Dewalt Biscuit Joiner Died.....Replace or let my Domino do it all?

[Zacharytanner]

Guys,
My Dewalt 682 Biscuit Loiner crapped out...The plastic trigger is broke... Do I just use my Domino for all tasks or buy a new B-Joiner?

Frank

 

[Peter James]

Is it a type 1, type 3, or type 4? Just order a new switch. Type 1 and type 3 switch part number is 5140110-00. Type 4 switch part number is N058845. Won't cost more than $17 + shipping. Should be an easy fix....

 

[Zacharytanner]

Thanks Peter for the info
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Frank

 

[Peter James]

Happy to help - there's a service center in Latham that can get you back up real quick as well.

 

[Zacharytanner]

Peter You the man  [big grin]

Thanks,
Frank

 

[Peter James]

Happy to help.

 

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My Dewalt 682 Biscuit Loiner crapped out...The plastic trigger is broke... Do I just use my Domino for all tasks or buy a new B-Joiner?

No one has said it, but I've been known for having a big mouth, so I'll be the first to step up.

WHY are you even using a biscuit joiner if you have a Domino? I have yet to find *one* task that my biscuit joiner could do that my Domino can't do better, faster and more accurately. After two years of just sitting on the shelf collecting dust, I sold my biscuit joiner and a box of 2000 biscuits and used the $50 to buy a case of beer. It was worth it.

Just putting it out there.  [wink]

 

[Peter James]

Hope it was German beer....I think we can all agree that Festool is in a different class than Dewalt, but it's worth it to get a $20 part (price must have went up in the past few hours) I fix his dewalt whether he decides to keep it or not.

 

[Kev]

Think of it like a mortician making a corpse look respectable for burial  [big grin]

 

[Peter James]

Lol well put

 

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Think of it like a mortician making a corpse look respectable for burial  [big grin]

Take that analogy one step further. Forget the burial and choose cremation.  [big grin]

 

[Zacharytanner]

My main use now for the biscuit joiner is making clean slots for attaching table tops to aprons using clips and for thin stock joining.

Frank

 

[Peter James]

Do you use Lamello biscuits?

 

[peter halle]

A biscuit joiner still does have a function.  I have both and although I admit that the biscuit joiner does not get used often, I would not throw it away and if it were to break I would repair.

Peter

 

[Kev]

A biscuit joiner still does have a function.  I have both and although I admit that the biscuit joiner does not get used often, I would not throw it away and if it were to break I would repair.

Peter

What about a double shallow plunge and a sideways Domino  [big grin]

 

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A biscuit joiner still does have a function.  I have both and although I admit that the biscuit joiner does not get used often, I would not throw it away and if it were to break I would repair.

Hmmmm? Beer or biscuit joiner? Biscuit joiner or beer?

Sorry, but BEER wins out every time.  [drooling]

 

[jacko9]

I would get the trigger fixed and save my Domino joiner for the more important work and use your DeWalt for those jobs more appropriate to a biscuit joiner since all machines will wear with time.

Jack

 

[Zacharytanner]

Peter,
Ordered the trigger assembly today..Thanks for the info. I have never used the Lamello brand only Dewalt and PC brand.

Frank

 

[Peter James]

Lamello makes great biscuits. And you obviously don't need a Lamello biscuit joiner to use them obviously. They make some real specialized ones for assembly, hinges, etc. Two of my favorites are the K20's and the Duplex.

 

[ccarrolladams]

Some of my best friends own PC and DW biscuit joiners. Many of those also own Domino joiners.

I do not remember the year I bought my oldest Lamello biscuit joiner, but I am sure it was before there were the less expensive knock-offs. Even after I used a Domino in Europe before they are available in the USA I did not stop using my Lemello.

Then my original Domino was delivered, the one with the pins. It was like my world improved. Eventually I was using my Domino so often I bought a second one, by then with the paddles. As far as I know the last of my Lamello joiners still functions, but before I bought the second Domino I had run out of biscuits. Instead of buying more, I put the Lamello in its case on a shelf. It was packed and moved to my new shop in 2010 without being removed from its case.