pocket holes are a quick and easy way to puttogether a couple of boards but pocket hole jigs are difficult to findin europe and if you do find them they can be quiteexpensive now, making your own version of these pockethole jigs is not difficult but you still need this special drillbit witha step you really don'tthat's what they want you to think well, trying to use 2 different drillbitslike this won't really work because the small one is not long enough andyou will end up hitting the board but in most cases you will have access to both sides of the board so,
why not just drill a hole from each side? here is how to make a simple jig to accomplishthat i'm gonna use these two scraps but i'm notgonna glue them so we can take a look afterwards "i'm using dowels to keep alignment" "make sure both sides are parallel" "and the ends are square" "that's 120mm long" now, what i'm gonna do is cut this area atan angle so it can receive the board and then i'll drill the guide holes for bothdrillbits
i'll be using aluminum bushings because thatis what i have on hand i wan't this around here....i think "make a paper template of the board" i want the bit to enter through the centerline so i will align these two linesand i want an angle of 15 degrees that's close enough "mark the board area" "transfer the lines" now i have to remove this area
and this is the line of the holes let's head over to the drillpress "make sure it's square" "oops, not there yet" "bang it into squareness" "there" "let's check alignment" "insert and mark bushings" alright, at this point you are pretty muchdone but...
you still need a parallel surface to thisone so you can clamp the jig to the workpiece specially in this area which is where thedrillbit meets the workpiece so this works as any other jigyou just set your stop at wherever you want the head of the screw to sitclamp the workpiece and you drill both holesi usually start with the small one to prevent blowout but it doesn't matter now you might be thinking... well this jig only works for 16mm boards you are right, 16 or smaller
but that's really the most common thicknessi use, so i have a dedicated one then i have a bigger one that reaches 30mmyou can use this one for thicknesses between 30 and 16mmto make a custom set up for any other thickness you just have to align the bradpoint bit withthe center of the board and there you go the good thing about this is that you have a lot of flexibilityso you can choose where do you want the head of the screw to sit that's great when you are working with softer woods or just want to use regular countersink screws
you just leave more meat in the weak sideof the board so it doesn't split and for extra safety you can even throw awasher inside check the description below to find templatesof these jigs on my website and if you prefer to buy them i will add alsosome links to get them online in a few countries that's all, if you like what i do you canconsider supporting me on patreon or just go watch another video, and subscribeand maybe tell your granmother about this channel i don't know