DaveL
Established Member
OK so I did not need the biscuit jointer, but it was on special offer 8) from Screwfix, so I ordered the Ferm FBJ710 and a bag of 100 biscuits of each of the three sizes.
It arrived a few weeks before Christmas and now I am making something that I could use biscuit joints on
In the best workshop :!: practise I made a test joint in the off cuts from the project. I have never use a biscuit jointer before, hence the question:
How deep should the slots be for a '0' biscuit?
In my test cut with the depth stop set for '0' biscuits, the slots are 12mm deep, but 0 biscuit is only just over 15mm wide. This seems to me that the slots are too deep. In fact the 10 biscuits that I have are just under 20mm wide and I feel that they 'fit' the slot better.
There is an adjustable stop on the side of the jointer, but before I lay into it with a spanner I thought I would ask for your advice.
So advise away :!:
Thanks, DaveL
It arrived a few weeks before Christmas and now I am making something that I could use biscuit joints on
In the best workshop :!: practise I made a test joint in the off cuts from the project. I have never use a biscuit jointer before, hence the question:
How deep should the slots be for a '0' biscuit?
In my test cut with the depth stop set for '0' biscuits, the slots are 12mm deep, but 0 biscuit is only just over 15mm wide. This seems to me that the slots are too deep. In fact the 10 biscuits that I have are just under 20mm wide and I feel that they 'fit' the slot better.
There is an adjustable stop on the side of the jointer, but before I lay into it with a spanner I thought I would ask for your advice.
So advise away :!:
Thanks, DaveL