Related Products. Hardened steel drill guides achieve maximum precision for pocket holes. However the Drill master can be mounted to a simple piece of plywood drill master portable pocket hole jig essay can in turn be clamped to a bench, problem solved. Drill Master on the left, General on the right. The store, and all its contents known to be preserved in copious amounts of that funky, smelly shipping grease. Jjg the dust port is really more for ease of housekeeping.

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Product Overview This pocket hole jig kit creates pocket holes at variable center distances for a range of material thicknesses. Variable center distances for a range of material thicknesses Fixed toggle clamp with position adjustments Hardened steel drill guides for maximum precision Use as a portable unit or mount to bench Anodized aluminum jig body.

Shipping Weight 4. Warranty Warranty We guarantee this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship 90 days from the date of purchase.

Limitations apply. Related Products. I started out woodworking on a small scale in the late 90s when I attempted to make a table, using nothing more than a circular saw, a drill, a couple of drilling jigs including a doweling jig, and a General pocket screw jig, and of course a pack of sandpaper. I got the table done although it more or less stank, but I learned, and worked my next project, and then the next one, and Over the following years, I have come to learn a lot more about joinery, and the tools that help us make those joints.

And I knew what I wanted in a pocket hole jig, and while the old General jig WAS reliable, and workable, it lacked some finesse that I was wanting. To get that finesse I was looking for a couple of pretty major features that the General jig was lacking.

The General jig, if used in stock less than 1" would put the screw through the mating piece if using a 1. Shorter screws are no problem. I wanted something to allow me to rapidly change pieces so that I can rapidly go from piece A, to B, to C, and so on So a toggle clamp was a must.

Reasonable simplicity of construction. I have seen pocket hole jigs that look like an engineer had fun designing it, but didn't take into consideration the more complex a system is, the more opportunities for failure there are.

So after looking around, and seeing what was on the market, I had my choices narrowed down to 2 jigs, although there are others similar out there, the 2 I was looking at were the big stand outs.

Once I got the jig home an un-boxed it, I took a quick inventory of the contents of the box. Inside I found. The main jig assembly itself. A secondary "portable" jig base. A bag with the stop collar for the step drill bit, hex keys for the step bit, and presumably for fasteners on the jig, and fasteners to hold the jig to your bench or fixture.

Who uses phillips head screws in pockets? Square drive is pretty much the standard these days. The Assembly and Operations guide. One item that was conspicuously missing was a square drive driver bit that comes typically with other pocket hole jigs. Like I mentioned above, who uses phillips screws with pocket holes? The standard screws such as the ones from Kreg use a square drive. After removing it from the box I noted a couple of things that I thought odd.

The first was, I bought this at Harbor Freight Tools. The store, and all its contents known to be preserved in copious amounts of that funky, smelly shipping grease. This thing however was perfectly clean, no coatings of any sort anywhere near any of the ocmponents. That is a nice change from the shipping goo that I typically have to spend hours removing from new tools from HF and, well anywhere selling Chinese tools The fit and finish of this unit is first rate all the way through, and while I expected some rough cast, or poorly machined billet aluminum pieces, this is all smooth, well cast, and well machined finish.

What plastics are on this are well made from reasonable quality materials. The step bit appears to be the same exact unit that is with my old General pocket hole jig.

The toggle clamp is pretty typical of Harbor Freight toggle clamps in that it is made of thinner stock than some other toggles, however this particular unit is substantially thicker than the toggles you get at HF just from their bins, it operates smoothly, and the adjustable foot has a considerable amount of throw to it. Toggle clamp foot fully retracted. The guide blocks feature a pair of different angled drill guide inserts, the inserts at the steeper angle are for use in thicker stock, the inserts at a shallower angle are for thinner stock.

It's actually pretty straight forward. The inserts are made from hardened steel and should contribute a great deal to the longevity of this jig. Clearly marked adjustment rule, and well machined guides. Getting the position dead on takes a bit of fiddling, but doesn't take long and once locked down won't move. I have yet to take dimensions of the jig yet, I can tell you it is BIG. You can get an idea for the size of it when you realize the adjuster scale on the front ends 2" from the center on each side.

This is not the most space efficient item in my shop. Not the worst either The Kreg has a couple of advantages over this jig, but a couple of distinct disadvantages. Front "foot" area making clamping to a bench top much easier. This is a glaring design ommission of the drill master jig. However the Drill master can be mounted to a simple piece of plywood that can in turn be clamped to a bench, problem solved.

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