5 Kreg Jig tips & tricks you might not know about! (Sponsored)
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- 5 secrets about your Kreg Pocket Hole Jig that you might not know.
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Oh for cryin' out loud... I've owned a number of Kreg jigs for a couple years, and in about 4 minutes, I learned more about them here than I did the entire time I owned them! Dang... I love this channel.
Glad Kreg continue to support WWMM. It's a no brainer. Ive started binge watching old videos and have my K4 on order thanks to videos from before they became a real sponsor. Steve's genuine love and demos of the product sells it well.
My most faviourite wood working channel !!
Steve, thanks for all the years of sharing your knowledge of woodworking here on the channel. Ron from NJ.
Ha! I've had the smaller pocket hole kit from Kreg for many years (and just love it!) and had no idea I could store the bits in the bottom. I am DENSE. Thanks for the tips.
What the HELL!!!! I didn't know my K4 had a place for the drill bit and driver below. Thanks Steve.
You are not alone....lol
Frank Allison i'm surprised Kreg would not share that info on the packaging.
My first thought exactly! Missing a selling point for such a small amount of print and maybe a picture.
I knew about the bit and driver, but could never figure out what to do with the allen key!
I've had my K4 for about 18 months, and this video is how I found it too.. wtf!
Thanks for helping me get started in woodworking! I just made a shooting range target stand! Very simple with a crude result, but it’s the first thing I’ve made from wood and look forward to making more (and of better quality than the shooting stand)!
Steve you by far have been the best educator on wood working. Thank you for everything you do and post. You are awesome
Thank you for making a clickbait title question but then putting the answer to the question in the thumbnail! Fantastic.
I love the anti-clickbait thumbnail!
Another helpful tip that I learned from an old school carpenter years ago is that sometimes even if you drill a pilot hole in hardwoods it will still split sometimes.
An easy fix to that problem is to have a candle or a bar of soap handy to lube the threads of the screw.
I've never split a piece of wood doing that!!
Great video Steve!!
A Bar of soap also works well too!
Thank uou so much for this channel. As a new weekend wood-hacker, your tips & tricks are invaluable!
Real quick, I'm trying to sort this this pocket hole thing out. Another video I watched, said once your peices are glued and set, to remove the pocket hole screws, as they are no longer needed and can be reused. I found this surprising, as it seemed like a lot of work to simply use pocket holes as clamps while the glue sets.
I've always loved your approach to woodworking. Keep it simple and where anyone can do it.
Thanks Jarod!
@@SteveRamsey - I've been watching your channel for 6+ years. I think the tea light candle holder with 3 candles was the first video of yours I saw.
I looooove the to-the-point captions in your thumbnails! Thanks for being the least clickbaity person on RUclips.
And there you have it. All VERY useful information from WWMM. Thanks Steve
You put the answer in the thumbnail. I love that. Wasn't looking for this video or thinking about this topic but I learned something just by seeing the title and thumbnail.
Hi Steve, again a fine video from you. Thanks for that. Your videos inspired me a lot in my descission to spend more time in my "shop".
I also would like to thank you for pointing me to the Kreg tools. I recently purchased the K5, a whole bunch of screws and some Bench Clamps with the Automaxx technology.
As a beginning woodworker I just love those things. Keep up the good work and greetings from Belgium!
How much did it cost
Great info and from the comments Kreg might improve their package instructions to include more about the hidden features. I just discovered a hidden compartment on a used sewing machine I purchased and was happier than a pig in a puddle on a hot summer day. Great info about the reasoning for different screws in pine vs. hardwoods, too. Thank you, Steve. Kreg should hire you to do tv commercials during this winter holiday time since you already have a bazillion international fans online.
I always enjoy your videos! I don't even own a pocket hole jig, nor do I feel the need to get one, but I like your style so I watch anyway :)
They're the Ants Pants for woodworking newbies, basically for everyone who loves to DIY :)
Outstanding instruction is hard to find, thank you for providing that here.
I just have the little two-hole clamp-on jig from them. It works really well but is kind of a pain to hold in position while I hold the workpiece and get a clamp on it with only two hands. I'd really like to get one of those bigger ones someday. I enjoy your videos, Steve. Someday I'd like to have the tools and time to learn more advanced joinery, but for now, thanks for making woodworking accessible to us relative newbies!
I had a job interview at Kreg recently in Huxley, IA. It seemed like a really cool place. I even got to see the factory floor where the stuff was made. The interviewer was surprised at how much Kreg stuff I was able to recognize. They make really good products and really seem to have a good atmosphere in their factories. Anyway, thanks for the video. I picked up some cool tips.
