Dowel jigs

[Bill Houghton]

I'm another who likes the Stanley 59; and they're not expensive on That Auction Site. Get a full set of bushings, if at all possible. Don't worry if you can't get the depth stop; not a terribly good design.

[Steven Lee, NC]

I got the Jessem for thick wood like interior doors and tables and it works great. Needed/wanted to be able to register dowels based off existing holes and the amazon one looks like it only has one hole for 1/2" and one for 7/16" so lining up more than one hole felt kind of dicey to me. And the two inch thick limitation was a turn off. As far as I'm concerned the holes don't need to be centered in the stock.

fellow creekers helped me find a pretty good source for fluted dowels so the dowels arent starved of glue.

https://woodpeckerscrafts.com/wooden...owel-pins.html

[Malcolm Schweizer]

I have the Jessem and it works flawlessly. I use it with cordless drills, but it would work just as well with a brace.

[lowell holmes]

A piece of wood the thickness of the offset on one side of the jig should do it.