Review on 🔧 Sommerfeld's Quick Assembly Jig by Don Barbee

I really became a fan of Sommerfeld bit sets and bought this tool with the expectation that I would love it like all their other tools. The reality is a little different. I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 3 for one critical reason - it covers tuning a large amount of their beats. Competitors will sell you blocks of plastic profiles that are usually only designed for 2 different gauges of wood and are unique to a particular bit. With this device you can process workpieces of different thicknesses with a very small step and a large number of different nozzles. This makes it an absolute steal compared to buying, stocking, sourcing and using plastic tread blocks. Pros: This device makes bit tuning very easy (once you get the hang of it), it was accurate and repeatable, covers a large number of different bit settings, and adjusts in small increments for a wide range of gauges, all in one Device. turning and counting to set it to the thickness of the material, which can confuse even an engineer), you'll need to refer to a separate instruction page to see which bits require a special adjustment procedure, clearly identified by the color on the template can . to indicate a specific bit, the bit names on the jig are not colored like other markings sometimes very difficult to read, limited to 23/32 and more material when 5/8 is the usual stock size for a bit attached to the used to this Once you have the device out of the way, ask yourself how you would work without it. It's not as easy as plastic blocks, but it's cheaper and more flexible. I would definitely buy it again, even knowing it's not as easy as it looks.