Description
A biscuit joiner is a woodworking tool used to join two pieces of wood together. The biscuit joiner uses a small circular saw blade to cut a crescent-shaped hole in the opposite edges of two pieces of wood or wood composite panels. An oval-shaped, highly-dried and compressed wooden biscuit (made from beech wood) is covered with glue, or glue is applied in the slot. The biscuit is immediately placed in the slot, and the two boards are clamped together. The wet glue expands the biscuit, further improving the bond.
Biscuits
Box of 1000 biscuits for a biscuit joiner #20
Application:
A biscuit joiner is a woodworking tool used to join two pieces of wood
together. In this case it would be used to join with the biscuit #20.
A biscuit joiner uses a small circular saw blade to cut a crescent-shaped hole
in the opposite edges of two pieces of wood or wood composite panels.
An
oval-shaped, highly-dried and compressed wooden biscuit (made from beech wood)
is covered with glue, or glue is applied in the slot. The biscuit is immediately
placed in the slot, and the two boards are clamped together. The wet glue
expands the biscuit, further improving the bond.
Benefits:
The grain direction on the biscuits are diagonal to add strength to the
joinery.
The biscuit provides a quick means of getting a perfectly flush joint,
while at the same time reinforcing the joint.
NOTE:
Biscuits may also be referrred to as plates.
THE STANDARD SIZE OF A #20
BISCUIT:
LENGTH: 56mm
WIDTH: 23mm
THICKNESS: 4mm
There are 2 popular methods of joing wood with biscuits:
Using
a router:
The router bit
CKP7004 is used with a router to join various woods. The supplied bearing is
used to join with
biscuits #20.
Using a biscuit joiner:
All biscuits joiners have depth settings for stan-dard biscuit sizes. The
preferred machine in this case is the 900W
BJ02 biscuit joiner.
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