How Do You Use A Biscuit Joiner?
• Align the pieces of wood you want to join together. • Make marks at three places where biscuits will be placed. • Use more biscuits in longer pieces of wood. • Mark the other piece of wood at about the same locations. • The biscuit process allows some leeway in aligning the pieces of wood, absolute alignment is unnecessary. • Use the settings and stops on the biscuit joiner to set the depth of the cut. • Place the joiner firmly on the pencil markings. • Turn on the joiner and push it forward to cut a crescent shape into the wood. • Apply pressure to release the blade, allowing it to cut the wood. • The joiner’s cutting blade will retract while it is idle. • The crescent shaped slots may be longer and larger that the joiner biscuit; this allows a user to better align the joined pieces just before the glued joiner biscuit starts to set. • Cut slots at each location on each piece of wood. • Cover each biscuit with wet wood glue or apply glue inside the slots. • Slip a biscuit into each
