Hi Dale, I have a Porter Cable which cost me a lot more like $350 about five years ago. I use a number of techniques, like yours, the blade on mine comes out through the center of the cutter plate so it is fairly easy to use a ruler or gauge from either edge of the boards being cut which also means one can use a block to measure either from the end of a board or from the end of one cut to the edge of the biscuit cutter.
They recommend though spacing closer to 8 inches and this helps where you want to gain good alignment of the boards being joined. I do sometimes use the tape marking method but more commonly just measure or gauge mostly because I can never find the tape when I need it. Now that I have a biscuit joiner I use it for all sorts of connection, it is nice not to have screw holes to fill or cover and it leaves a very nice undisturbed surface to finish. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Campbell To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] biscuit cutters I have a Craftsman, was about 50 dollars. I looked for one that was basically simple. When I use mine, I lay the two boards I will be joining together face down with the edges to be joined on the outsides...where they touch will be the outside edges of the piece after it is glued up. I clamp these boards together with a small bar clamp. I use a square, clamp it down across the pieces with another small bar clamp, and the the blade of the square as my guide. I remove the depth guide from the biscuit joiner. I use the work bench top as the guide for the depth with the bottom of the biscuit cutter sitting on it. Easy to make sure it is square and it will be the same depth on the opposite side too. . I cut one side with the bottom of the biscuit cutter flat on the bench top and the side of it against the square. Then I repeat the process on the other side. The blade is equal distant from both edges of the biscuit cutter. If I am needing to add another biscuit, usually I put them about every 15 to 18 inches, I move the square down the boards, clamp in place again and repeat the process. By using the table top against the bottom of the biscuit cutter, I know the cuts will be straight into the wood and not angled up or down. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
