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The Dowel Jig
Against advice from several people here, I decided to go with dowels to
attach the (many) "rungs" on the sides of my cookbook shelves. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguar...57644207411490 (the drawing) After turning the idea around in my head during the workweek, I modified my jig a bit. It worked very well. I drilled all of the holes (32 rungs x 4 holes) in about a half hour. This video (prettied up a little, courtesy of my daughter) shows me finishing one piece in a little under a minute: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguar...57644207411490 That was actually the first attempt; I got a little quicker at it after some practice. I had originally considered flipping the piece over end over end rather than rotating it; I could have used the same "fence" for both ends of the piece that way. But there would be a problem if the holes weren't precisely centered vertically. I figured they wouldn't be, so I needed a new strategy. I decided to use two fences, one for drilling each end of the rungs. That way I could keep the same reference face. I decided it didn't matter if the holes were centered horizontally, which allowed me to use the edges of the drill guide as reference points. As I started each new piece, I chose the "better" face and faced it downwards. I did the same with the stiles that mate with the rungs. That way the more visible face of each ladder should be well aligned. As it turned out, the alignment seems pretty good even on the other side. I shot a quick video of how I drilled the holes in the stiles, but my editing staff has gone out for the afternoon. You'll have to wait. In short, I remade the jig to drill into the edge of the long pieces rather than the ends. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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On Saturday, May 24, 2014 2:19:22 PM UTC-5, Greg Guarino wrote:
Against advice from several people here, I decided to go with dowels to attach the (many) "rungs" on the sides of my cookbook shelves. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguar...57644207411490 (the drawing) After turning the idea around in my head during the workweek, I modified my jig a bit. It worked very well. I drilled all of the holes (32 rungs x 4 holes) in about a half hour. This video (prettied up a little, courtesy of my daughter) shows me finishing one piece in a little under a minute: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguar...57644207411490 That was actually the first attempt; I got a little quicker at it after some practice. I had originally considered flipping the piece over end over end rather than rotating it; I could have used the same "fence" for both ends of the piece that way. But there would be a problem if the holes weren't precisely centered vertically. I figured they wouldn't be, so I needed a new strategy. I decided to use two fences, one for drilling each end of the rungs. That way I could keep the same reference face. I decided it didn't matter if the holes were centered horizontally, which allowed me to use the edges of the drill guide as reference points. As I started each new piece, I chose the "better" face and faced it downwards. I did the same with the stiles that mate with the rungs. That way the more visible face of each ladder should be well aligned. As it turned out, the alignment seems pretty good even on the other side. I shot a quick video of how I drilled the holes in the stiles, but my editing staff has gone out for the afternoon. You'll have to wait. In short, I remade the jig to drill into the edge of the long pieces rather than the ends. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com I'm really curious to see how you will match up the holes on your slats with the sides of your shelf unit. |
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The Dowel Jig
On 5/24/2014 5:56 PM, Michael wrote:
I'm really curious to see how you will match up the holes on your slats with the sides of your shelf unit. If you mean you are curious to see *if* they actually mate up; I was curious too. Hopeful, but curious. It turned out to be a good fit. The dowel joints feel nice and snug; snug enough that - after I tested a couple of the joints with all of the dowels - I only put in one dowel on each end of each "rung" for the full dry fit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguarino/14257885501/ I was afraid I might have too much trouble getting the parts apart otherwise. But if you mean how am I going to attach the "ladders" to the front and back "frames", my current plan is biscuits. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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On Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:21:23 PM UTC-5, Greg Guarino wrote:
On 5/24/2014 5:56 PM, Michael wrote: I'm really curious to see how you will match up the holes on your slats with the sides of your shelf unit. If you mean you are curious to see *if* they actually mate up; I was curious too. Hopeful, but curious. It turned out to be a good fit. The dowel joints feel nice and snug; snug enough that - after I tested a couple of the joints with all of the dowels - I only put in one dowel on each end of each "rung" for the full dry fit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguarino/14257885501/ I was afraid I might have too much trouble getting the parts apart otherwise. But if you mean how am I going to attach the "ladders" to the front and back "frames", my current plan is biscuits. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com Yeah, that look great! |
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The Dowel Jig
On 5/24/2014 5:45 PM, Michael wrote:
On Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:21:23 PM UTC-5, Greg Guarino wrote: On 5/24/2014 5:56 PM, Michael wrote: I'm really curious to see how you will match up the holes on your slats with the sides of your shelf unit. If you mean you are curious to see *if* they actually mate up; I was curious too. Hopeful, but curious. It turned out to be a good fit. The dowel joints feel nice and snug; snug enough that - after I tested a couple of the joints with all of the dowels - I only put in one dowel on each end of each "rung" for the full dry fit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguarino/14257885501/ I was afraid I might have too much trouble getting the parts apart otherwise. But if you mean how am I going to attach the "ladders" to the front and back "frames", my current plan is biscuits. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com Yeah, that look great! And while this is a bit crude as opposed to using a jig, these work pretty well. http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/200...FY3m7AodVhoAjA |
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The Dowel Jig
On Sat, 24 May 2014 14:56:46 -0700, Michael wrote:
I'm really curious to see how you will match up the holes on your slats with the sides of your shelf unit. Michael, it would be appreciated if you could trim your quote before replying. You quoted 88 lines to give a 2 line response. Just in case you're new at this, most news readers will let you highlight some of a message and then click reply, giving you a reply window with only the highlighted text quoted. And I'll probably get 10 responses saying I shouldn't be critical, so I'll answer in advance. We all started out knowing little or nothing about netiquette. If someone hadn't told us what we were doing wrong, we never would have learned. |
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On 5/24/2014 7:20 PM, Leon wrote:
On 5/24/2014 5:45 PM, Michael wrote: On Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:21:23 PM UTC-5, Greg Guarino wrote: On 5/24/2014 5:56 PM, Michael wrote: I'm really curious to see how you will match up the holes on your slats with the sides of your shelf unit. If you mean you are curious to see *if* they actually mate up; I was curious too. Hopeful, but curious. It turned out to be a good fit. The dowel joints feel nice and snug; snug enough that - after I tested a couple of the joints with all of the dowels - I only put in one dowel on each end of each "rung" for the full dry fit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguarino/14257885501/ I was afraid I might have too much trouble getting the parts apart otherwise. But if you mean how am I going to attach the "ladders" to the front and back "frames", my current plan is biscuits. Yeah, that look great! And while this is a bit crude as opposed to using a jig, these work pretty well. http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/200...FY3m7AodVhoAjA I have some of those, but I had 256 holes to drill so... --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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The Dowel Jig
On 5/24/2014 6:45 PM, Michael wrote:
On Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:21:23 PM UTC-5, Greg Guarino wrote: On 5/24/2014 5:56 PM, Michael wrote: I'm really curious to see how you will match up the holes on your slats with the sides of your shelf unit. If you mean you are curious to see *if* they actually mate up; I was curious too. Hopeful, but curious. It turned out to be a good fit. The dowel joints feel nice and snug; snug enough that - after I tested a couple of the joints with all of the dowels - I only put in one dowel on each end of each "rung" for the full dry fit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguarino/14257885501/ I was afraid I might have too much trouble getting the parts apart otherwise. But if you mean how am I going to attach the "ladders" to the front and back "frames", my current plan is biscuits. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com Yeah, that look great! Thanks. Lots more left to do though. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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The Dowel Jig
Leon wrote:
And while this is a bit crude as opposed to using a jig, these work pretty well. http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/200...FY3m7AodVhoAjA I will second that. I have a simple set that I bought years ago and didn't even use for a lot of years. Finally gave them a try and shoot man - they work! I don't do a lot of doweling, but when I do - I turn to these guys. -- -Mike- |
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The Dowel Jig
On 5/24/2014 3:19 PM, Greg Guarino wrote:
Against advice from several people here, I decided to go with dowels to attach the (many) "rungs" on the sides of my cookbook shelves. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguar...57644207411490 (the drawing) After turning the idea around in my head during the workweek, I modified my jig a bit. It worked very well. I drilled all of the holes (32 rungs x 4 holes) in about a half hour. This video (prettied up a little, courtesy of my daughter) shows me finishing one piece in a little under a minute: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguar...57644207411490 That was actually the first attempt; I got a little quicker at it after some practice. I had originally considered flipping the piece over end over end rather than rotating it; I could have used the same "fence" for both ends of the piece that way. But there would be a problem if the holes weren't precisely centered vertically. I figured they wouldn't be, so I needed a new strategy. I decided to use two fences, one for drilling each end of the rungs. That way I could keep the same reference face. I decided it didn't matter if the holes were centered horizontally, which allowed me to use the edges of the drill guide as reference points. As I started each new piece, I chose the "better" face and faced it downwards. I did the same with the stiles that mate with the rungs. That way the more visible face of each ladder should be well aligned. As it turned out, the alignment seems pretty good even on the other side. I shot a quick video of how I drilled the holes in the stiles, but my editing staff has gone out for the afternoon. You'll have to wait. In short, I remade the jig to drill into the edge of the long pieces rather than the ends. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com One piece of advice. Once you are done drilling the hole.. back the drill out while running. But don't keep it running at the bottom of the hole. Any tool used to cut, should cut .. not sit there. when you sit at the bottom, you heat the bit up, you polish the fibers (burn) which prevents great glue adhesion, it diminishes the glue adhesion. -- Jeff |
