Kreg pocket hole jig

[Tom Lashley]

I have two things to post. I received a Kreg pocket hole jig for Christmas last year and was building a ramp for our dog this weekend and decided to try it out. I don't know how lived without it, works great for framing. Next is modern plywood from the big box stores, the thickness are all in strange sizes like 23/33. When I got a better look at this wood I realized the thickness is in metric mm. So you have to think in metric to use this plywood to get the right thickness, 3/4 in. framing ( 1 x 2 in. stock ) plus 1/4 ply you get 1 and 1/8 in. thickness not 1in.

[Treeview]

I bought the Harbor Freight pocket hole jig and I'm very satisfied.

When I was making the cabinets for my ToyBox I use it a LOT. It's super simple to setup and makes good, solid joints.

Tom

[iam1ru12]

I picked up a 3 part kit from Kreg, the pocket hole jig, a jig for drilling shelf pins and rip cut jig for my circular saw. The first 2 are awesome!!! the rig cut jig is okay. I need to give it another shot but this time with a much better blade on my saw and a better work table.

-Mike

[Java Jack]

My wife loves wood working and discovered the Kreg pocket hole...she loves it. She uses it on everything.

I am beginning to think there is a cult of Kreg Jig people. They are going to try and join the world together with pocket holes.

[booyah]

I am beginning to think there is a cult of Kreg Jig people. They are going to try and join the world together with pocket holes.

They hold my teardrop together, so they MUST be good

[VijayGupta]

Useful, but not for everything. Depends upon your joint, strength requirement, and time you want to put into it. "Strength" is a very complex issue because of the variety of wood orientations and the variety of stress forces and directions. I use them occasionally, but only where they will not be seen.

The concept known as the law of the instrument, Maslow's hammer, Maslow's gavel or a golden hammer is an over-reliance on a familiar tool; as Abraham Maslow said in 1966, "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail."

[bobhenry]

I can highly recommend the Kreg style jig sold by Harbor Freight. It's all metal style is extremely durable. I just finished haloing 19 cabinet doors with #1 pine 1x 2 1/2.

I installed 152 1 1/4 screws in the frames in the 4 days I took to remodel Mom's kitchen. I did stick with the true Kreg screws as I didn't like the knock off substitutes but the HORRIBLE FREIGHT jig worked flawlessly.

[typoagain]

I know it's totally off topic. But how about a picture of the finished kitchen cabinets?

I want to do something similar to my house. The cabinets inside my kitchen were built in 57 and are almost an identical style. If I wanted to replace them every single cabinet would have to be custom made which would put a kitchen remodel way out of my budget.