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Ken Darga replied to Chris Dykman's discussion 'WORKING WITH CEDAR'

"Thanks for your reply, Mike. Glad it worked out for you."

Nov 15, 2012

Michael Yeary replied to Chris Dykman's discussion 'WORKING WITH CEDAR'

" Hey folks, Thanks for the replies on the screw stripping problem. I tried my 6 volt Craftsman cordless drill on some more scrap and it worked perfectly! Low torque and the low battery probably helped too! I appreciate you all taking the…"

Nov 15, 2012

kenny from Sundre replied to Chris Dykman's discussion 'WORKING WITH CEDAR'

"I have a Dremel 1120 driver that does an excelent job of driving screws in cedar. My Hitachi DSL18DL can be adjusted down enough so as not to strip the screw holes as well."

Nov 14, 2012

Ken Darga replied to Chris Dykman's discussion 'WORKING WITH CEDAR'

"I use the coarse thread screws, and install them by hand. A ratcheting, forward-reversing, screwdriver is very beneficial. When installing many screws, I use my Milwaukee cordless screwdriver--- >6 position adjustable clutch >low torque…"

Nov 14, 2012

Michael Yeary replied to Chris Dykman's discussion 'WORKING WITH CEDAR'

" Hey Chris, I just posted a little while ago about using cedar. I seem to split the scrap I have been experimenting with. It makes sense to hand tighten. Cedar is very light and porous. I am glad I started looking through some of…"

Nov 14, 2012

Christopher James Cherry commented on Chris Dykman's photo

POTTING BENCH

"Very nice"

Sep 3, 2012

Chris Dykman replied to Chris Dykman's discussion 'PROBLEMS WITH K3'

"Such a great company they are - customer service got a hold of me and they're sending me a new base unit."

Apr 12, 2012

Da Bull replied to Chris Dykman's discussion 'PROBLEMS WITH K3'

"This is what happened to mine! Good Luck http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/wow-what-great-customer-service?xg_source=activity "

Apr 10, 2012

Chris Dykman posted a discussion

PROBLEMS WITH K3

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. Yesterday, while changing the clamp width on my K3, as 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 - it keeps coming out, and now I'm stuck with that setting. In looking at the K3 and K4 together, it appears the K4's clamping assembly is all…See More

Apr 10, 2012

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Chris Dykman replied to Rick Stewart's discussion 'Kreg Jig System Differences'

"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. Yesterday, while changing the clamp width on my K3, when I backed off the…"

Apr 10, 2012

Chris Dykman replied to Shift's discussion 'Arrrgh. Can't make tight joint with the kreg jig'

"When I'm working with soft woods (I use mostly cedar), I turn the screws by hand - you get a much better feel of where you are. If I have a big run, I use the Ryobi 4 volt drill with 0 torque - I find any other drill will drive the screws…"

Nov 2, 2011