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The Dowel Jig
Larry Blanchard wrote:
And I'll probably get 10 responses saying I shouldn't be critical, so I'll answer in advance. We all started out knowing little or nothing about netiquette. If someone hadn't told us what we were doing wrong, we never would have learned. Ok Larry - if you insist... you shouldn't be so critical... -- -Mike- |
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The Dowel Jig
"Greg Guarino" wrote in message ... Against advice from several people here, I decided to go with dowels to attach the (many) "rungs" on the sides of my cookbook shelves. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguar...57644207411490 (the drawing) After turning the idea around in my head during the workweek, I modified my jig a bit. It worked very well. I drilled all of the holes (32 rungs x 4 holes) in about a half hour. This video (prettied up a little, courtesy of my daughter) shows me finishing one piece in a little under a minute: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguar...57644207411490 That was actually the first attempt; I got a little quicker at it after some practice. I had originally considered flipping the piece over end over end rather than rotating it; I could have used the same "fence" for both ends of the piece that way. But there would be a problem if the holes weren't precisely centered vertically. I figured they wouldn't be, so I needed a new strategy. I decided to use two fences, one for drilling each end of the rungs. That way I could keep the same reference face. I decided it didn't matter if the holes were centered horizontally, which allowed me to use the edges of the drill guide as reference points. As I started each new piece, I chose the "better" face and faced it downwards. I did the same with the stiles that mate with the rungs. That way the more visible face of each ladder should be well aligned. As it turned out, the alignment seems pretty good even on the other side. I shot a quick video of how I drilled the holes in the stiles, but my editing staff has gone out for the afternoon. You'll have to wait. In short, I remade the jig to drill into the edge of the long pieces rather than the ends. Very neat idea when you had to do so many. WW --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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The Dowel Jig
On 5/24/2014 2:19 PM, Greg Guarino wrote:
Against advice from several people here, I decided to go with dowels to attach the (many) "rungs" on the sides of my cookbook shelves. Advice: Do whatever you have to do to get the job done with the tools you have. But remember, the advice given here is worth what you pay for it. -- eWoodShop: www.eWoodShop.com Wood Shop: www.e-WoodShop.net https://www.google.com/+eWoodShop https://plus.google.com/+KarlCaillouet/posts http://www.custommade.com/by/ewoodshop/ KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious) |
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The Dowel Jig
On 5/25/2014 8:18 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 5/24/2014 2:19 PM, Greg Guarino wrote: Against advice from several people here, I decided to go with dowels to attach the (many) "rungs" on the sides of my cookbook shelves. Advice: Do whatever you have to do to get the job done with the tools you have. Always. "The tools I have" is always a consideration in the design. But remember, the advice given here is worth what you pay for it. It's worth at least twice that. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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The Dowel Jig
On 5/24/2014 7:58 PM, woodchucker wrote:
One piece of advice. Once you are done drilling the hole.. back the drill out while running. But don't keep it running at the bottom of the hole. I took a look at the video. I does look like I "lingered" a bit at the bottom, but that's not my general habit. I slowed down at the bottom of the holes as not to overshoot the tape-marked depth. I'll keep that tip in mind though. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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The Dowel Jig: PART II
On 5/24/2014 11:46 PM, WW wrote:
"Greg Guarino" wrote in message ... Very neat idea when you had to do so many. WW Here's how I remade the jig to do the second half of the drilling: the 128 mating holes in the "ladder" stiles: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguarino/14285906933/ [Cheesy caption styles courtesy of Windows Movie Maker and my first attempt at video editing. My daughter, and her better setup, were otherwise occupied. ] Once I got the system down, drilling the holes was very quick. Not as quick as the "rungs", as I had to line up the reference marks by eye, but still pretty efficient. I think it took as much time to mark up the locations as to do the actual drilling. I had to be careful; since the pieces are in mirror-image sets and I wanted to keep the same reference face, half of the pieces had to be done in the opposite direction in the jig, with the "reminder" dowel filling a different hole. I also put a flap of painter's tape over one edge of the drill guide so I wouldn't absent-mindedly line up my marks on the wrong one. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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The Dowel Jig: PART II
