Eleven years after the upload. Still watching it for a refresh

"All you have to do..." 4:46 famous last words. Love it. Thanks for the tips!!

I like your calm and friendly style of presenting!

To all the nay Sayers. These are just techniques you can use or not use. The biscuits keep the face frame inline and the screws in the shelfs act as clamps so you can move on to the next step. You should be grateful he shared this great video with us. It helped me.

Years ago I spent the money for a Makita biscuit joiner which works as designed flawlessly. Made a few projects with it also. Then came the Kreg Jig. In the time it takes to follow the necessary procedures illustrated here in biscuit construction, I could assemble three times as many pieces, have lunch, walk the dog, play 18 holes and still have time for dinner! While there is no disputing the lessons from this very well produced tutorial, it's hard to justify the expenditure of time and materials necessary to hold two boards together in this manner. Like most craftsmen viewing this, I truly wish there was a practical application for this technique anymore. The machines are works of art, the concept is brilliant, it is applicable to the everyday hobbyist and the results (if done properly) are really nice. Truth is, most of us want to get things done more than basking in the light of a unique method. The end justifies the means I'm afraid. Having said all this, I want to reiterate my respect to Fine Woodworking for their excellent instructional videos. If you're going to use biscuits, this is literally your playbook.

The best video on biscuit joinery I have watched!

I'm building bee hives, this tutorial has been absolutely invaluable. Thank you.

This is such an incredible video. Thank you.

Very helpful for inbuilts (where you can backset and thus hide the screws! A couple of comments that screws are not fine woodworking. True, but I would argue that biscuit joints are a weekender solution in themselves and are way too weak on their own for a real use cabinet. A 'genuine' fine woodwork approach would use very clever joinery along the lines of the Japanese, European (etc) masters. The problem there is that Dad/Mom would spend three weeks in the workshop for each project, never see their children, perhaps have their spouse walk out on them saying "I couldn't compete with his/her hobby and he/she never did anything with the children anyway".... Okay so I've got scars, but anyway, 'glue 'n' screw' is tried and true. The addition of biscuits adds some lateral strength (where screws on their own could be 'busted out' sideways by for example boisterous children (who have to too much energy because woodworking Mom/Dad would never take them out to play ball.....)

You are an excellent presenter. You respect your audience and your care for the learner comes through. Thank you, and Taunton Press for this video. I'm 70 years old, experienced, and yet you taught me several things which I appreciate.

I loved how you called them “little biscuit thingys” lol

I love how rude people call him bub and say he is wrong to do what he did yet I don't see them making a video to help just a mouthy responses... Woodworking has many different roads to reach the same end and it paved with people's opinions. People that have nothing better to do but be little whining children. Thank you for a great video, I appreciate your hard work in making it.

I am new to biscuit joining.And have not done very well yet. Hope this video is just what i needed.

Great tip about always referencing off bottom of tool. I have Lamello high-end machines and even they do better with this method despite the high price, which you might presume would guarantee perfect alignment by either method. I learned from another experienced cabinetmaker a different way of implementing your tip that I believe is even more reliable and IMO definitely quicker: Rather than taking the time to clamp each side piece to the bench, one by one, reinforce the temporary fence you show with simple right angle pieces between its horizontal and vertical members to create a vertical fence or backstop. Clamp or screw this backstop securely to your bench. Now you can simply hold your side case pieces vertically against this backstop with one hand while running the biscuit cutter in with the other. Gravity will of course hold the bottom edge of the work piece down tightly to the bench top. With this setup, you only need to clamp once, saving a lot of time. And the tall backstop/vertical fence you make can serve other useful purposes around the shop, such as resaw fence for the bandsaw or tenoning fence for a table saw setup. 8" height is probably plenty. Thanks again for your post. Domino is the newest and IMO best, but biscuits have not suddenly become chopped liver and remain IMO a very quick and versatile joining option for a myriad of cabinetmaking and trim carpentry tasks.

I showed this video to my 14 y/o daughter, and now we're going to build a backboard and shelf for a mirror. Thank you for posting this, and for taking the time to share your knowledge.

I've had my biscuit jointer nearly 20 years and have cursed the number of times the fence has left the finish not flush. Having watched this, I don't know whether to feel pleased there's a better way of doing it, or stupid because I hadn't worked this out before! Thanks!

Awesome instructional on biscuits! Thank you.

I didnt know how to do any of it, great video very informative. Dont care about screws showing on certain builds.

