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Ferm FBJ-710 Biscuit Jointer
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Description
Tools Model: FBJ-710Manufacturer: Ferm Price: £50.00 
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Ferm FBJ-710 Biscuit Jointer, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 Written by NormFan
In the box you get the biscuit Jointer (of course), a dust bag, 2 tools for removing the blade, instruction manual & a little packet containing a set of brushes for the motor, I thought this was a nice touch. When I lifted the machine out of the box I was surprised at how heavy it was, I believe I read somewhere that it was slightly over 3Kg so this helps to make a very sturdy machine to use. After seeing other cheap biscuit jointers in my local hardware store & knew exactly what to look for, it seems the up & down adjustment on the front end of these jointers are the areas that suffer on cheap models, however I was amazed to find a little wheel which you turn to adjust the height which runs on two steel shafts & it works really well with no play or backlash, there is a plastic locking level which as you turn, it clamps onto both poles perfectly, the main front end fence is also perfectly aligned to the base/blade so getting accurate cuts shouldn't be a problem. It also has the usual angle adjustments with click positions for the most popular angles like 45 degrees etc. this also adjusts very easily & didn't show any problems along with a nice little dial to set the size of biscuit you are using, it also has simplex & duplex settings along with a "Max" setting. I checked that the blade was installed correctly & then plugged it into the mains, the only criticism I have about the actual motor used is that on slowdown it makes a little rattle sound, but I am being hyper fussy here & from my past experience with angle grinders they last a long time even doing hard work like ripping through bits of metal on car bodies etc., so this will have a relatively easy life just having to nibble through a bit of wood. I then took it all out into the workshop to make a few test cuts, after cutting my first biscuit into a piece of scrap softwood I used a digital caliper to check if the cut was parallel to the edge of the wood, it looked perfect by the human eye but I checked it anyway to be sure, it was out by 100th of a millimeter, so as far as that goes its perfectly good enough. However the actual cut looked rather deep so I put in a no:20 biscuit & it was lost in the groove so obviously the jointer was cutting far too deep even though I had selected a no:20 biscuit on the dial. I found the depth of cut pin had to be adjusted which was simple enough, with a spanner I undone the nut, adjusted the pin out to where it should be & tightened up the nut, I then tried another cut & the biscuit was now sitting perfectly in the groove. I really cant believe that this machine is £49.99, when my brother came in from work I showed it to him & asked him how much does he think this cost, he thought about £99-130, it really is amazing value for money, im just like everyone here & likes to get a bargain but not at the expense of build quality which is why I am so impressed with this machine, its cheap, dead accurate & I really couldn't think of any other machine this good for my £49.99. Simply & utterly AMAZING!!! this biscuit jointer gets a full 5 out of 5 hammers below, if I could add more I would give it a 8 out of 5, its that good!
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