Anyone used the Ryobi biscuit joiner?

[jtkendall]

Anyone here used the Ryobi biscuit joiner? How did it do? It's $70-80 less than the price of the Makita and Dewalt corded versions which makes it appealing especially when I won't necessarily be using biscuits on a daily basis.

[JimboS1ice]

I've always looked at it and doesn't feel overly cheap but I've never used one, personally for something like that I'd drop some more coin


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[jtkendall]

1 hour ago, JimboS1ice said:

I've always looked at it and doesn't feel overly cheap but I've never used one, personally for something like that I'd drop some more coin


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Yeah, I'm leaning towards the 18v Makita after thinking about it more. It's one less cord to worry about and I can use it anywhere in or outside the shop without having to move things around to plug it in.

[JimboS1ice]

I've heard a lot of good about that one


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[Logan]

I've only used the porter cable one and that one works great 

[Framer joe]

Ryobi is a good brand......I have a lot of their cordless tools ...now for a joiner ...in pine ..good...in azek good...in ipe (Brazilian hard wood ) no...oak ok if not too many joints...poplar is pushing it.....I have an old porta cable beast metal one...I use for all hard woods...Evan my old portable cable metal "sawzall" I would put up against any recipe saw out there today ...

[jtkendall]

1 hour ago, Framer joe said:

Ryobi is a good brand......I have a lot of their cordless tools ...now for a joiner ...in pine ..good...in azek good...in ipe (Brazilian hard wood ) no...oak ok if not too many joints...poplar is pushing it.....I have an old porta cable beast metal one...I use for all hard woods...Evan my old portable cable metal "sawzall" I would put up against any recipe saw out there today ...

 

That's good to know, I don't see myself using it for anything that would be real hard or have a lot of joints. I would most likely just be for things like picture frames to reinforce miters or aligning small panels. If I get into more frequent door or table making where I need to join large panels I'd probably invest in a Domino or make my own mortis and tenons.

[DaveJr.]

7 minutes ago, jtkendall said:

 

That's good to know, I don't see myself using it for anything that would be real hard or have a lot of joints. I would most likely just be for things like picture frames to reinforce miters or aligning small panels. If I get into more frequent door or table making where I need to join large panels I'd probably invest in a Domino or make my own mortis and tenons.

For picture frames I would use splines and for small panels, I wouldn't even use biscuits. I just put glue on the jointed surface and clamp it together making sure to put f clamps on the joint, like so:

[jtkendall]

25 minutes ago, DaveJr. said:

For picture frames I would use splines and for small panels, I wouldn't even use biscuits. I just put glue on the jointed surface and clamp it together making sure to put f clamps on the joint, like so:

I was thinking with panels it would make it easier to keep them aligned so that glue ups would be easier. As for splines, I don't have a table saw and it seems like all of the instructions I find call for a table saw or using a biscuit joiner as a replacement.

[Hugh Jass]

35 minutes ago, DaveJr. said:

For picture frames I would use splines and for small panels, I wouldn't even use biscuits. I just put glue on the jointed surface and clamp it together making sure to put f clamps on the joint, like so:

 

...needs more clamps.