Custom Jig Settings - Kreg Owners' Community2024-03-29T10:30:19Zhttps://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/custom-jig-settings?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A607936&feed=yes&xn_auth=noKregCS said:
Mark,
When usi…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2014-03-24:2900167:Comment:6080452014-03-24T21:36:30.108ZMark J Kristanhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/MarkJKristan
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>KregCS said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/custom-jig-settings?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A607936&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2900167Comment607936"><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Mark,</p>
<p>When using the jig you will not want the bit to come through your material. The drill but should stop just short of coming out your piece. This allows for the screw to still have threads in the piece allowing you to have a stronger…</p>
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<p><br/> <br/> <cite>KregCS said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/custom-jig-settings?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A607936&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2900167Comment607936"><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Mark,</p>
<p>When using the jig you will not want the bit to come through your material. The drill but should stop just short of coming out your piece. This allows for the screw to still have threads in the piece allowing you to have a stronger joint. </p>
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<p>With your situation, you will want to set everything up for 7/8" settings and then use a 1 1/2" screw. If you have any other questions please let us know.</p>
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<p>Thank you, this is what I was asking, will those four through holes significantly reduce the joints' strength - I will replace that one piece that has some through holes. It is curious why you say to set things to 7/8", though\, I mean 15/16 is a difference of only .0625" so I guess it is probably inconsequential, but I set the step bit and the piece that slides to about half way between 7//8" and one inch for the seven holes in each of the other two runners (all fourteen of those holes are non -through). </p>
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</blockquote> Mark,
When using the jig you…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2014-03-24:2900167:Comment:6079362014-03-24T21:22:04.398ZKregCShttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/KregCS
<p>Mark,</p>
<p>When using the jig you will not want the bit to come through your material. The drill but should stop just short of coming out your piece. This allows for the screw to still have threads in the piece allowing you to have a stronger joint. </p>
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<p>With your situation, you will want to set everything up for 7/8" settings and then use a 1 1/2" screw. If you have any other questions please let us know. </p>
<p>Mark,</p>
<p>When using the jig you will not want the bit to come through your material. The drill but should stop just short of coming out your piece. This allows for the screw to still have threads in the piece allowing you to have a stronger joint. </p>
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<p>With your situation, you will want to set everything up for 7/8" settings and then use a 1 1/2" screw. If you have any other questions please let us know. </p> Hi Hugh, thanks for the reply…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2014-03-23:2900167:Comment:6079952014-03-23T22:02:37.507ZMark J Kristanhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/MarkJKristan
<p>Hi Hugh, thanks for the reply, but that isn't exactly my problem. One of the two issues I mentioned I really don't think should be a problem so I'm not going to worry about that but my question really is about the significance of some of the holes being through holes. The jig is designed so that, if you set the bit step and the sliding piece to the thickness of your workpiece, the bit doesn't quite drill all the way through, so the screw bites into a bit of the workpiece the holes are…</p>
<p>Hi Hugh, thanks for the reply, but that isn't exactly my problem. One of the two issues I mentioned I really don't think should be a problem so I'm not going to worry about that but my question really is about the significance of some of the holes being through holes. The jig is designed so that, if you set the bit step and the sliding piece to the thickness of your workpiece, the bit doesn't quite drill all the way through, so the screw bites into a bit of the workpiece the holes are drilled into. Four of the seven holes on one of the runners are through holes, I'm wondering if this may significantly reduce the joints' strength. Even those four holes come out pretty much in the centre of the piece. I played with the settings to make the screws go farther into the runners before contacting the piece because not very much of the screw was coming out the other side, but I'm just going to buy longer screws to deal with that. What I want to know is should I be concerned about those through holes, or for a fairly light duty application like this should I be okay.</p> If I understand your explanat…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2014-03-23:2900167:Comment:6079722014-03-23T17:47:53.361ZHugh Clarehttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/HughClare
<p>If I understand your explanation correctly, you have two problems with the way you set up the jig. The first is that your screw won't exit the work piece in the center of the thickness. The second is that you reduce the amount of wood between the screw head and the joint, increasing the risk of tear-out.</p>
<p>If I understand your explanation correctly, you have two problems with the way you set up the jig. The first is that your screw won't exit the work piece in the center of the thickness. The second is that you reduce the amount of wood between the screw head and the joint, increasing the risk of tear-out.</p>