Kreg Jig System Differences - Kreg Owners' Community2024-03-29T01:30:02Zhttps://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/system-differences?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A280768&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGreat link to the rubber foot…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2014-09-18:2900167:Comment:6526092014-09-18T21:24:28.044ZAndy Coxhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/AndyCox
<p>Great link to the rubber foot. It is a place on the interweb I never would have checked. I might buy one now.</p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Andy<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Joshua Russell said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/system-differences?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A652490&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2900167Comment652490"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">One rubber foot.…</div>
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<p>Great link to the rubber foot. It is a place on the interweb I never would have checked. I might buy one now.</p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Andy<br/> <br/> <cite>Joshua Russell said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/system-differences?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A652490&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2900167Comment652490"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">One rubber foot. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.frightprops.com/pneumatics/cylinder-parts/heavy-duty-rubber-rod-foot-without-shaft-0582-0162.html" target="_blank">http://www.frightprops.com/pneumatics/cylinder-parts/heavy-duty-rub...</a><br/> Otherwise a turned down hockey puck would work. Just would need to drill and tap it.</div>
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</blockquote> One rubber foot. http://www.f…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2014-09-18:2900167:Comment:6524902014-09-18T11:13:12.883ZJoshua Russellhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/JoshuaRussell
One rubber foot. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.frightprops.com/pneumatics/cylinder-parts/heavy-duty-rubber-rod-foot-without-shaft-0582-0162.html" target="_blank">http://www.frightprops.com/pneumatics/cylinder-parts/heavy-duty-rub...</a><br />
Otherwise a turned down hockey puck would work. Just would need to drill and tap it.
One rubber foot. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.frightprops.com/pneumatics/cylinder-parts/heavy-duty-rubber-rod-foot-without-shaft-0582-0162.html" target="_blank">http://www.frightprops.com/pneumatics/cylinder-parts/heavy-duty-rub...</a><br />
Otherwise a turned down hockey puck would work. Just would need to drill and tap it. After some research I found t…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2014-09-18:2900167:Comment:6526612014-09-18T10:44:20.243ZAndy Coxhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/AndyCox
<p>After some research I found that we are looking for a Bimba with 171 in the model #. The 17 denotes a 1 1/2" piston and the 1 denotes a 1" stroke. The little bracket that mounts the air cylinder to the jig is a D-241.</p>
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<p>Hope this helps anyone looking. Now if I could find the perfect rubber presser foot.</p>
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<p>Andy</p>
<p>After some research I found that we are looking for a Bimba with 171 in the model #. The 17 denotes a 1 1/2" piston and the 1 denotes a 1" stroke. The little bracket that mounts the air cylinder to the jig is a D-241.</p>
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<p>Hope this helps anyone looking. Now if I could find the perfect rubber presser foot.</p>
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<p>Andy</p> what is the specs or model #…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2014-09-18:2900167:Comment:6523582014-09-18T09:43:14.451Zdaddywoofdawghttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/daddywoofdawg
<p>what is the specs or model # of the clamp cylinder? or size Dia. and stroke length so I may find a universal cylinder. <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jay Boutwell said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/system-differences#2900167Comment173068"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935446393?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" height="273" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935446393?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="364"></img></a> Hi Rick, reading your post about the kreg jig differences. I have a old K-2…</p>
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<p>what is the specs or model # of the clamp cylinder? or size Dia. and stroke length so I may find a universal cylinder. <br/> <br/> <cite>Jay Boutwell said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/system-differences#2900167Comment173068"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935446393?profile=original"><img width="364" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935446393?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" height="273" class="align-full"/></a>Hi Rick, reading your post about the kreg jig differences. I have a old K-2 which was aluminum but as far as I can tell from looking at the k-4 that I also, own it appears to have the same clamp as the one that was on the K-2. This indicates to me that they did not change the clamp design. What I did was since I had mounted the K-2 in a permanent position on my bench is added an air cylinder clamp with a foot switch. In place of using the foot switch on the floor I mounted it up on the bench so that I can activate it with my left knee. </p>
