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I’ve wanted to get a fancy Kreg K4 or Kreg K5 pocket hole jig for a while now but just didn’t want to spend the money. So, since I had the Kreg R3 system already, I decided to build a custom DIY kreg jig base for it!

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Kreg R3 Jig: [ Ссылка ]
Baltic Birch Plywood: [ Ссылка ]
Black Formica Sheet: [ Ссылка ]
Toggle Clamp: [ Ссылка ]
5/16” knob: [ Ссылка ]

This diy pocket hole jig is like turbo charging your Kreg jig! No more trying to clamp the pocket hole jig onto the board over and over again. Now, just set the board onto the Kreg R3 jig and flip over the toggle clamp and drill the pocket hole! DONE! Faster than ever!

Or, I guess you could just buy the fancy jig….
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00:00 DIY Pocket Hole Jig Station
00:30 How the Pocket Hole Base works
00:48 Save Money!
01:04 DIY Pocket Hole Jig Plans
01:19 Layout of the Base
01:55 Clever Table Saw Trick
02:11 Spindle Sanding using a Drill Press
02:37 Gluing Formica to Plywood
02:55 Trimming the Formica Laminate
03:22 Making the Kreg R3 Bracket Block
04:12 Check the Fit of the Pocket Hole Jig
04:58 Drilling the Hole for the Pocket Hole Clamp
05:34 Quick Tip!
06:16 Dust Collection Port
06:34 Final Assembly
07:03 Toggle Clamp Installation


then stopped to saw and made the remaining cuts.
To finish cutting, i used the bandsaw.
Finally, to blend the saw cuts into the radius, I used spindle sanders on drill press. Super handy. Links in description below.
Formica. Trying to up the quality and look of my shop equipment, so i decided to glue some black formica onto the base of this jig. This is not required, but definitely gives a premo looks. TIP: formica is $50 for a 4x8 sheet. This is way cheaper than buying black melamine from the wood store.
Once the glue dried, i used a flush trim bit to trim the formica, and then went back and used a chamfering bit to eash over the edge.
Block
The mounted block could be made out of a large piece of wood, but I watned to use the scrap from my 12x12 sheet of baltic birch.
Glueing small blocks together like this is a challenge, so I used extra clamps and scrap wood to keep the edges perfectly aligned.
Kreg cutout: cutting out the pocket for the R3 kreg jig is critical. It is really important that you make sure that the depth of the pocket allows the jig to become flush with the front of the block, and the width should be a snug but easily assembled fit. Trust me, this makes clamping later on much easier.
This design uses a stepped pocket, where the wider pocket actually clamps the jig, and the narrower, but deeper pocket, is simply for clearance.
I highly suggest checking the fit as you go. You definitely dont want to mess this part up.
Drill the crosshole throught the block. Make sure to set the drill back far enough taht it does not pass through the pocket created for the jig. YOu dont want the bolt to hit the jig.
It turns out that my holes did not drill very straight, so I had to go bsack with a twist bit to open the holes up a little bit so that the bolt could fit though.

Grab the base and mark the locations for the screws and then predill and countersink them through the base.
To amke sure everything stays aligned, i clamped the block to the base, and then predrilled and ran some screws into it. Quick tip: wax screws
I took the screws right back out so that I could then slit the block and cut the dust collection hole.
Looking back, I should have cut the dust collection hole before slitting the block, but oh well. I got it figured out. #mistakesweremade

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