Biscuit jointers (also know as plate joiners) are designed to make the creation of perfect joints in all types of wood quickly and easily. The body is similar to an angle grinder and the blade is hidden inside the base, they use plunging motion to cut crescent shaped slots into both sides then wooden biscuits are glued and used to align and strengthen joints, the glue expands the biscuit which creates a strong joint.
Powered planers are the powered version of the classic woodworking hand plane; they are capable of removing large amounts of material with the minimum of effort and in most cases will give a good clean finish. Whilst they cannot match hand planes for finish they are able to plane man made boards such as MDF and Chipboard. Typically, these tools can remove 1.5mm of material with each pass although some can go deeper.
Laminate trimmers are small routers single handed machines used primarily for trimming the edges of laminate to size once it is in place, small radius work, chamfers and edge shaping and usually feature an adjustable base for bevel edge cutting.
Router are flexiable and versatile machines for use in either in the workshop or out on site,fixed to a router table or used freehand. The plunge router allow the motor and router bit to plunge up and down on spring loaded legs, combined with the right router bit (a wide range of router bits are available) their versatility includes uses in : joint construction, cutting groves, making mortise and tenons, dovetail and lap joints, fitting locks and hinges, making staircases, joining worktops and many different decorative and edge moulding uses. The two main sizes collets sizes are; 1/4in which is suitable for lightweight and medium-duty applications or 1/2in which suitable for medium-duty and heavy-duty applications. The 1/2in collet machines generally can use collet reduction adaptors to allow 1/4in, 6mm and 8mm shank router bits to be used.
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