JHZR2
Staff member
I've been looking at biscuit joining as well as the festool domino system. I read something that interested me:
Quote:
If you’re accustomed to joining pieces with a biscuit joiner and then having to go back and sand the two pieces so they’re flush, the Domino precise alignment will virtually eliminate the need to sand, it’s that good.
http://www.emercedesbenz.com/lifestyle/tools/festool-domino/
Sure, it's talking of all the virtues of the expensive domino tool...
But my curiosity is, why is the claim like that? What is intrinsically sloppier, for lack of better terms, with biscuits than these loose tenons?
Any time I've had to join something, I've used dowels. I get the simplicity and ease of these things, but aren't sold on either... But if there is an accuracy difference that is real and systematic with one method vs another, I'd like to understand why...
Quote:
If you’re accustomed to joining pieces with a biscuit joiner and then having to go back and sand the two pieces so they’re flush, the Domino precise alignment will virtually eliminate the need to sand, it’s that good.
http://www.emercedesbenz.com/lifestyle/tools/festool-domino/
Sure, it's talking of all the virtues of the expensive domino tool...
But my curiosity is, why is the claim like that? What is intrinsically sloppier, for lack of better terms, with biscuits than these loose tenons?
Any time I've had to join something, I've used dowels. I get the simplicity and ease of these things, but aren't sold on either... But if there is an accuracy difference that is real and systematic with one method vs another, I'd like to understand why...