DIY Pocket Hole Machine
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- čas přidán 6. 04. 2017
- You can download a free set of plans on my website.
Using 1 3/4" sheet of melamine particle board, a basic kreg jig and an old drill I created a pocket hole machine. The melamine is used as it is very durable and slippery to easily move to the next hole. The clamping mechanism is a poly caster to keep the build simple. It is set up only to drill pocket holes in 3/4" stock but you could easliy adjust the fence and drill bit to do larger or smaller sizes.
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Oh wow. The Lego style highlighted model in the corner is genius. Such a good way to keep viewers understanding whats being worked on.
Steven Richter w
and the stickers make sure you know who you are watching
Actually had to pause the video to make sure that was in the comments. Really nice touch!
Your graphics depicting what each cut is for are really helpful. I've not seen this technique before. Very helpful for the viewer.
Thank You! For sorting out the plans, CAD-ing them up, and making them available for Free!
Love the way that you have the plan for the jig superimposed on the video. Lots of videos don't even show the finished product till the end and it's hard to figure out what's going on. Cool jig!
the opening animation illustrating all of the components - brilliant!
Nicely done, man. Very cool.
Like it says in the song, "You make my heart sing!", Thank You for this.
I like the little visualization of which part you're cutting/assembling. Great vid & project! Thanks!
thanks, it was a lot of extra work so I hope it helps fallow along especially anyone that wants to build one.
I am so amazed you offer FREE plans on your site. Thank you so much 👍
Dude, you have heaps of raw talent. I love watching your build videos. Thank you for taking the time to post them, it is what helps to make the world a better place.
Thank you.
Thanks for doing the overlay. I know it was a lot of work, but it makes it feel more like we're following along.
Man, this is such a cool project. I just happened to find it and I have probably watched this and the update videos at least 5 times each in the past week. You got me hooked and now I feel like I really need one in my shop. I have a big miter saw station that I'm getting ready to build and I want to do it almost all in pocket holes, and considering how many holes I'm going to be drilling, this is the only way to do it efficiently. Thank you for the inspiration and the plans!
I love the way you colour code your work. Thank you for your great video.
Amazingly steady hands . Using a router so precisely with no jig, no guide, is rare. Same for jigsaw etc. Bravo.
Great Video! Thank You for sharing your design and plans with the rest of us. I particularly liked the video enhancement showing which part was being machined.
im not usually one to mess around with dead tree carcasses, being a metal guy, but i just cant stop watching your videos haha! you've got some really cool tools here! i enjoy watching the builds. i started with your DIY CNC router, and cannot stop watching. cheers bud!
You are a very talented individual. Thank you for sharing that talent.
Great project. I'm just a weekend warrior who spent time helping my dad in his shop before he passed away several years ago. I wish I had the space to have kept his tools. Viewing the video of these projects being assembled is a huge help. I was electrocuted 5 years ago. Areas of the brain responsible for retention of information were affected. Seeing things being done is a big deal for me.
I came in contact with a lamp that wasn't grounded properly after the band I played in finished our gig. Been dealing with a migraine type headache 24/7 for almost 5 years. I'm on disability.
I take quite a bit of pain medication. Sometimes it helps and sometimes it doesn't. Thanks for the encouragement. Hoping it'll stop one day but I'm not overly optimistic.
I know this is an old thread and all but couldn't just not say anything.
My father suffered from constant migraines for 3 years after a work accident. Medication only helped spuradically and he finally tried CBD oil. He no longer has migraines 24/7 and actually has a life again. CBD is a chemical compound in the cannabis plant(THC is another chemical in the plant and is what gets you "high") which carries most of the medical benefits the plant can offer without the getting stoned effect. Don't know what your thoughts or opinions are on the cannabis plant but I implore you to look into CBD products and see how they help.
It's my fathers only solution he could find.
Fantastically, Brilliantly, Well Made. Well Done.
Barry (ENG)
Tip Top job.!!!
And video, especially the lack of unnecessary faff.
The whole time I was like "this is dumb, there's no point to this." Then at the end I put my foot in my mouth. Good job dude.
good as good as ever and the side window with explanations is really a excellent thought with a little ingenuity you managed to save a lot of money, so still good.