Hola Steve, ese golpe en la uña de tu pulgar izquierdo es una demostración de tu trabajo, ¡gracias por tan instructivo vídeo!
¡Internet es una hermosa herramienta!
I am stoked! Waiting for the Kreg 320 and the K5master to arrive in the mail.Feel like a kid who can't sleep Christmas eve .Hubby say 's you'd better good use out of those things. Hahah
Did not know about the storage and love the vacuum attachment on mine works great!!! Thanks for another great video
Hey Steve, your channel is ace and inspired me to design and build a shed for my BBQ. I never got round to putting doors on it as... well it works alright without them. Keep up the good work.
Kreg has very useful jigs and accessories. But, they're very expensive in my country. Thank you for sharing. Thanks to Kreg for sponsoring the show.
Great video. You really do have a way of conveying a long message in a short time. Cheers.
Great Video Steve! Really appreciate all of your videos, I recently got much more involved in woodworking and your channel has been a huge help in building my confidence and sparking some project ideas. I made some really nice wood working projects for my family this year and I'm more excited about Christmas than I have been in years because of it!
I took an entire semester of wood working in 7th grade, got a back scratcher out of that.
I have learned more from your videos then that entire semester way back when in middles school.
Well thank you!
I just have the little 20 dollar pocket hole Kreg jig. I got it thinking I wouldn’t use it all the time, but I do. Pocket holes have made a ton of my projects a lot easier, and I love Kregs stuff.
A great video jammed packed with so much information. You rock Steve.
I have the k4 and did not know about the underneath storage. Awesome. Thanks Steve!
Have a K5... and I've built a lot of stuff with it. Still learned something new.
That's a great, succinct explanation of fine/coarse thread issue.
Thank you!
Thanks for more great information Steve. This weekend I’m building your rolling lumber storage cart. Can’t wait to get organized.
Steve you always have really good tips. Thanks I use a lot of Kreg products so this helps out. Keep putting them out.
I like the way that you said there are things that we might not know about. Usually videos are worded in a way that makes you feel like the video maker thinks you're stupid, like " things that you never knew existed ".
K4 jig......mind blown! never knew that! Cheers Steve!
We always learn something from Steve, Thank you.
Wow. I had no idea about the storage under the Kreg unit. Thank you Sir!!!
Wow. I've had the k4 for some time now. Had no idea that storage existed under the jig. So glad you shared that.
Thanks for the tip some of us learns some thing from you each time
Thanks for the tips. Amazing how many people in the tips didn't know about the underside storage, ummm, including me!
Loved this. Just bought my first K4 jig and am starting to build stuff with it. Great tips here as always from WW4MM \m/
Awesome Steve! Well done!
Steve, have always liked your videos. This K4 “secret” storage is great.
Been using the K4 for over 6 years and never knew about the storage places. Thanks.
Thanks Steve! Already knew about the screws but learned my K4 has secret storage spots on the bottom. Good stuff!
I love my K5. I have not yet needed the stop block but I might try it now
Mines nearly 20 years old, would the same bit storage be true? If so, I greatly appreciate your help, that's amazing information that I've yet to notice!
The 2x4 extension, and vacuum attachment, however, I don't think are options for the design. Regardless, I want to thank you for all of the useful content you provide, and Happy to learn of the sponsorship! Congratulations.
I love this channel
Have you experienced tear out along the sides of the pocket holes in soft woods? If so what is causing that? How can I avoid it? I can sand afterwards but trying to get crisper pocket holes. I'm working with pine and MDF.
This was an awesome quickie crash course on the kreg jig. I'll be byong one of these some day I hope.
Another great video....I have a Kreg 1 (don't know the number but I know it is not a 4). I just wish Kreg had some sort of trade-in program so I could upgrade to a K5.
Great video. But I am surprised no one has done a video yet on using "just the jig" to fix existing furniture on tight spots that is hard for the entire base to use.
another side benefit of the vacuum is is cools the drill bit very fast. lot of cool air going past the bit as it goes through the material. If you need to do many pocket holes in a project. Get the K5, it becomes a serious time saver. I built a bed with the smallest one and it added hours to the project due to moving it all the time.
Holy crap there's storage below my K4? My mind is blown. Thanks, Steve!
Thanks for this, I just got a K4 jig 2 days ago!
Steve I'm looking to buy a Kreg pocket hole jig soon. Should I buy the 4 or 5? Great videos, fun and informative!
