Dowel And Biscuit Joints - Page 4 of 5

I made this fixture for my drill press to cut the slots for biscuit joints. The fixture holds the workpiece and acts as a guide for a 5/32-in.-wide three-wing slot…

I built this router-based pocket-hole ramp when I became frustrated with my drill fixture. The router slides down the ramps to cut a low, 6¡-angle pocket hole. It's quick and…

Master the biscuit joiner and produce accurate joints with a few simple techniques and accessories

Richard Fryklund's budget-conscious plate-joinery jig (Fine Woodworking #75, p. 12) inspired the jig shown above. This jig incorporates a series of scallops along both edges of a piece of Baltic-birch…

Mario Rodriquez explains why dowels and biscuits are adequate substitutes for more traditional joinery techniques.

Speedy and versatile, the biscuit-joinery system can handle all the joints in plywood casework.

A hands-on review of what's on the market

Case-good construction techniques and a furniture maker's sensibility can take "cabineture" to new heights

...without coming unhinged

Lumber matched for color and figure lends elegance to this charmingly simple case