K2 Master, drill depth and screen sizes

[Eric Palmer]

I have come across a pristine K2 Master and am excited to build projects, It seems to have everything it is supposed to even a blue plastic 2 hole portable.

The face clam seems a little small to hold the blue portable to 2x4s in the center.

The directions are a bit light and there are no depth guides with the product. 

I will mostly to start with connect 2x4 to 2x4 and 2x4 to 3/4 stock.  I found the screw size and type chart which answers my questions about connecting material that has the same thickness.

How do I determine the screew length for connecting stock to other stock with a different thickness?

Also how do I determine drill depth?

Thanks

Eric Palmer

[Eric Palmer]

Here are some photos of the kit I have.

Definitely a k2 master kit.

The contents of the kit except for the pocket pieces.

The pocket pieces. I don't have the screws to connect the parts together.  In the right picture I'm holding what appears to be an end stop with the holes lined up.

I haven't used the K2 jig yet. Everything we have built so far has been with 2x4 lumber.  As I mentioned before we did get the Kreg K3DGB K3 Drill Guide Block and Kreg KPDGB Jig Portable Drill Guide and have been using that.  Once we get our workbench built I will attach the k2 to a base and start building projects with 1/2 stock. We have a lot of projects lined up for the fall and I'm sure we will end up using all of these parts and the new ones I have bought. 

I have a little wood working experience (mostly shelves and things like that). My 14 year old daughter has only built a electric smoker caddy before. She built the workbench below on Sunday.  We both are very impressed with the Kreg System. We are also lucky to have a woodcraft store nearby so we can get fasteners in a hurry if we need them.  Once we settle on projects and stock sizes we will buy the fasteners in bulk.

Again thanks for everyone's help. The instruction manual is awesome. We can't wait for the weekend to come soon enough!

Eric (and Alison).

[James Waller]

Very nice Kreg workbench.

I had built 4 of these benches myself. One as a desk used at work witch was enclosed and doors added to front. Two and three was my corner computer desk, one was 54"L x 24"W and other was 30"L and 24"W. Forth was an assembly table, but now serving as a table in the kitchen and hope to add drawers to it.

[Will Wyatt]

David Dean said:

thanks jame's that was cool.

James Waller said:

Hello Eric! :)

Now you said "K2", are you sure it's not "K3" or "K4"?

I found a users manual for the K2, just click on link below....

K2

...it tells you how to set your drill bit for different sizes and probably other info you might need. It's in PDF format and you can save it to your hard drive to perhaps print out for future use.

As for connecting 2x4 to 3/4" stock you should be able to do it. Just try it on some scraps using 3/4" settings. Use 1 1/4" screws and make sure they don't extrude out the 3/4" board.

That manual is for the K2000, not the K2. Does anyone have a manual for the old K2?