Awesome tips
Clearly I never read my manual b/c I didn't know about the little gray stop block. Oops! Didn't know about the under storage, but since mine is always mounted to a board I don't get to take advantage of that. Thankfully I splurged for the K5 so everything is stored there.
Thanks for the info & tips!
That hammered thumb, get well soon :)
All nice if you own a K5 but only one mention of the K4. Glad to hear they got the height right on the K%, for supports for the K$ I have to use a double thickness of 5/8 OSB.
Always informative videos, thanks. I have a k4 still in it's box that I haven't been able to get around to using yet. 😒 Think I will check it out real soon lol
In Kreg’s manual they suggest driving a screw halfway in and reverse out and then drive it home, this does help with hardwoods.
Kreg doesn't probably want to hear it, but I love my generic pocket hole jig. Aluminum. None of the fancy add-ons, however. Great video!
Great tips, I didn't know !!
You must have a PHD in wood working I have learned so much from you New Sub here
Using the vacuum attachment to remove the sawdust generally keeps the drill bit cooler so it will last longer.
Any tips on joining 1/2-in plywood together with pocket holes? I've read tons of comments saying people do it all the time and have seen videos of people making 1/2-in ply drawer boxes with them, but no matter how many times I try, it never works.
Thanks for d tips Steve. 👍
I didn't even know this was a problem, good to know in case I use some in one of my future videos.
Thanks for the info Steve! 👍👊
Great video Steve thank you
Love this! Just got a K5.
I did not know the bit storage was under the K4 jig. Neither did I know there was a place to store the allen wrench. I glued a magnet inside my storage box to hold the wrench. Thanks for the info!
Great video as always. Hey, if the K5 can use a 2x4 for supports, what can the K4 use? I think it's a hair short of 1 inch. Plywood?
I'm waiting for my free K5 jig to show up. I'm a noobie at this kinda stuff but it looks so easy. Thanks for the tips Steve, by the way, did you drop Microjig lol.
I for one would like to thank Kreg for sponsoring Steve, I really like how he teaches. Most of the time when I watch his vids I kinda go "Hmm, I didn't know that"
Love the K5, I wonder when home depot and Lowe's will start carrying them in store and ditch the K4
Lowe's doesn't carry anything good anymore. You can only find the basic stuff, and it is crap. I find better selections at Home Depot and Menards.
I know there’s tons of videos on RUclips but can you make a how to make corn hole video? I would love to see your take on it
Is that little gray block the Micro jig for the kreg pocket hole system?
My ACS 3000 system arrived today. I am not so keen over the blue plastic but I will say my other Kreg jigs have held up surprisingly well.
i LIKE that 2x4 trick!
The user manual says that using the vacuum attachment also lowers the heat and makes the bit last longer.
I have issues w stripping out the wood when joining quite often. Do you have any advice?
You are probably driving the screws in too fast or with a lot of torque. You can use the clutch on your drill to stop before the screw gets too tight. Or, what I like to do, drill the screws in most of the way, then use a hand-screwdriver to tighten them.
I love the dust port on my Kreg K5 ig *except* that it constantly pops off with the slights resistance on my vacuum hose. It's really quite annoying but I put up with it because the shavings are more annoying.
And I would like to thank you for being that creepy looking old dude that's full of practical wisdom all woodworkers can benefit from.
Please do more of these.
A third advantage of using the vacuum attachment is the drill bit stays cooler, much cooler.
The only reason why I haven't upgraded from the k4 to the k5 is because I've heard mixed reviews regarding the screw that holds the depth adjustment on the jig in place. On the k4 the depth adjustment is held in place by a brass screw but I've heard it was a different design on the k5 and that it doesn't hold it securely which results in slippage and too deep of holes... Do you have any experience or knowledge on this? Thanks
I've had the K5 for as long as it's been out, and though I've heard of this issue, I've never had it happen under frequent use.
I choose to reward your anti clickbaity thumbnail by watching the video in its entirety. Thanks for being awesome
what about making a Longboard? you´re videos are amazing
Also vacuum keeps the bit cooler and make drilling faster because you don't have to drill, pull out drill pull out, it's just one shot done
I love my Kreg Jig!
Try the Kreg Foreman. Thanks Steve.
Nice video.
I bought the k5 master kit love it
I like that you painted just one of your fingernails the exact shape of a hammer head...
How about the compartment under the plastic in the Dremel accessory packs! Threw them away for years!
Interesting. I’ll be making some cabinets using pocket screws in a few weeks.