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.

Yes it is useless here, but it is very handy for some places that
nothing else can work like a BJ, of cource you can cut the pockets
yourself without a joiner, it just take time and not as clean as a BJ.


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.

I hope you used some Glue as well.


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

Surely it worth the Money, I built more than 50 cabinets using this
Jig and it works perfect, clean and fast.

time and overall I'm happy with the choice.

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

Get a BJ, you will like it, if you can.
Good luck.
Max