Customer Reviews

Porter-Cable 5552 20-by-52-Millimeter No. 10 Biscuits, 1,000-Pack

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Great Buy! Good quality and reasonable price..... They need a lot of gravy though! :)

These biscuits are great, but not excellent. I have found that I have had to modify several of the biscuits before use as they have been pressed to the point where a bit of the material protrudes from the edge preventing it from being inserted into the groove. I have only used about 50 of the 1000, and have had to tweak about 4 already; that's a 8% failure rate.

I've taken to having to inspect each one before inserting into the glued groove.

If you have the time to inspect each one, then these are great.

These wood biscuits work really well while joining your frames together. They help to stablize and strenghten your wood frames without the awkwardness of doweling.

For years I have been using P-C biscuits in my woodworking projects. Since I work with alot of 3/4" - 5/4" wood, I use #20 biscuits more than the smaller #10 and #00, but I have found that these #10 biscuits excell at reinforcing mitered corners.

I have not had any significant amount of "bad" biscuits from Porter-Cable. There is an occasional thick one - meaning it either didn't get compressed as it should have or it swelled from moisture - but these are few and far between.

Basically, I have had nothing but good luck with these so I highly recommend them!

This product has been a great product great price with great service to get them to us usually the next day.

Buying in Bulk seems to be the best move to make these days. The smaller packed items are too costly and just in the savings in gas to get them make it worth it. These biscuits are of the same quality as those in smaller packs and they work great. Now that I found these in quantity packs I will never buy them in small packs again. And the best news of it all is they are Made In America. That sells it for me. I try my hardest to buy only Made In America. I want to keep this country working vs. saving 3 cents. And there is no better quality found.

Same product you can buy at Lowes or Home depot but for almost half the cost. It is a lot to pay for biscuits all at once but for the same amount at the local home improvement store you would end up paying twice as much.

These biscuits work just as well as the over priced ones I used to buy from my wholesale supplier. As with any biscuits, not all are perfect. I would say about 1 in 50 are not usable. They come pre-packaged in 4 seperate bags so you can open them as you go. If you live in a damp climate you'll understand why this matters. I have worked with Lamello brand as well and these work just the same.

These little biscuits are great for every type of joint. 45 degree joints are so simple and you can rely on these little pieces of wood to guarantee that you will not have to worry about joints coming apart in the future. Just make sure that when you are using biscuits to make a solid board for a table top or anything like it, you place the biscuits so you do not cut into them when making that finish end cut.