Finally got a Keg Jig!
If you need to put a pocket hole in a tight location, this is the fixture for you. I have the larger 3-hole fixture, and have used it when I need multiple holes, particularly when the work can be brought to the fixture and clamped into it. But when you need to position the fixture onto the workpiece because the workpiece is large and intractable, then using this one-hole fixture with an appropriate method of clamping is the best way to do it. I have taken the 3-hole block off of the clamping base, and brought that block to the workpiece and clamped it into position, but it is more cumbersome than this single-hole device. You can use this fixture to put a pocket hole in an already assembled or built structure, in dimensional lumber in non-orthogonal orientations if needed. I also have the Cobalt steel step drill bit that is quite a bit sharper and way more durable and lasts longer than the standard silver tool steel one that all of the Kreg fixtures come with.
The only thing I noticed about this fixture is that in the first few pocket holes I drilled with it, some of the blue plastic was drilled through along with the wood- this might have been plastic flash they didn't completely clean out of the hole on the wood side of the steel drill bushing. Other than that, it works great and is easy to clamp wherever you want it.
Whenever I need to join two pieces of wood together now, the first question I ask is- " how can it be pocket holed?".
Bravo Kreg!


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