Busy Bee has these on special for $28.50 CDN ($32.99 CDN regular).
The way I'd been applying glue to biscuit slots left a bit to be desired, so I decided it was time I sprang for a proper applicator. The Shop Fox kit stocked me up nicely on biscuits at the same time, so I went for it.
The biscuit slot applicator works ok -- it delivers glue right down into the slot. Here's a close-up view of the applicator head with its cover off.
The glue channel is a narrow, rectangular passageway down the centre of the applicator head. It's probably wisest to thoroughly clean and rinse that passageway after every use. If that glue channel were to get clogged with hardened glue, one would have a difficult time of clearing it, and restoring the applicator to useability.
I still have a hard time gauging just how much glue to apply to a slot; I guess I'll learn eventually by trial and error.
I haven't tried the roller applicator yet, and that brings me to my one gripe with this kit. It seems to me that Shop Fox ought to have thrown in a second bottle, so that one could have both application methods ready at hand, without having to muck about with swapping applicator heads. I'll be keeping an eye out for a spare bottle that fits the roller applicator's thread.
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Bottle Found -- SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2017
Busy Bee has a glue bottle with a conical tip that's just the thing. (Busy Bee Cat. No. B2356 -- $3.49 CDN.)
The thread on the neck of the B2356 bottle fits the Shop Fox roller applicator head perfectly.
So now I have the arrangement that Shop Fox should have provided in the first place -- two applicator styles at the ready.
I've tried the roller applicator, and it works well.
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Nice! But all this talk of biscuits is making me hungry. :)
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