Now that we have mastered joining materials of different thickness with pocket holes, let’s take a look at tips for joining other common joints with pocket holes. Please check out 9 Pocket Hole Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make for more recommendations on pocket screw lengths for your projects. For 3/4” material, we would typically use a 1-1/4” pocket screw, so that’s what we’ll use to join our example. In Jackie’s example our thinnest workpiece is 3/4”, so we need to choose a pocket screw that we would typically use for joining 3/4” material. Our next step is to attach the workpieces, but what length pocket screw should we use? “Think Thin” and choose a pocket hole screw length for the thinnest material you’re working with. So far we’ve set up the drill bit guide for our thinnest material and the drill bit depth collar for our thinnest material. The pocket screw length used to attach 3/4″ workpieces is 1-1/4″, so we’ll set our depth collar for a 1-1/4″ pocket screw. Jackie mentioned she’s using the Kreg Jig K5, so we’ll also use it for our example below. IMPORTANT: For the Kreg Jig Mini, Kreg Jig R3 and Kreg Jig K4 set the depth collar for the thickness of your workpiece.įor the Kreg Jig K5 set the depth collar for the length of the screw you’ll be using to attach your workpieces. In this case, our thinnest material is the 1×6. We’ve already set up the drill bit guide, but how should we set up the drill bit depth collar to join these two pieces? “Think Thin” and set up the drill bit depth collar for the thinnest material you’re working with. In Jackie’s example, we’re joining a 2×4 workpiece to a 1×6 workpiece.
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A 1×6 is actually 3/4″ thick, so we’ll set up the drill guide to drill pocket holes in 3/4” material.įor the Kreg Jig Mini, Kreg Jig R3, Kreg Jig K4, Kreg Jig K5 set the drill guide for the thickness of your thinnest workpiece.
“Think Thin” and set up the drill guide for the thinnest material you’re working with. How should we set up the drill guide to join these two pieces? Let’s take Jackie’s example and say we want to join a 2×4 workpiece to a 1×6 workpiece. When setting up the drill guide, drill bit depth collar and choosing screws for different thicknesses always set up to join the thinnest piece you’re working with. There’s one, simple rule for drilling pocket holes when joining materials of different thicknesses and that rule is “Think Thin”. The Simple Rule for Joining Different Thicknesses with Pocket Holes
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How should we set up our Kreg Jig to join thicker and thinner materials? Today we’ll learn the simple rule that will help us remember how to set up our pocket hole jig for joining different thicknesses with pocket holes. Joining materials of different thicknesses with pocket holes can be confusing. Am I doing something wrong? I had to remove the collar to make it work.” I have the K5, so I set my block for 1-1/2” thickness, but when I set my drill bit depth to 1-1/4” screws it takes my collar too high on the drill bit. The instructions say the end pocket holes will have 2-1/2” screws and the pocket holes on the long edges will have 1-1/4” screws. Roy wants to join a 3/4” workpiece to a 1-1/2” workpiece and would like to know what size screw to use. Riaz plans to “join pieces of different thickness” and wondered how to set up the drill guide, the drill bit depth collar and what size screws to use when joining workpieces.
Today, we’re answering new pocket hole questions from Riaz, Roy and Jackie. Then, we looked at Need to Know Pocket Hole Tips for Edge Joints. Ever since the “pocket hole hotline” has been lighting up with questions! First, we looked at pocket hole plugs and 9 Secrets to Make the Best Pocket Hole Plugs. Collar also fits all other standard (3/8"-diameter) Kreg pocket-hole drill bits.A few months ago I updated the site to make it easier for you to find pocket hole related tips and added a page where you can ask your pocket hole questions.
The Material Thickness Gauge allows you to easily determine material thickness (1/2", 3/4", 1 1/2"), and has a built-in hex wrench for tightening the stop collar. The collar features a window that aligns with the engraved markings on the Kreg Easy-Set Pocket-Hole Drill Bit to make setting the bit at the correct depth easy for 1/2", 3/4", and 1 1/2" materials. This kit includes the same Easy-Set Stop Collar and Material Thickness Gauge/Hex Wrench that come with Kreg® 300-Series Pocket-Hole Jigs. KREG® Easy-Set Depth Gauge / Depth Collar / Hex Wrench
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