On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 20:43:51 GMT, Rick Dipper
wrote:

I found the screwfix one so good, I can't imagine what extra you get for all the extra cash.

Possibly not, but there is. It really depends on the type of work
that you want to do, the materials and the accuracy that you want to
achieve.

If you tried one of the Lamello, Porter Cable or Makita machines on
accurate work, you would notice the difference.

Some of the aspects are similar to those of a router, but while I feel
that a sub £100 1/2" router is generically worthless, I think that you
can get worthwhile results for a lot of jobs from a sub £100 biscuit
jointer.



One problem I did find, was that it works much better, for doing a large number of cuts non stop, if you put a vac onto the machine to suck the bits out the cut.

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 16:36:46 +0000, PoP wrote:
On 4 Feb 2004 05:28:13 -0800, (Reader) wrote:

I am about to buy a biscuit jointer and wondered if anyone had any
experience of these two?

I haven't used a brand-named biscuit jointer, but I bought and have
used the £35 version available from Screwfix - the brand names can be
10 times as expensive.

I suppose my lack of experience with other jointers gives me less
clout in terms of recommendations, obviously, but I have to say that
the Screwfix jointer does the business for me.

PoP

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