on using my regular one but it doesn't adjust to the middle of the board.

I am making panels so there will be veneer on both side and a rabbit profile on the outside. So that rules out dowels and nails.

Can I just get by with glue?

Thats quinn

[lowell holmes]

Try using shim boards under either the wood or jointer as needed to move the slots.

I don't use my biscuit joiner any more, so I'm rusty, but experiment.

Can you cut the slots with a router and a slotting bit?

[Mike Henderson]

I'd use a router and a slot cutting bit. You can cut a continuous slot in both pieces and then put the FF biscuits anywhere you want.

Mike

[David Hostetler]

Mike beat me to the answer..


I'd use a router and a slot cutting bit. You can cut a continuous slot in both pieces and then put the FF biscuits anywhere you want.

Mike

[Peter Quinn]

Are you wrapping a piece of 1/2" plywood with solid edge banding then veneering both faces to create a raised panel? You can definetly glue solid to plywood without biscuits, plenty strong enough. If you need allignment I'd just run an 1/8" spline in both and glue in solid splines cut on a TS.

[Rick Potter]

Like Mike says...............But, if you really want one, the PC biscuit joiner comes with a smaller blade to fit FF (face frame) biscuits, as well as the regular size blade. Don't know if the blade fits other joiners.

Rick P

[Keith Hankins]

Why not just tounge n groove? If you don't want it to show on edge then stop short?

[Ed Labadie]

Like Mike says...............But, if you really want one, the PC biscuit joiner comes with a smaller blade to fit FF (face frame) biscuits, as well as the regular size blade. Don't know if the blade fits other joiners.

Rick P

The blade will fit others, it has a standard bore size. BUT, it won't work on other machines as the PC has an adjustment to reposition the depth stop since the cutter is so small.

Ed

[Quinn McCarthy]

thanks everybody.

Mark wins on this one. Too late to do T&G.

Q

[John Gornall]

Search Lee Valley for "mini biscuits" and look at the Veritas small ones. Click the blue "inst" button on the price line to see how to set up your router table for these. I find them great for small projects.