Bix Product Catalog

Bix Wood Joiners are made from the finest quality, kiln-dried Australian timber, ensuring a stable and reliable product for all biscuit joining applications. Strict quality control ensures consistent product size and thickness. BIX wood joiners are stamped at an angle of 45 degrees to the timber grain providing maximum resistance to sheering, splitting or flexing.

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At Bix Products, we welcome any enquiries from retailers, wholesalers or distributors about the products and services that we provide. Please click on the link below that best corresponds to your enquiry.

Please click on the following links

1. I have a general enquiry about Bix Products

2. I would like to receive a brochure on Bix Wood Biscuit Joiners

3. I would like to find out more about becoming a Distributor in my area

4. I have a hardware store and I'm interested in retailing Bix Products

5. I am a manufacturer and could order a minimum of 5 boxes at a time

BIX Wood Joiner Biscuits suit everyone, from the handyman
to the professional tradesman

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I know which BIX wood joiner biscuit is right for my needs?

Bix Sizes 20, 10 and 0 are compatible with any commercially available biscuit slot-cutting machine with a blade diameter of 100mm and a slot kerf of 4mm. The size you use depends upon the size of the board or the frame you are using. Use the larger size biscuit wherever possible for strength.

Bix Size 5 is ideal for joins where slot space is limited e.g. picture frames or door frames. The minimum door/picture frame width is 35mm. The maximum frame rebate is 7mm. The 120 degree angle 'cut out' design feature eliminates biscuit interference with timber or glass infill panels inserted in the door/picture frame rebate.

How do I achieve joint bonding?

Joint bonding is achieved using Bix wood joiner biscuits and any high quality PVA glue. This glue, being water based, assists in expanding the biscuit thickness to make a nice, tight join.

Can you show me a typical use of Bix Sizes 20, 10 and 0 biscuits?

The following illustrations help to outline the uses of Bix Sizes 20, 10 and 0 wood joiner biscuits.

Can you show me a typical use of Bix Size 5 biscuit?

The following illustrations help to outline the uses of Bix Size 5 wood joiner biscuit.

Product Information

Wood Joiner Biscuits

1. Bix Wood Joiner Biscuits are made from the finest quality Australian Hoop Pine, kiln dried to ensure a stable and reliable product for all biscuit joining applications.
2. Strict quality control ensures consistent product size and thickness of Bix Wood Joiner Biscuits
3. Bix wood joiner biscuits are stamped at an angle of 45 degrees to the grain of the timber, providing maximum resistance to sheering, splitting and flexing.
4. During the pressing process, each Bix wood joiner biscuit is compressed slightly. When moistened with PVA glue, the biscuit expands in the slot to ensure a tight join.
5. Each Bix wood joiner biscuit is impressed to create a glue track to ensure even distribution of glue in the slot.
6. Timber joins using Bix wood joiner biscuit are designed to improve the strength of the joint when strength is a critical factor in construction.

Slot Cutter and Arbor

Exclusive to Bix Products, the Tungsten Carbide Tipped Cutter  is designed to deliver a consistent, accurate depth of cut for the life of the blade.

1. The cutter is made to suit a range of commercially available routers with either a 1/4" or 1/2" chuck.
2. The cutter is used in conjuction with the Bix Size 5 wood joiner biscuit.
3. Use the 40mm x 4mm cutter blade and either the 1/4" or 1/2" arbor to suit your router.
4. The cutter and Size 5 biscuit are ideal for use in situations where slot room is limited e.g. Rail & Stile or Rail & Mullion.

Also exclusive to Bix Products, the 1/4" or 1/2" Shanked Arbor to suit your router. Each arbor has an in-built depth gauge to make the slot the correct depth to take the BIX Size 5 biscuit.

BIX Wood Joiner Biscuits suit everyone, from the handyman
to the professional tradesman

About Bix Products

Bix Products is a perfect example of a creative family business. Bix Products was founded by Neville Shaw, soon joined by his wife June and eldest son Howard. Sharing a love of timber with Howard, and seeing the need for locally made and readily available wood joiner biscuits, it all began in 1987 when Neville started working on the idea.

The first factory premises occupied were at Beenleigh in Queensland and the business really became 'fair dinkum' when Neville's product got a name, with the creation of the BIX registered trademark. The need for purpose-built machinery brought out all of Neville's ingenuity and with the team, he has devised or invented feeders for punches for each size and the various die-sets for each size of biscuit

But the search was always on. For what? The manufacture of quality Australian wood joiner biscuits requires the right timber. This has entailed quite a journey and lots of research. Today, BIX wood joiner biscuits are wholly manufactured from plantation-grown Australian hoop pine.

Why is Australian hoop pine the right timber?

Along the way, Bix Products relocated to larger premises in beautiful Port Macquarie on the Mid North Coast of NSW. A milestone occured in 1995 when Bix Products purchased the Wintersteiger thin-cutting frame saw and blade-sharpening device from Austria. This revolutionised production and shortly after, Bix began exporting to New Zealand.

In 2005, Bix products moved again to a larger manufacturing facility in Port Macquarie. Now capably managed by eldest son Howard, Bix Products moves proudly into the future, hand in hand with Australia's tradesman, handymen and retailers of quality wood and timber products

Image Gallery

The factory at Port Macquarie.	A fresh load of hoop pine arrives at the factory.
The workshop and boxes waiting for dispatch.	The range of frame saw blades used.
The Bix product range!	The finished products wait to be sorted.
Bix #5 with arbor and cutting blades.	A pallet and boxes of 5 wait to leave the factory.