On 2006-10-28 10:32:09 +0100, John Rumm said:

The Medway Handyman wrote:

I bought a Ferm one from Screwfix about 18 month ago. Don't use it
that much TBH but it seems fine to me - similar aplication to yours.

I also bought a Ferm one for occational use. Had to send the first one
back because the cut was not parallel to the edge of the board. The
second one is better, but you need to take care when tightening the
fence otherwise you can still pull it out of square. On the plus side
it is reasonably adjustable in both fence angle and height.

So all in all it is at best "OK". Although If I were buying another, I
would get a better one.

Certainly there isn't quite the contrast between entry level and mid
price/high end as there is with jigsaws in that a reasonable job can be
done with an entry level biscuit jointer given care over setups and
testing of these and then holding the tool very firmly. The main
benefits of the better ones are ease and speed of use and repeatability
using the settings rather than the need to do so many test cuts.