Drilling pocket holesThis also available in SpanishAt every woodworking show I have ever been to, there is always at least one vendor hawking their clever pocket hole drilling jig, and how you can use it to build stuff fast and without any time consuming joinery. That always annoys me a bit. There's no substitute for good joinery. But sometimes, pocket holes sure come in handy. But I refuse to buy one of those jigs, because of the whole connotation of slapping things together quickly.
The sacrificial piece of wood, if hard enough, can be reused by just drilling into
the already drilled holes again.
I used yet another rechnique for some much large pocket holes for this bed frame Back to the Shop tricks section |