Kreg pockethole jig - any comments?

[phatmanace]

Hey folks, need to build a few basic cabinets and a desk. Seen this gadget on you tube and it looked quite cool. Was slightly nervous about "wonder gadget" hype - but reviews on other fora on the web seem broadly +ve.

Wondered if anyone had used here ?

-ace

[phatmanace]

Thanks folks, the videos did seem quite compelling.

lots of the other blogs I looked at did say that one needed practice to get the sort of quality they show on the videos - but that doesn't seem unreasonable

-Ace

[phatmanace]

I thought that I would repost here, as I went out and bought one. Overall quite impressed, pretty much does exactly what it says on the tin, and it's a nicely made and packaged bit of kit.

I think that the forums are right - you do need some practice, and you need to invest in some good clamps - the pieces have a tendency to move apart as you screw them together, This happened even when I clamped both to a baton that was clamped to the workbench.

[phatmanace]

Yep, I bought some 'L' shaped corner clamps from eBay for about 15 quid - they are not as good as the kreg clamps, but they do the trick. They are the sort of thing you might use for picture framing

Again, overall, I was happy with the kreg thing - worth the money in my view