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Default First day with Kreg Rocket Jig Pocket Hole System

I use it all the time with and without glue on MDF with the MDF screws
works great. For jigs I dont use glue so I can take them apart. For
racks and weight bearing stuff I use yellow glue. I find I use it
where I would have put a screw thru a panel into the edge of the
joining panel, I use the Kreg from the other side.
Jack


Mac Cool wrote in message ...
Until today I've only built tables and smaller projects, but SWMBO wanted
two new cabinets and a pantry for the kitchen.

I've been neandering mortis and tenons on my tables but I wasn't about to
do that with cabinets so decided to either get a biscuit joiner or a Kreg
pocket hole jig. The Kreg is $64 and will work on all parts of the
cabinet, a biscuit joiner is $150+ and would be useless on the narrow face
frames I'll be building.

I'm impressed. I was able to build in an hour what would have taken two
days of neandering. The joints seem very stout without trying to break
them and I'm confident they will be more than adequate for kitchen
cabinets.

The phenolic resin jig seems a little light and at first I wasn't sure it
would be worth the money, but my doubts disappeared, one pocket hole at a
time and overall I'm happy with the choice.

Maybe some future project will provide the excuse to buy a biscuit joiner.