AMAZING video - you have a great knack at explaining and if you had a TV show - I would watch it. Forget the haters who think they "know it all" cause if they "did" - they wouldn't be trolling KZfaq to help them out! I got a lot of VALUABLE tips from you and for that - I'M GRATEFUL! Kudos!

This video is very helpful for beginners to woodworking. You obviously wont see production shops using this technique (they have specialty jigs that keep everything in place for glue up/assembly). For hidden applications.screws are much easier to install when working by yourself than clamps. If you are building more than one unit, you will be able to roll- through the process much faster and you don't need to own a butt-load of clamps for a simultaneous glue-up. Sure it's mechanical overkill to use both screws and biscuits, but the biscuits make the parts index together like Legos and that is, in my opinion, their primary benefit. I often struggle with parts migrating out of position when using pocket holes (even when using the proprietary clamps). I think I'll start adding biscuits to minimize this issue.

What an excellent video. I build teak decks for boats but am now starting to do more and more cabinet work inside the cabins and this helped a lot. Cheers mate.

Great pace, great tips, great video. Thanks!

Perhaps the best video on biscuit joiners on youtube. I especially like the added screws to the cabinet construction. Thanks!

Great editing. Lots of information in a short time while being easy to follow. Would have saved me a lot of scrap pieces of wood and time if I had found this sooner.

Thank you for this video, I'm new to woodworking so all videos like this are very helpful. Thanks again!

Great video, Thanks. I love the use of screws and biscuits for strength and to save time.

Thanks for this, I recently bought a biscuit jointer... These tips are great.

Great video and happy to find your site! Looking forward to checking out your other videos.

Really enjoyed the video. Great personality to go with it. Thanks for posting.

Awesome dude, absolutely first-rate presentation. Cheers!

Thanks for the tips ASA. I have a large wall shelf that I was a bit perplexed as to how I would line up the shelves on both ends. Using the screws as clamps was also a good idea, even if some of these guys are missing the point. BTW, Love the Shop Talk Live podcast.

Beautiful tutorial, thanks!

This video schooled me up quick and saved me a ton of work.

Got some real good insight on biscuit joinery! Thanks!

This video was fantastic, especially that right angle guide. You made it look very easy. Thankyou for a high level instructional video

Great video. Good tips to get me started. Thanks for posting.

Still very useful information, even 9 yrs since publishing. Thanks.

Thank you. Very informative and useful. 5 stars to the video.

Very informative. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you, that was really helpful.

Thanks for the help.I needed it.good job

Very very grateful for this. Thank you.

Great Video and very helpful!

I liked the video very much, a lot of new ideas, thanks!

very helpful video, thanks so much for posting! You did a great job explaining / demonstrating.

Excellent video. Thanks!

Good, informative video. Good production value. Thanks.

Thanks for this video! Biscuit joinery is more versatile than it seems. Using the sole of the machine as unique reference is the best way to get the best alignments; and this is the only video clearly sharing this information. This is the reason why I really like and appreciate this video. In my shop I have developed a quick table to easily create double/triple biscuit joints just using (under the sole or under the boards) diy anti-slip shims. After a lot of experiences I found that the most versatile single shim thickness is 3mm that can be combined in stack of 1 or 2. Testing this method under bending forces, The resulting joint is weaker than an equivalent domino joint, but way stronger than a single biscuit joint. The reason is why the biscuits offers a better reaction to the stresses, as far as they are from the neutral axis of the boards (normally the middle of the boards).

Thank you, very informative :) I've never used a joiner, so this will make starting to use one much easier :)

The internet and especially youtube are wonderful things aren't they? Thanks for your contributions. I now have more concrete ideas as to the uses of my newly purchased biscuit joiner.

I've never used a jointer I just purchase one thank you for this helpful informative video look forward to hear from you by 4 now can God bless

Thanks. I used your technique with great results. You 90* angle jig and the shim under the work piece allowed me to make beautiful cabinets w/out using pocket screws.

Great video and easy to follow, Many Thanks

Learned a few things, thank you.

Great video. I learned a lot in a just a few minutes.

Thanks for the video, I learned a few things but the whole idea of the biscuits it to hide fasteners. I've actually done this but if the screws are only to take the place of clamping then fewer screws are needed. What I'd really like to see in conjunction with this is clamping systems. I know there are some great products on the market that could help square and clamp at the same time. I'd like to see different alternatives for clamping.

