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On Aug 6, 1:37 pm, Chris Friesen wrote:

You don't need either...just glue should be fine.

True enough.

You can certainly use
biscuits for alignment, but they don't help at all as far as strength of
the joint.

NOT true at all. This seems to be a widely quoted myth parroted
around here amongst the literati.


Agreed, biscuits add considerable strength to butt joints, and miter joints.
Today Domino's work even better. ;~)