In what situations do you use biscut joinery and in what situations do you use pocket hole joinery?
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Pocket Holes:
Repairs where dismantling is impractical.
Quick and dirty work where appearance does not matter.
Biscuits:
Edge jointing (for alignment).
Built-in case construction.
Where I can get away with biscuits instead of cutting a "proper" joint.
Generally speaking:
Pocket screws to build face frames for cabinets, constructing paneling (like wainscoating)or, on occasion, to fasten the fixed edge of a top to an apron.
Biscuits to help align large top glue ups where the stock isn't particularly straight.
I use pocket screws 10X as much as biscuits.
Mike Hennessy
PIttsburgh, PA
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