<p>One of Kregs upgrades to the K-2 was to offer an air clamp to replace the hand operated clamp. I don't know if they still offer this or not however it appears to be the same air cylinger that they use on their clamp table and other auto clamping boring pocket hole machines. Actually it would not be that difficult to replace that hand clamp with a universal air clamp as the mounting is not hard to build. Maybe if enough customers requested it of Kreg Tools that they might offer it as an upgrade. When clamping up large wide stock it is a great upgrade.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935446572?profile=original"><img width="439" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935446572?profile=RESIZE_480x480" class="align-full"/></a> <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935447356?profile=original"><img width="392" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935447356?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" height="299" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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</blockquote> You will want a Single Acting…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2014-09-17:2900167:Comment:6520812014-09-17T05:51:36.564ZJoshua Russellhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/JoshuaRussell
<p>You will want a Single Acting, Spring Return 1.5 Inch Bore with a 1 to 1.75 stroke. Just be warned that this is not as simple as you might think and starts to add up quickly. You will be looking at around 60-100 dollars at the end. Most expensive stuff will be the 3 Way foot valve and the Cylinder. Buy used or Chinese and you can save some money. Best site I found was Ebay but for all the hose, fittings, rubber bumper, cylinder mount and little stuff Frightprops.com was a great…</p>
<p>You will want a Single Acting, Spring Return 1.5 Inch Bore with a 1 to 1.75 stroke. Just be warned that this is not as simple as you might think and starts to add up quickly. You will be looking at around 60-100 dollars at the end. Most expensive stuff will be the 3 Way foot valve and the Cylinder. Buy used or Chinese and you can save some money. Best site I found was Ebay but for all the hose, fittings, rubber bumper, cylinder mount and little stuff Frightprops.com was a great site. </p>
<p>Here is are 2 videos of my R3 turned Pneumatic. </p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh8cJEHQAaM&index=1&list=UUi_FFMVvcALU2N0Wj8Yt2jg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh8cJEHQAaM&index=1&list=UU...</a></p>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kczsvOHcapE&index=3&list=UUi_FFMVvcALU2N0Wj8Yt2jg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kczsvOHcapE&index=3&list=UU...</a></p>
<p></p> Do you know the model # of t…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2014-09-16:2900167:Comment:6513242014-09-16T15:29:39.758ZAndy Coxhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/AndyCox
<p>Do you know the model # of the air cylinder. It looks like a Bimba and there are many on eBay for about $20 but I'd like to get one like yours. Kreg told me they would not sell me an air cylinder to upgrade my K-2 like yours.</p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Andy</p>
<p> <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jay Boutwell said:…</cite></p>
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<p>Do you know the model # of the air cylinder. It looks like a Bimba and there are many on eBay for about $20 but I'd like to get one like yours. Kreg told me they would not sell me an air cylinder to upgrade my K-2 like yours.</p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Andy</p>
<p> <br/> <br/> <cite>Jay Boutwell said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/system-differences?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A173068#2900167Comment173068"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935446393?profile=original"><img width="364" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935446393?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" height="273" class="align-full"/></a>Hi Rick, reading your post about the kreg jig differences. I have a old K-2 which was aluminum but as far as I can tell from looking at the k-4 that I also, own it appears to have the same clamp as the one that was on the K-2. This indicates to me that they did not change the clamp design. What I did was since I had mounted the K-2 in a permanent position on my bench is added an air cylinder clamp with a foot switch. In place of using the foot switch on the floor I mounted it up on the bench so that I can activate it with my left knee. </p>
<p>One of Kregs upgrades to the K-2 was to offer an air clamp to replace the hand operated clamp. I don't know if they still offer this or not however it appears to be the same air cylinger that they use on their clamp table and other auto clamping boring pocket hole machines. Actually it would not be that difficult to replace that hand clamp with a universal air clamp as the mounting is not hard to build. Maybe if enough customers requested it of Kreg Tools that they might offer it as an upgrade. When clamping up large wide stock it is a great upgrade.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935446572?profile=original"><img width="439" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935446572?profile=RESIZE_480x480" class="align-full"/></a> <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935447356?profile=original"><img width="392" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1935447356?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" height="299" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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</blockquote> Welcome to the world of plast…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2012-05-05:2900167:Comment:4264792012-05-05T03:27:18.994ZFrank Gardeckihttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/FrankGardecki737
<p>Welcome to the world of plastic cancer and shabby strength we live for.</p>
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>John Schaben said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/system-differences?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A426267&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2900167Comment419492"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Good observation Chris, thanks for sharing. I also picked up a K3 about the same time but mine hasn't really seen heavy use. I'm kind of abiguous about the the K4 as I…</p>