Greg Guarino wrote:
Here's how I remade the jig to do the second half of the drilling: the 128 mating holes in the "ladder" stiles: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguarino/14285906933/ [Cheesy caption styles courtesy of Windows Movie Maker and my first attempt at video editing. My daughter, and her better setup, were otherwise occupied. ] Don't sweat it Greg - I didn't find them to be cheesy... well, not too cheesy, anyway... Once I got the system down, drilling the holes was very quick. Not as quick as the "rungs", as I had to line up the reference marks by eye, but still pretty efficient. I think it took as much time to mark up the locations as to do the actual drilling. I had to be careful; since the pieces are in mirror-image sets and I wanted to keep the same reference face, half of the pieces had to be done in the opposite direction in the jig, with the "reminder" dowel filling a different hole. I also put a flap of painter's tape over one edge of the drill guide so I wouldn't absent-mindedly line up my marks on the wrong one. Good idea. Very well experienced here, at doing exactly that kind of thing - after having carefully thought it through to make sure that I wouldn't! I'm a big believer in the dummy approach. It took me a couple of passes through your video to figure out how you were indexing since I couldn't see any of your layout lines on the stock. It's really good to see you investing the time to create a good, multi-function jig with all of the right components. I can take short cuts in that area and even if it does not cost me in production, it's not as elegant and often not as efficient as what you've done. I really have to go to HF and just pick up a handful of clamps like that. You've inspired me... -- -Mike- |
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On Sat, 24 May 2014 18:20:01 -0500, Leon wrote:
And while this is a bit crude as opposed to using a jig, these work pretty well. http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/200...wel-and-Tenon- Centers-516-(10).aspx?keyword=&refcode=10INGOPB&device= I never had much luck with those. And they don't work for shelf pin holes. I just drilled about 350 holes (7 bookcases) for shelf pins - I used this: http://www.kregtool.com/Shelf-Pin-Jig-Prodview.html and I doweled the top rail of the face frames together with this: http://www.woodcraft.com/product/200...eling-jig.aspx |
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The Dowel Jig: PART II
On 5/25/2014 1:54 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
I had to be careful; since the pieces are in mirror-image sets and I wanted to keep the same reference face, half of the pieces had to be done in the opposite direction in the jig, with the "reminder" dowel filling a different hole. I also put a flap of painter's tape over one edge of the drill guide so I wouldn't absent-mindedly line up my marks on the wrong one. Good idea. Very well experienced here, at doing exactly that kind of thing - after having carefully thought it through to make sure that I wouldn't! I'm a big believer in the dummy approach. One of the great things about using a jig - and I say this with the full weight of 4 or 5 jigs worth of lifetime experience - is that it makes a task "automatic" that would otherwise require painstaking precision with each operation. But that's potentially a bad thing, I have found. The "automatic" quality invites daydreaming. I realized that while making the first piece. I decided I'd really better have a system to prevent me from making those errors. It took me a couple of passes through your video to figure out how you were indexing since I couldn't see any of your layout lines on the stock. You can see a couple of them in this photo, although they are pretty light. One is lined up with the right-hand edge of the drill guide and the other is near the "foot" of the left-hand clamp. You can also see the flap of green tape. For the mirror-image pieces, I put the "reminder" dowel in the right hand hole and lined the marks up with the left-hand edge of the guide. It's really good to see you investing the time to create a good, multi-function jig with all of the right components. I thought about trying to make it multi-function. I think it might be possible, but in the end I simply made two different jigs with the same parts. I can take short cuts in that area and even if it does not cost me in production, it's not as elegant and often not as efficient as what you've done. I really have to go to HF and just pick up a handful of clamps like that. You've inspired me... I went to Harbor Freight for the first time the other day, specifically to (possibly) buy some toggle clamps. I have ordered a few things from them in the past and I have to say that seeing the stuff in person is a much better idea. Some of their products seem perfectly serviceable; others are very flimsy or the parts fit together poorly. Their "charcoal grey" one-hand bar clamps really felt wrong, for instance. But these toggle clamps are solid and work very nicely. I've only had them for a week, but I have clamped and unclamped them 128 times so far. I have no experience with any other brand, but they worked exactly as I imagined they would. At the HF price I bought a pair of the vertical variety as well. I can imagine an awful lot of uses for them, starting with the pattern routing for the curved rails on this project. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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The Dowel Jig: PART II - OOPS, NO LINK IN THE PREVIOUS POST
On 5/25/2014 5:25 PM, Greg Guarino wrote:
