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ArjinFerman  Tinfoil Gigachad  1mo ago (text post)   460 thread views

Tinker Tuesday for November 11, 2025

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You know, I've been eyeballing a Makita biscuit joiner, but mostly for large panel glue ups, like table tops and such. I'm just not sure I like the idea of biscuit joining a butt joint. Although... combine it with pocket screws and it would keep things from walking I presume. But then again, I already have a doweling jig which probably also would have worked, which I didn't use because I was making an attempt at speed over obsessive accuracy on this project.

Ah well, next time maybe.

Yeah like said they don't exactly give you that "look at me the fine craftsman" feeling -- but in practice I've never had an issue, and the speed and precision are hard to beat.

The people who say things like "biscuits don't add strength" also say things like "a good glue joint is stronger than the wood" so I've just run with biscuits for any number of things and haven't really seen a downside.

If you can hold off, the Festool Domino patent ends in June 2026. I'm hoping to buy a cheaper decent quality knockoff if Makita releases one for their LTX line then.

It's not as classy as traditional mortise and tenon, but stronger than biscuits/pocket screws and less finicky than dowels.

I will keep that in mind. I'd written off dominoes as forever out of my price range.

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