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T-JOINTS
(Continued)
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Place your Biscuit Joiner on vertical board as
shown in Figure 15 and align indicator marks on
bottom shoe with centedine on vertical board.
CENTERLINE
MARK
ONWORKPIECE
BOTTOMSIDEOF BOTTOMSHOE
INDICATOR
MARK
HORIZONTAL
BOARD
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Finally, disassemble the workpieces and place a
bead of glue in each slot. Also, spread a bead of
glue over the entire surface of the joint. Reinsert
the biscuits and assemble the workpieces. See
Figure 1 I.
•
Clamp workpieces together until the glue sets up.
Upon completion of a T-joint cutting operation,
reinstall
the fence on the front base by reversing
"TO REMOVE FENCE" procedure.
Place height
adjustment knob bolts in key hole slots and align bolt
heads with the slots on back of front base. Slide fence
up the front base to desired depth of cut. Tighten
height adjustment knobs securely.
MITER JOINTS
See Figures 16-18.
There are two types of miter joints that can be made
using biscuits: flat miters and edge miters. Flat miters
are used when making picture frames. Edge miters are
used when making boxes or things where you don't
want to show the end grain of the wood. Butt joints
show the end grain in wood.
HOW
TO MAKE
FLAT
MITER
JOINTS
•
Unplug your Detail Biscuit Joiner.
_
WARNING:
Failure to unplug
Detail
your
Biscuit Joiner could result in accidental starting
causing possible serious personal injury.
CLAMP
•
Place the pieces of wood to be joined on a level
VERTICALBOARD
workbench as shown in Figure 16.
TO CUTSLOTSIN VERTICAL BOARDS
Fig. 15
•
Place a straight piece of wood on the vertical board
and securely clamp it flush against the bottom
shoe. This piece of wood is used for a fence or
guide. It must be square with the sides of the
vertical board and parallel with the centerline.
•
Align centerline on bottom of shoe with marked
intersection for biscuit slot.
•
Plug your Biscuit Joiner into power supply and
prepare to cut slot.
•
Depress the switch trigger and let the motor build
to its maximum speed, then gradually push Biscuit
Joiner forward to extend the blade into the wood.
•
When the base assembly bottoms out against the
depth of cut adjustment knob setting, pull back
releasing pressure on the spring. Blade wilt retract
from biscuit slot.
•
Repeat this procedure for cutting all required slots
in vertical boards.
•
Once all slots have been cut, place a biscuit in
each joint and dry assemble the workpieces. Make
sure each joint lines up and fits.
BISCUIT
FLATMITERJOINTS
Fig. 16
•
Using a combination square, draw a line through
the center of each joint perpendicular to the mitered
edges.
•
Set fence angle at 90 °, set fence height at desired
dimension on the scale, select the correct depth of
cut setting for the biscuit size you plan to use, and
clamp workpiece securely.
•
Align indicator mark on fence with the centerline on
the workpiece.
•
Plug your Biscuit Joiner into power supply and
prepare to cut slot.
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