WEN JN8504 8.5-Amp Plate and Biscuit Joiner with Case and Biscuits

It's my second wen product purchase. It works great, smooth and powerful operation. I haven't used it for joining wood yet, I got it to do a hidden fastener deck because I didn't want grooves visible all around, or screws in the picture frame portion. It worked awesome for that purpose. I'm a carpenter by trade and I will get all sorts of use out of this tool. It's high enough quality to have my approval, that says a lot because I'm very picky about my tools

I bought this for an upcoming project. I've been a woodworking hobbyist for 50 years but have never felt a strong enough need for a biscuit joiner until now. After 1 practice cut on a piece of scrap, I tried it out on a a small project (6 biscuits - see pic for context) and found it much easier to use than I had feared. It came set up almost perfect for placing the biscuit in the middle of a 3/4" board, which is what I will need for my big project. I didn't measure how accurate the 90° setting was out of the box, but it was plenty close enough for the biscuits to work perfectly. All that was required was to clamp the pieces securely, and the rest was really quite easy ... the tool cut cleanly and smoothly, and I never felt like there was any danger of a kick-back. I will state, however, that I followed the advice of another reviewer here and bought a CMT blade with it, so I can't speak to the quality of the stock blade. I'm very pleased with my purchase ... I assume it won't be as robust as the models costing $100 more (and up), but I believe it's going to be a very good tool for someone like me who won't need it very often.

If you need something on time, don't buy from Amazon. Consistently sucking delivery. Prime crap.The tool is pretty good, actually, once you tighten up the fence and fine-tune the depth adjustment and change the blade, which you should do immediately. I purchased an 8 tooth freude blade with it, it will work very nicely and accuratly. It does rattle when it breaks, not sure why, but it seems to work fine. Also, a tool like this requires a lot of care. It's too bad they don't give you a case for it.

This thing works great for what I use it for. Very easy to use and it’s lightweight. The build quality is pretty good too.

Excellent. Elevated my wood working game. Adds a level of fit, finish and precision that I lacked before, despite hours of planning and wasted effort. Now, less waste and confidence increasing.Great for home workshop. Not festool level, but it is close at a fraction of price.Recently have purchased several WEN items (air filter, saws (plunge and miter etc) and more). They are as good or better than the Ryobi level products but even cheaper. Can outfit my workshop for a fraction of higher priced brands. Starting to trust the brand.Wife asked to borrow, She assumed it would be useful in kitchen to link shortbread cookies for a tiramisu style dessert. (She was joking but her comical attempts were worth the cost of purchase alone).Btw - dessert was a mess but delicious.

Bought this for building a large tabletopworked perfectly and you can’t beat it for the price either .

Great product, no issues at all. I have used it to join more than a few boards, and the biscuits that came with it work perfect to allow alignment and Perfect position. More than happy with it

This is a pretty good saw for the beginner. It comes well packaged, with everything included in the case. I thought the case was well designed, making it possible to easily fit the saw and accessories back into the case quite easily. It's definitely an entry level saw though, mostly because of the guide, which is not particularly intuitive, or accurate as other joiners that I've seen, like some of the older craftsman models. The cuts were accurate, but the using saw-guide will definitely require practice to get any kind of accuracy.