Kreg sawdust jig relief

[James Lindemulder]

We have found the holes in the three hole block imeed the discharge of sawdust during the final depth of the drill bit. We do a lot of hard wood work which appears to be when this plugging of the discharge holes occures. We were wondering if anyone else has this problem and if a solution would be to lower the relief holes to allow sawdust discharge nearer the base of the block.

[james wilhelm]

They do make a vac, attachment to fit on Kreg jigs ,  I hooked my to a shop vac and it helps

[David Dean]

I use a Kreg scerw box.

[Jay Boutwell]

I have the K-2 Kreg and it has no hole in it base for saw dust or wood chips and I have no problem with it.  Mine is one of the best jigs Kreg build and was one of the first K-2 models and were not manufactured with the hole.    At one time Kreg Tools offered the drilling of the jig by sending it to their company and it would be drilled as a up grade.  My thinking at the time is why mess with a good thing that worked and I elected not to have it done.   So far I have never found the need for the holes.  In a cabinet shop I  drill all types of wood from soft woods, hard woods, plywoods and even melamine and chip board with out the difficulty of chips binding and or pluging the boring hole.  The hole debris come up the drill flutes and fall out the top of the jig. The only upgrade I have done to the jig is add a air cylinger clamp to the jig.