I have used both a dedicated and the router table and the Craftsman biscuit system. I rarely use biscuits myself and I find the dedicated joiner much quicker than any other method. Mike, I didn't like the Craftsman Biscuit System... I think it cost about 40.00 back when I got it as a gift. Seemed clunky to use but at 10.00 if you had to do just a few it would be ok and cheap. Had to do a bunch one time and bought a dedicated unit. Haven't used any of them much since then.
I do have the Craftsman Mini-Biscuit Joiner. I use that a ton with my box work. It's made by Ryobi like a lot of Craftsman stuff... they discontinued there own which was in blue and yellow but I use the craftsman a lot for putting knobs on boxes, on mitered boxes where I don't want to use any key's or anything like that. It's a neat little tool and if they ever discontinue it I will buy every blade I can get my hands on and a bunch of the splines.
Corey |