Kreg Jigs.....educate me.

[redmon14]

sent the ana-white address to the wife, look forward to posting some of my work that comes out of her selections

[tbeak]

So can yall dumb down the purpose of it? Is it just to make countersinks? Forgive my ignorance

[Dale Moser]

So can yall dumb down the purpose of it? Is it just to make countersinks? Forgive my ignorance

It's a combination of the shape of the countersink hole, and the screw head. The special bit has a 1/8" or so drill tip for the first 1/2", then it squares out to 3/8" for the countersink. This leaves the bottom end of the hole flat with just a shallow 1/8" hole to guide the screw. Coupled with the pan head style screws that have a wide flat head, when the head of the screw tightes against the bottom of the hole it doesn't try to split the lumber like a drywall or other tapered neck screw does, and it's very strong.

[tbeak]

Thank you dale. Does it work for any angles other than 90?

[bboswell]

Thanks to this thread I now own a Kreg jig. New gun workin bench gettin built tomorrow!

[Eagle19]

I got my kreg for christmas and finally built a project to use it on. Super easy and really easy to use. It's also very strong. Built this for my wife for valentines day.

[boh347]

Looks great 👍🏼

[Dale Moser]

I got my kreg for christmas and finally built a project to use it on. Super easy and really easy to use. It's also very strong. Built this for my wife for valentines day.

Valentines game strong![emoji106]


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[Dale Moser]

I did some stuff with mine the other day that would have been a large pita without it, and the end result would never have been as good without it. EXTREMELY valuable tool.


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