I’m definitely going to be building one of these this weekend. Excellent video!
Ingenious. You have a great talent. Thank you for sharing.
The ultimate of awesome mate, gotta have a go at this, thanks for sharing
A nice job
Nice Job! Thank You for sharing.
This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. lol Excellent project.
Genius design, great project execution.
Thanks for posting this video, bro.
I know narration isn't required, but IMHO it makes the video more interesting.
+ttpenman combined with my free plans imo it doesn't need it and I suck at it lol
Not being critical, just my personal opinion. This was a great video. I hope I can give it a try.
Awesome job!
This is pretty sweet. Thanks for sharing.
It looks great. You did a nice job. Congratulations!
Very nice job! Such sweet irony using a mini to build a foreman!!!
Oh yes! So cool!
This is a really great design. I think too save space a small shop, you could build it into the back fence of the chopsaw bench. It would always be available, and still be able to pocket hole long and short pieces, even up to 24 inches wide [ or wider ] without interfering with the chopsaw station, and taking valuable shop table space.
This is next level. Awesome job
Man, I absolutely love this video. Very ingenious, well thought out.
+David Mitchell thanks
Very cool. Great job, well done, cheers.
Outstanding !!
Nice work.
How about a hightadjustment for smaller or bigger pieces of Wood?
What Kind of Drillingmachine Do you use?
That is really quite ingenious!
Looks great good job, well done!
First time commenting on CZcams. This is freaking impressive
great idea. great video. great music. well done!
Wow that is amazing!
awesme build
FINALLY someone made good plans for wooden tool man's pocket hole machine. Thanks dude!
+paradoxicalghostX lol
Excellent job!!
Awsome build
how simply you did the great JOB
Pretty slick!
Great job.
Awesome build, is it adjustable or just set for 3/4" stock?
Really impressive.
For more accuracy when mounting things like the drill, cover the drill with scotch tape to act like a release agent. You're going to make a cradle for it. Make a small boxed in area slightly bigger than the area around where the drill goes. Mix up Bondo and fill in the boxed area. Push the tape covered drill into the Bondo where it belongs. Use scraps and clamps to hold it in place while the Bondo sets up. When it's set up pull the drill out and remove the tape. Sand away what isn't needed and then use straps or bracing to clamp it down tightly.
Just another suggestion about the same problem. In the video, it shows mounting the drill on a cradle near the chuck, putting some plumbing strapping over it to hold it down and presto!, it's a perfect fit. I could not get mine perfect and had to use the full sheet of melamine board to create a new sled-carrier and sides of the box (too full of screw holes while I was trying to find perfect angle). First of all, when you create the cradle to hold up the front of the drill make sure the body of the drill is as flat as it can lay on the carrier; do not try to angle the chuck upward to achieve the entry angle; let the angle of the sled-carrier do that. To find the correct plane, the easiest thing for me was to mark the center line on the sled. I had already mounted my kreg basic jig and drilled through the top of the box. I took a 3/8" dowel (check for absolute straightness; very important) and fed it down the exit hole of the jig about 8" or 9". This gives you a visual reference of the plane the sled needs to be in. Just by sight you'll be able to line up the sled-carrier within a few degrees of parallel to the dowel. Mark a pencil line on both of the sides both above and below the carrier. Remove the dowel and chuck the kreg step bit into your drill and insert it into the lower hole of the kreg jig. Insert bit all the way in and adjust the carrier until the sled touches the bottom of the drill being sure your sled-carrier is parallel to your lines on both sides. Mark new pencil lines on sides for final position and put x's through your old lines. Remove carrier and sled, mount drill as per video (with bit directly centered over centerline) and install carrier and sled with screws after test checking that the bit will freely move into the jig. If you can get within a few degrees, you're fine. Backing out the step bit does not result in the bit exiting the jig and becoming misaligned with the entry hole. Once the bit is inside the kreg basic jig the tip stays in when the bit is lowered from the workpiece. The front of the box keeps the sled from coming back far enough to disengage the bit from the kreg jig. As long as I'm writing a book (sorry), one last comment. I see that in the video, the poster removed the plug from the drill. I just used a 16 gauge extension cord to bring power to my on/off switch. Rather than cut the plug off my drill I opted to wire in the receptacle end of the extension cord and have the switch energize the plug (I left about 10" of cord on the receptacle to do this.) Once the receptacle is mounted to front panel, just plug the unaltered drill into it and you'll still have the option of having a corded drill.
