Jerry Golick
06-12-2005, 11:09 PM
Greetings,
I have a couple of projects coming up which lend themselves to pocket hole joinery. I was all set to pick up the Kreg system, when a visit to my local tool store discovered a competitive system called the Blackjack Pocket Hole Jig.
What I liked about the Blackjack was that it seemed to be much better suited to handling variable widths of material from about 1/2 up to 6/4, where the Kreg seems to be pre-set for 3/4 (although I know you can use spacers to get around that issue). It was also about 70% of the cost of the Kreg system.
Information on the Internet seems to be lacking, so I thought I'd ask if anyone has encountered this product yet.
As a side note, I see that Kreg will be releasing a new set of components next month called K3, which will handle variable width material. Does anyone know anything about it?
Thanks very much.
I have a couple of projects coming up which lend themselves to pocket hole joinery. I was all set to pick up the Kreg system, when a visit to my local tool store discovered a competitive system called the Blackjack Pocket Hole Jig.
What I liked about the Blackjack was that it seemed to be much better suited to handling variable widths of material from about 1/2 up to 6/4, where the Kreg seems to be pre-set for 3/4 (although I know you can use spacers to get around that issue). It was also about 70% of the cost of the Kreg system.
Information on the Internet seems to be lacking, so I thought I'd ask if anyone has encountered this product yet.
As a side note, I see that Kreg will be releasing a new set of components next month called K3, which will handle variable width material. Does anyone know anything about it?
Thanks very much.