Does anybody have experience or information on the Ryobi Model JM-100
biscuit joiner? I bought one at a garage sale for $35.00 while my wife
and I were on our saturday morning walk, including an assortment of
biscuits. The person that I bought it from said it had only been used a
couple of times. From its appearance, he was probably telling the
truth. I made one test cut and it seems to be in excellent condition.
However, when I did a web search, the Ryobi site has no information on
it. Of the two sites that Google found, one was tool shop in the UK
which had it for sale. The other was a Ryobi service center here in
Washington state stating they had accessories for it. It has the
appearance of the traditional joiner, not like the Ryobi JM-81.
Thank you in advance for any information.
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Rex Kiner
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
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> Next time try just entering the model number into the wreck archives on
> Google. Four posts come up if you search on "jm-100" or jm100.
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> Dan
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Couple of hours after I posted, I realized that I should have done a
Google Usenet search. I found those posts.
I spent some more time working with it tonight and I agree with you
about it being finicky with setting the fence angle. With what I expect
to be using it for, I can take the time to properly set it up. It looks
well built and for $35, I cannot complain if it does not meets my needs.
Thank you for your reply.
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Rex Kiner
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replying to Rex Kiner, madmikesmech wrote:
Hello Rex, I am new to bisquit joinery, but spent this past week end using the
heck out of this same joiner the JM-100, I thought it worke super. I borrowed
it from my friend who also picked his up at a garage sale! I cam see bisquit
joints in my future, and this JM100 is the standard I'll look for in one when
I purchase. Yes you must be careful when adjusting the femce to be certain
both sides are equal, but c'mon, take a little time double check adjustments
and your good!
Maybe if doing production work I'd prefer a little more but i do this (wood
working) as a hobby to relax. Thank you,
Mike
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On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 7:44:05 PM UTC-4, madmikesmech wrote:
> replying to Rex Kiner, madmikesmech wrote:
> Hello Rex, I am new to bisquit joinery, but spent this past week end using the
> heck out of this same joiner the JM-100, I thought it worke super. I borrowed
> it from my friend who also picked his up at a garage sale! I cam see bisquit
> joints in my future, and this JM100 is the standard I'll look for in one when
> I purchase. Yes you must be careful when adjusting the femce to be certain
> both sides are equal, but c'mon, take a little time double check adjustments
> and your good!
> Maybe if doing production work I'd prefer a little more but i do this (wood
> working) as a hobby to relax. Thank you,
> Mike
>
One wonders if Rex is still using his JM100 15 years after he asked about it.
Maybe he's even tried pocket screws by now. ;-)