Biscuit cutter (was Re: Chickering)

[harvey]

As mentioned to JimB via private e-mail, I've apparently never seen the
situation as described. However, (drooling), might this present an
opportunity to use a biscuit cutter setup?

Jim Harvey (still waiting to justify buying a biscuit cutter)


At 10:11 PM 3/18/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Ok, if I'm seeing what you're seeing. Did you ever hear of biscuit joinery?
>I believe I'd go ahead and clamp and glue the rim joint as best you can and
>let it dry. Then try to cut some slots perpendicular to, and spanning the
>joint. Glue maple splines, or actual joinery biscuits in the slots to get
>some long grain joints across the original end grain butt joint and kind of
>stitch the pieces together. Trim flush after the glue dries. If you have
>room to get enough hands and tools in there to do it, and have, or can buy,
>borrow, find, or invent the tools to do it, you can make a stronger joint
>than the original. 


Jim Harvey, RPT
Greenwood, SC
harvey@greenwood.net