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RE: pocket hole fixture - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 05-01-2018
I bought the K5 Master kit many months ago and just used it for the first time around the new year. Dunno why I waited so long. I love it. Then again, I'm building a LOT of shop cabinetry as I get it up and running, so the Kreg makes assembly super fast and easy. If, after I'm done with the cabinetry in my shop, I never use it again, the ~$140 I spent on it was well worth it.
RE: pocket hole fixture - Cian - 05-01-2018
(05-01-2018, 10:50 AM)®smpr_fi_mac® Wrote: I bought the K5 Master kit many months ago and just used it for the first time around the new year. Dunno why I waited so long. I love it.
It's the bees knees.
RE: pocket hole fixture - BloomingtonMike - 05-02-2018
Cooler, Castle floor machines are AMAZING!! Of course a kreg floor machine would be sweet. My stop gap are the Foremans.
RE: pocket hole fixture - Cooler - 05-02-2018
(05-02-2018, 09:12 AM)BloomingtonMike Wrote: Cooler, Castle floor machines are AMAZING!! Of course a kreg floor machine would be sweet. My stop gap are the Foremans.
The big advantage that the Castle machines have is that the pocket is cut with a router and the hole is drilled in from the other side. This allows the pocket angle to be smaller and it does not make the joint want to shift in position quite so much.
The Kreg Foreman is using the identical process as your jig. It is drilling and not milling.
This is a Castle pocket hole. Note the shallow angle of the screw:http://www.firstchoiceind.net/woodworkingmachinery/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/s/csi_1.5d_pocket_hole_machine_and_screw_inserter_-_detail_5.jpg
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And notice how clean the pocket cuts are:
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RE: pocket hole fixture - Stwood_ - 05-02-2018
I made my own.
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RE: pocket hole fixture - Cian - 05-02-2018
(05-02-2018, 06:40 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: I made my own.Very cool.
RE: pocket hole fixture - museumguy - 05-02-2018
(05-02-2018, 09:12 AM)BloomingtonMike Wrote: Cooler, Castle floor machines are AMAZING!! Of course a kreg floor machine would be sweet. My stop gap are the Foremans.
We must have gotten a dud from Castle. The smaller bit continuously broke. After contacting the manufacturer, there was an adjustment that had to be made that wasn't in the book. It helped. Now, periodically, the larger routed slot doesn't get cut to the same depth. It's weird. So far, I'm not impressed.
RE: pocket hole fixture - Cooler - 05-03-2018
(05-02-2018, 06:40 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: I made my own.
Very cool. What does the interior mechanism look like? How accurately is the hole drilled? What angle is the screw on?
RE: pocket hole fixture - stav - 05-03-2018
(05-02-2018, 06:40 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: I made my own.
I think a youtube demonstration is in order here. That is a cool looking home build.
RE: pocket hole fixture - Stwood_ - 05-03-2018
(05-03-2018, 07:56 AM)Cooler Wrote: Very cool. What does the interior mechanism look like? How accurately is the hole drilled? What angle is the screw on?
Interior is filled with a PC690 router, on a rocker.
Hole is real accurate. Bit has a copper guide you push the bit through.
I'll have to measure the angle. It's super low.
(05-03-2018, 08:29 AM)stav Wrote: That is a cool looking home build.
Thanks. I've made about 6-8 of them