🔩 Durable and Versatile Complete Doweling Dowel Pins Version - Perfect for Precise Joinery Review

Practiced with sacrificial wood to get used to attachment. The device worked as promised. Since I'm making a bookshelf I need to go back to the Milescraft video and see what I did wrong installing the gusset. The product worked as advertised. Even with my mistakes, the dowel holes fit according to the manufacturer's instructions. As this is my first time using dowels in my project I would definitely recommend this product to anyone looking to use dowels for the first time. Just go to…

The device works in principle but due to the inherent flexibility of plastic it's impossible to be exact. With edge-to-face joints, there will be too much slope when you put it all together: First, bend the plastic dowel pins while drilling the first hole in the edge, causing the dowels to sit a little loose. Second, use this slightly loose anchor to install the plastic guardrail. Third, the plastic guard flexes slightly when drilling the front. Biggest problem #2 as the glue can seep into the…

I'll tell you right now - MUST watch Milescraft's video. Otherwise, you will probably misuse this thing for months, just like I did. This tool works very well and is a fantastic cheap way to start using dowels. Pros: - Very cheap - Lightweight - Comes with a carrying case and additional accessories - Easy enough to use once you get the hang of it - Easy to replicate anywhere on the board (like in my photos for example - all those 2x6s connect together 3/8 dowels - 10 dowels on each side of the…

After looking at different pin setters I settled on a fairly economical version as it could potentially be used for both edge joining and end joining. Unfortunately, using it isn't as easy as you might think. If you try to drill through the edge of the board, the template won't stay in place no matter how hard you press it against the board; Torque from a hand drill will always win here and cause hesitation unless you can somehow use a drill, which is unlikely in most situations. A side effect…

Great set for under twenty dollars. I tried one at Harbor Freight and couldn't get through centered holes. This set worked. As others have noted, the set screws in the drill stops are of poor quality. I was so used to replacing hardware with new purchases that it didn't bother me. I really appreciate having a "bolts and screws" wholesaler in town with very good prices on such screws. I used this tool when assembling a table of my own design that involved all three types of joints: corner, edge,

I tried the Milescraft dowel clamp kit based on an online video review and was impressed with how well it worked, especially given its reasonable price. I used it in a storage shelving project I'm building as a flat bookshelf. Dowels are installed between fixed shelves and side walls and between cross braces and side walls and floors. So I had 90 degree butt joint scenarios both on the edge and in the field. With this jig I was able to get pretty accurate centering, maybe just under 1/64 of an…

I used this little wonder on a project to link three IKEA Kallax units together to divide a space. The initial search for "how to" was a little daunting. After more research and concern, I glued and screwed the ends of adjacent blocks together. For maximum strength and stability, I chose to use glued dowels to join the edges of the three "tops" together. I have little woodworking skills or special tools and found it difficult to align the dowel holes in 3D. A little research revealed the…