Now I have spent so much time on Dados etc and You come along with something that is so simple and nice. I keep on forgetting this name and it is very impressive. I will look for it next!

Very good video. Thanks!

Great video 📹 went straight to biness!! Thanks alot

Very useful thank you. Do you have a video on routering the edges as you mentioned to get a straight cut?

FINALLY. Someone with a brain. Finally someone used biscuits to attach a face frame to a cabinet carcass, instead of going nasty pocket holes without glue. My hero. LOL

Great vid, good info, thank you!

great video!

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I love this technique invisible joins. Nice video good teacher. thanxs for show us .

Biscuit joiner's are very handy things to have in the shop :)

Very well done. Now I feel confident to use my biscuit jointer

Good video, well presented, very informative, thank you for posting it

Great video that shared some really good tips

Really good tips on this video thanks

Well done mate Gr8 instruction

Very well explained 🖒

excellent teacher,

Minus the rude people, I enjoyed the video as well as the comments. Thank you!

Good to know someone bought Franz Klausz' biscuit joinery DVD. He doesn't put glue on the endgrain of his frame joints. Maybe because he doesn't think it will add to the strength of the piece. That is probably the case with something like a face frame on a cabinet. Basically you don't need face frames anyway. But with the frame in a frame and panel door it really will help to glue the end grain. Endgrain glues great, the problem is you don't get full strength in continuity of a board. People are used to getting full strength when edge gluing a board. With endgrain glued to edgegrain, the joint will break in the edgegrain. So it will contribute significant strength to the joint.

Thanks for sharing your expertise.

Clear, useful information delivered by a good teacher. Thankyou

Great video

What a great video, what a pleasant guy,

Fine job. Thanks.

very good. thanks.

Brilliant!!

Awesome never thought of that

Really nice video.

I love the style and presentation of your videos man! Biscuit joints are craaaazy dude! Seriously - who came up with this ingenius stuff!? It looks perfect and clean every time!! How!?

Interesting!

A great biscuit joinery lesson......... Its nothing I can do.......I have to get that little machine....................Thnks so much

As for the need for sufficient open time to complete case glue-up (presuming you prefer to avoid using screws altogether), gather and organize all your clamps, pads, etc. first, and run through a dry-fit rehearsal glue-up before your live run. Then, select a slower drying glue, e.g., Titebond 3. Another method that we have used without call-back on many commercial shop-fitting jobs is to combine dry biscuits for alignment with Hafele Mini-fix knock-down cam connectors (like Ikea stuff) for tension. Together, these two joining techniques augment each other's weaknesses, producing stress-free assembly possibilities. You can further guarantee acceptable long-term results if you are able to incorporate minor offsets in joint design, rather than aiming at absolutely flush constructions.

Good video. When making a corner connection, what ensures that they line up flush? If 16mm then is it the same for the opposite angle?

Boy. You gotsta put some gravy on them thar biscuits ! :-) Good tricks

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I think its good idea to screw &bis you don*t have to clamp plus it strenthen the cabinet. I like this video very well presented keep showing some more.

First bit of useful advice I got from this? I need more clamps in my life... The rest was pure gold, and I love these ideas, but I can't help being distracted over new things to buy, like clamps and biscuits...

Thanks for the vid. I want to make a media center for our home...this might be the ticket.

Wonderful video! You are a good teacher. Clear audio, clear demo, and best of all, NO MUSIC IN BACKGROUND!!! 1. What is that gizmo you used to countersink the screws? I need one badly. 2. Are you using screws in place of glue clamps?

I was laying plywood sheet flooring (floating, on top of 1"insulation sheets) recently & used biscuits to keep 'em all level !! Kinda like tongue & groove.. 😉 😎👍☘🍺

I bet there would be fewer negative comments from non-woodworkers if you titled the video "How To Use Screws As Clamps." You could actually remove the screws after the work dries and re-use them again. This OBVIOUSLY would only apply to hidden connections unless you plan to plug the holes. The screws are a genius hack, period.

I use pocket screws in making face frames for my cabinets. I only use biscuit joinery when making table tops. That's just how I do, but everyone is different. Nice video.

Thank you very much for this video. I’m a KZfaq taught newbie and you’ve filled a lot of gaps in my understanding, I genuinely appreciate it. I do have a question please, all I want to make are A2 photograph frames, will the biscuits be strong enough to hold my mitre joints together?

very good perfect