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Comment by angie brashears on July 27, 2011 at 2:10am

thanks guys, great ideas, I'm going to try the extension Bill, thanks

Comment by Bill Vernon on July 26, 2011 at 7:42pm

Also, I have an older model..that came with extensions that go out about a foot . they are blue plastic pieces that butt right up to the jig. I took a 3/4 inch. piece of plywood about 2 foot x 3 foot wide and and mounted the jig and wings to the plywood. I leave it there all the time.... clamp it whereever I want or screw it down.....works great and with the 3 foot width I can put big boards on it....You can do the same thing with boards out to the side. make em the same thickness as jig....works great....

Comment by Bill Vernon on July 26, 2011 at 7:29pm

If you use your kreg jig alot and also have a work bench, take a piece of plywood the same thickness as your benchtop...make the piece just bigger than your jig and screw your jig to this piece, set the jig on the bench where you will want to work with it. scribe around it. cut the bench out where the piece will fit. Cut down the front of the bench deep enough so the jig will go down and be flush with top of bench. mount blocks under and beside plywood so jig with plywood slides in and out. adjust this so it is even with top of bench. you can leave this in or make a duplicate piece to slide in and use the bench without the jig being there....keep on Jigging !!!!!!

Comment by William Frederick on July 11, 2011 at 9:03pm

Hey Angie. I used some MDF scrap and built the wood up until it is even with the top. It can be any type of wood you may have. I did this on both sides. There is a picture or two on my page how I set up my Kreg Jig. This is very useful for supporting longer pieces and It is easy to clamp it to a table.

Comment by Jens Jensen on June 29, 2011 at 10:55pm

take some stock same thickness as your jig and lay out under wood and use that  leave level on wall

Comment by Mike Robson on June 28, 2011 at 8:00pm

use a couple scrap boards on eather side of the jig to support the larger pieces...or make a table so the jig is lower then the table top, but level with the feed area so it clamps the board level.

Comment by R. E. Woods on June 28, 2011 at 9:43am

I am just starting on a project with some large pieces. I have my jig mounted in a way that it is flush with the adjacent surface to provide support. There are pictures on this site. Look for "completed" posted this year on January 30th. There are other jig mounts on this site that use other means of supporting the workpiece.