Common uses for butt joints are frames for side assemblies and doors. The most common pocket hole joints we’ll make with our Kreg Jig are butt joints and edge joints.Ī butt joint joins the end of one piece of wood to the edge of another piece of wood. For all other widths of wood, make sure your pocket holes are set in a minimum of 3/4” from the edge to avoid possibly cracking the wood. Wood that is 3-1/2” wide, center the wood between holes A and C, an drill in holes A and C. For wood that is 2-1/2” wide, center the wood between holes A and B, and drill in holes A and B. TIP: For wood that is 1-1/2” wide, center the wood between holes B and C, and drill in holes B and C. Keep drilling until the collar on the drill bit contacts the drill guide. Then gently lower the bit into the wood and start drilling the pocket hole. Slightly raise the drill bit and bring the drill up to full speed. Chuck the drill bit in your drill and insert the drill bit into the guide block until it hits the wood.
Next clamp the board in the jig to correspond with the appropriate drill holes. Loosen the collar with an Allen key and move the shoulder of the drill bit (or the bottom of the stepped area of the drill bit) to correspond with the 3/4” mark and tighten the collar. Again, you’ll want to match the drill depth to the thickness of your board. For this example, our board is 3/4”, so we’ll set the drill guide to 3/4”.
If your board is 1-1/2″, set the jig for 1-1/2″. The first step to using the Kreg Jig is to adjust the drill guide to the thickness of your board. A pocket screw, specifically designed for use with pocket holes draws the two pieces of wood together to form a strong joint. The Kreg Jig uses preset holes to drill angled pocket holes in a piece of wood. Before we dive into the pocket hole mistakes we want to avoid let’s review what a Kreg Jig does and how to properly set it up for building DIY furniture. We can experience pocket hole problems no matter what brand of pocket hole jig we use. Today I’m sharing those mistakes with you, so you don’t make them too! 9 Pocket Hole Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make Over the years I’ve had a lot of pocket hole successes, but I’ve also made a few pocket hole mistakes along the way. I use my Kreg Jig for nearly every DIY furniture project I build. There is no cost to you for using these links. Purchases made using these links help support the Saws on Skates website and allow me to share more DIY projects.
Setting up the Kreg Pocket Hole Jig and using it to build DIY furniture is sooo easy! Despite that mistakes are easy to make, and trust me, I’ve made most of them! Today I’m sharing with you 9 pocket hole mistakes you don’t want to make.įor your convenience, this post contains affiliate links to supplies or tools I used to complete this project.
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