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<p>Welcome to the world of plastic cancer and shabby strength we live for.</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>John Schaben said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/system-differences?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A426267&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2900167Comment419492"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Good observation Chris, thanks for sharing. I also picked up a K3 about the same time but mine hasn't really seen heavy use. I'm kind of abiguous about the the K4 as I have yet to use pockets in large panels.... <br/><br/><cite>Chris Dykman said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/system-differences?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A419475&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2900167Comment419475"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I got the K3 about three years ago and it worked great - saw the K4 some time later and thought to myself that it might be awkward to reach over the material to clamp. </p>
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<p>Yesterday, while changing the clamp width on my K3, when I backed off the nut - the whole metal assembly came out of the fiberglass housing - it goes back in but you can't back off the nut ---- and you're stuck with that setting. In looking at the K3 and K4 together, it appears the K4's clamping assembly is all metal and rear handle links directly to the clamp, as opposed to the K3's metal in a fiberglass housing with linkages to the front mounted handle.</p>
<p>So maybe this is why they went from a front to rear mounted handle for the clamp.</p>
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</blockquote> My K2 and K2000 are still goi…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2012-05-04:2900167:Comment:4262672012-05-04T02:32:22.855ZLarwynhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/LarryMoore
<p>My K2 and K2000 are still going strong, as well as the Rocket and Mini jig. No need to replace them yet!</p>
<p>My K2 and K2000 are still going strong, as well as the Rocket and Mini jig. No need to replace them yet!</p> Good observation Chris, thank…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2012-04-10:2900167:Comment:4194922012-04-10T22:40:34.117ZJohn Schabenhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/JohnSchaben
<p>Good observation Chris, thanks for sharing. I also picked up a K3 about the same time but mine hasn't really seen heavy use. I'm kind of abiguous about the the K4 as I have yet to use pockets in large panels.... <br></br><br></br><cite>Chris Dykman said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/system-differences?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A419475&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2900167Comment419475"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I got the K3 about three years ago and…</p>
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<p>Good observation Chris, thanks for sharing. I also picked up a K3 about the same time but mine hasn't really seen heavy use. I'm kind of abiguous about the the K4 as I have yet to use pockets in large panels.... <br/><br/><cite>Chris Dykman said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/system-differences?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A419475&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2900167Comment419475"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I got the K3 about three years ago and it worked great - saw the K4 some time later and thought to myself that it might be awkward to reach over the material to clamp. </p>
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<p>Yesterday, while changing the clamp width on my K3, when I backed off the nut - the whole metal assembly came out of the fiberglass housing - it goes back in but you can't back off the nut ---- and you're stuck with that setting. In looking at the K3 and K4 together, it appears the K4's clamping assembly is all metal and rear handle links directly to the clamp, as opposed to the K3's metal in a fiberglass housing with linkages to the front mounted handle.</p>
<p>So maybe this is why they went from a front to rear mounted handle for the clamp.</p>
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</blockquote> I got the K3 about three year…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2012-04-10:2900167:Comment:4194752012-04-10T17:23:29.183ZChris Dykmanhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/ChrisDykman
<p>I got the K3 about three years ago and it worked great - saw the K4 some time later and thought to myself that it might be awkward to reach over the material to clamp. </p>
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<p>Yesterday, while changing the clamp width on my K3, when I backed off the nut - the whole metal assembly came out of the fiberglass housing - it goes back in but you can't back off the nut ---- and you're stuck with that setting. In looking at the K3 and K4 together, it appears the K4's clamping assembly is…</p>
<p>I got the K3 about three years ago and it worked great - saw the K4 some time later and thought to myself that it might be awkward to reach over the material to clamp. </p>
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<p>Yesterday, while changing the clamp width on my K3, when I backed off the nut - the whole metal assembly came out of the fiberglass housing - it goes back in but you can't back off the nut ---- and you're stuck with that setting. In looking at the K3 and K4 together, it appears the K4's clamping assembly is all metal and rear handle links directly to the clamp, as opposed to the K3's metal in a fiberglass housing with linkages to the front mounted handle.</p>
<p>So maybe this is why they went from a front to rear mounted handle for the clamp.</p>