Very good job! I don't do enough pocket holes to justify the space for a dedicated machine but if I did I'd build this one. Most pocket holes are used on 3/4 material. My older Kreg jig is not adjustable and I haven't thrown it away in favor of replacing it with a new one. Good design well built. Thanks for sharing.
thanks
Great idea and video. Thanks a lot for Sharing...
Good job!.Thanks a lot.
Great job dude
Awesome
Thats amazing!!!!!!
Superb and well thought off ,amazing skills bro.
Excellent 👍
bravo , mucho ingenio !!!!!
this is awesome!!!!
Ironic that the pocket hole machine doesn't have that many pocket holes. Good build. Keep it up.
Two thumbs waaaay up!!!
Very cool
really cool ,good job
Thanks
fantastic piece of work, I am so going to give this a go. Thanks for the free plans for this too. keep up the good work. Pete from UK
peter wilkes thanks Pete. If you make it please send me a pic and I'll post on my website.
Extra fancy with the paint job....well done.
+Kevin Dumais thanks
great Project 👍
Very nice working build.
Great job bud. I’m really enjoying your videos. I’m thinking I might incorporate one of these into the feed out side of my mitre saw station as it can all sits flush with the bench top and support long lengths. A couple of upgrades being a sliding back fence for different thickness panels and a spring loaded hold down clamp attached to the handle so when you pull the handle down it holds the piece in place. Also attaching a spring to the handle or slide for self return, or does the weight of the drill on its slide already do that? Anyway.... great job and well thought out.
I want one! That is way cool!
Genius!
You guy are creative genius... and so fast 😳😉
Good work.Awesome
I'm sold... and subbed. Nice work
can you still find drills that will power on without pushing a trigger? that would be needed for this jig correct?
That was fun!
Amazing!!
Salut et bravo super boulot,vous êtes un artiste.
pretty nice, fabolouse
That's an awesome build, an inspiration! Once my workshop's up & running I may have to put one together - I don't have access to the funds for a Foreman! Thanks for the video and the plans.
Good build. 👍
great job
that is Awesome!!
Great job! The price of the foreman is a bit much for me, and I have that little pocket hole piece already, as it came with my K-4 kit!! Thanks for making the plans available!!
Awesome build!!
Thanks
This is such a great project! Looks easy to make and easy to keep up with! I can't imagine how much money you save by making this at home versus purchasing the keep jig for this. Thanks for the video!
Thanks
Great job!!
It's brilliant.
thanks
👍👍GREAT job ,enjoyed it
Nicely done !
+BradPittlike thanks Brad Pitt
What are the specs on that cylinder? I'm having an issue locating one that doesn't seem way to large.
it's vary good work
Well done! You could pick up an inexpensive small shop vac to dedicate to this machine. Hardwire it to the pocket hole machine so it comes on with the main switch. But you already know this being an electrician.
Please watch my video on building the cart for this
I don't see the piece that attaches the drill plate to the handle in your cut sheet. Am I missing something?
Thats just one FREAKING cool project!! The recording is from so many right angles+hq. The editing is one of the best "top notch" quality, ive ever seen; Shortens video, but still shows everything! BIG thumbs up on the 3d lego visuals! Really explains more complicated builds. This project is a masterpiece, in its complicated simplicity, a beauty! A question: Are you planning on glueing on a thin "steel sheet" layer on the top, cause sooner or later that surface is going to chip or scratch. If you do, please update a short video. But, most importantly: KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!! 😁 Subscribed 😉 Cheers from Sweden 😊
Thanks. No I don't think with how much I use it that the top would ever get damaged. If I were using this is a production shop for sure that would be a good idea. Cheers from Canada :)