Welcome back Dale. Did you have a nice time in jolly old England? Regards.
Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 7:30 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] biscuit cutters > 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! 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