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Gosh. That does look interesting. But how does the biscuit stay in place?

I haven't. Please tell more, or show photos.

I didn't mean that. I only have a SIP biscuit jointer, which is fine for occasional use. I have a job in mind that if it takes off will use the Tenso biscuits extensively, as the only solution I can find. That the machine could also be used as a biscuit jointer would be an added bonus...

No worries. The Invis is very interesting too. Very specific in its uses, I think. I've used it, and it works well, but I can't see how one would use it all the time as the fittings are expensive. You're right about the plunge action. It creates a curved T slot. The Zeta, and especially the...

No you have got it right. I've no idea about the price of blades, perhaps because I hadn't thought about it being used enough for them to be replaced!!!! But if the kit is being used for MDF or chipboard, then the price of blades would be critical. I will check it out.

Do you mean blades or Tenso biscuits?

Glue interests me a lot. I was shown a beautiful laburnum pencil case today by a furniture expert. It had an inscription inside the top saying that it was made in 1807. Across the end of one the sliding top was a piece of moulding, glued at right angles to the grain of the top. Any user would...

We might have some. I've been to the Gambia: great place. Where are you? How do we get them to you?

Thanks. Is that you, Bob? How do I get some P-15 plates?

I think you could actually, having seen these things. You could use dowels in specific spots to help align the pieces. We will see.

We tested the Zeta with the Allen key lock a few years ago, and thought they'd be brilliant for kitchen fitters and the like for attaching face frames. But yes hugely expensive. The make the Zeta more useful for the onsite joiner/carpenter than the Domino. But at £1280 the whole machine was too...

Have you tried the Zeta?

We've just had delivery of the new Lamello Tenso 'biscuits' with a Zeta for testing. Has anyone else seen them? I think the amazing. In fact they could be the most revolutionary thing to hit furniture making, because in theory you can snap panels together with glue, and they will not come apart...

I'm not sure if it's advisable, but I have removed the cover to the switch. This means you don't have to fiddle around with it when engaging the spindle lock, but it also means you can turn on the machine with the spindle lock engaged!!!! It's up to you. I've found it much easier to use...

Which paper, Jacob?

Except perhaps older people were treated with a bit more care in the past and in different cultures. Or perhaps not.

Of course. But there is some truth in it.

Who knows. The agony of choice! I remember hearing an entrepreneur on Desert Island Discs or something explaining how they felt about their success. He or she said something along the lines: "Well I'm at the place now that I always wanted to be when I was at the stage, starting up and...

We're doing a piece in Living Woods this month about the making of 'Van Gogh' chairs in Spain in the 1960s. Reportedly the makers could produce them in 15 minutes each, from the cleft log. Amazing photos. All done by hand, with one man producing components and the other assembling the chairs.

I don't know either. To return to the start of this thread, John Brown hated doing batches. I love it because you get faster and faster, and devise new techniques. I suspect he didn't like commissions, and preferred to make something as well as he could and see if anyone would buy it. Perhaps he...