You can see a couple of them in this photo, although they are pretty light. One is lined up with the right-hand edge of the drill guide and the other is near the "foot" of the left-hand clamp. You can also see the flap of green tape. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguar...57644207411490 For the mirror-image pieces, I put the "reminder" dowel in the right hand hole and lined the marks up with the left-hand edge of the guide. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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On 5/25/2014 12:59 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Sat, 24 May 2014 18:20:01 -0500, Leon wrote: And while this is a bit crude as opposed to using a jig, these work pretty well. http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/200...wel-and-Tenon- Centers-516-(10).aspx?keyword=&refcode=10INGOPB&device= I never had much luck with those. And they don't work for shelf pin holes. I just drilled about 350 holes (7 bookcases) for shelf pins - I used this: Those are more for insuring that holes to be drilled will match existing holes, whether they are evenly spaced or randomly spaced. Not really suited for drilling hundreds of holes. http://www.kregtool.com/Shelf-Pin-Jig-Prodview.html and I doweled the top rail of the face frames together with this: http://www.woodcraft.com/product/200...eling-jig.aspx I have the Kreg jig and it is OK. For productions runs I have literally drilled thousands of shelf pin holes with a jig available from Rockler. I bought the jig from Rockler before they changed their name to Rockler in 1995~1997 ish. http://www.rockler.com/jig-itreg-she...-centering-bit I pretty much wore out the Rockler jig. So I decided to try the Kreg, I'll probably buy another Rockler for production runs. The problem with the Kreg is that you have to move the jig way too often, each move introduces the possibility of an accumulated error. The same is true for the Rockler jig but the chances of error are roughly half that of the Kreg jig. Originally I bought 2 Kreg Jigs to be used together for a longer run. the problem there is that the jig does not set flat when the two units are bound together. You have to be very careful to fully flatten the assembly in the work or the holes will be at an angle and not evenly spaced. Then the indexing pin becomes difficult to remove once you remove the clamp because the assembly wants to bow up in the middle again. I returned the second Kreg jig and only use it for short runs. So you really should use a clamp, not at all necessary with the Rockler jig. |
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On 5/25/2014 12:59 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Sat, 24 May 2014 18:20:01 -0500, Leon wrote: And while this is a bit crude as opposed to using a jig, these work pretty well. http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/200...wel-and-Tenon- Centers-516-(10).aspx?keyword=&refcode=10INGOPB&device= I never had much luck with those. And they don't work for shelf pin holes. I just drilled about 350 holes (7 bookcases) for shelf pins - I used this: Those are more for insuring that holes to be drilled will match existing holes, whether they are evenly spaced or randomly spaced. Not really suited for drilling hundreds of holes. http://www.kregtool.com/Shelf-Pin-Jig-Prodview.html and I doweled the top rail of the face frames together with this: http://www.woodcraft.com/product/200...eling-jig.aspx I have the Kreg jig and it is OK. For productions runs I have literally drilled thousands of shelf pin holes with a jig available from Rockler. I bought the jig from Rockler before they changed their name to Rockler in 1995~1997 ish. http://www.rockler.com/jig-itreg-she...-centering-bit I pretty much wore out the Rockler jig. So I decided to try the Kreg, I'll probably buy another Rockler for production runs. The problem with the Kreg is that you have to move the jig way too often, each move introduces the possibility of an accumulated error. The same is true for the Rockler jig but the chances of error are roughly half that of the Kreg jig. Originally I bought 2 Kreg Jigs to be used together for a longer run. the problem there is that the jig does not set flat when the two units are bound together. You have to be very careful to fully flatten the assembly in the work or the holes will be at an angle and not evenly spaced. Then the indexing pin becomes difficult to remove once you remove the clamp because the assembly wants to bow up in the middle again. I returned the second Kreg jig and only use it for short runs. So you really should use a clamp, not at all necessary with the Rockler jig. |
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On Sun, 25 May 2014 17:31:41 -0500, Leon wrote:
Those are more for insuring that holes to be drilled will match existing holes, whether they are evenly spaced or randomly spaced. Not really suited for drilling hundreds of holes. True. But my problem, on face frames for example, was that unless I made a corner alignment jig, I inevitably got the top/bottom of the rails a 64th or so above or below the ends of the stile. Same problem would have existed with the jig I used, and with any jig where parallax can be introduced by (aging) eyes, but I dropped a 1/4" rod into the end hole and used it to position the jig - no eyesight involved :-). |
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The Dowel Jig: PART II - OOPS, NO LINK IN THE PREVIOUS POST
Greg Guarino wrote:
On 5/25/2014 5:25 PM, Greg Guarino wrote: You can see a couple of them in this photo, although they are pretty light. One is lined up with the right-hand edge of the drill guide and the other is near the "foot" of the left-hand clamp. You can also see the flap of green tape. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguar...57644207411490 Got it. They are faint and my eyes don't see a lot of faint things like that so quickly anymore... -- -Mike- |
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