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BISCUITS #20 PER BOX OF 1000 TORK CRAFT

BISCUITS #20 PER BOX OF 1000 TORK CRAFT
Brand: TORK CRAFT
Product Code: BIS020
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Price: R980.29
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Biscuits

Box of 1000 biscuits for a biscuit joiner #20

Application:

A biscuit joiner is a woodworking tool used to join two pieces of woodtogether. In this case it would be used to join with the biscuit #20.

A biscuit joiner uses a small circular saw blade to cut a crescent-shaped holein the opposite edges of two pieces of wood or wood composite panels.

Anoval-shaped, highly-dried and compressed wooden biscuit (made from beech wood)is covered with glue, or glue is applied in the slot. The biscuit is immediatelyplaced in the slot, and the two boards are clamped together. The wet glueexpands the biscuit, further improving the bond.

Benefits:

  • The grain direction on the biscuits are diagonal to add strength to thejoinery.
  • The biscuit provides a quick means of getting a perfectly flush joint,while at the same time reinforcing the joint.

NOTE:
Biscuits may also be referrred to as plates.

THE STANDARD SIZE OF A #20BISCUIT:
LENGTH:
56mm
WIDTH: 23mm
THICKNESS: 4mm

There are 2 popular methods of joing wood with biscuits:

Usinga router:

 The router bitCKP7004 is used with a router to join various woods. The supplied bearing isused to join withbiscuits #20.

 

Using a biscuit joiner:

All biscuits joiners have depth settings for stan-dard biscuit sizes. Thepreferred machine in this case is the 900WBJ02 biscuit joiner.