🔨 Woodworking Dowel Jig Set with 1/4", 5/16", and 3/8" Drill Bits - High-quality Metal Sleeve Drill Guide for Precise Wood Joints Drilling and Doweling - Handheld Jig Tool for Efficient Woodworking Review

Bought a dowel tool to make a large wooden storage box. Worked great and made aligning the pins and holes a lot easier. Costs money.

Includes 1/4, 5/16 and 3/8 drill bits. But the bracket has holes for the socket 6, 8 and 10 mm. The bits 5/16 and 3/8 sit very sloppy in the sockets.

The bits provided are metric and do not match the US sizes in the product description. 6mm, 8mm and 10mm will not convert to 5/16" or 3 /8" convert 3/8 dowel into the 10mm hole and it was even tight.

This product does the job. The only negative I can offer is the inability to pinch it to free your hand and deliver a clean, straight drill. If you're drilling into hardwood with one hand, you're almost certainly drilling a slanted hole. Since you can't pinch it, the holes won't line up exactly either.

I think this fixture would work great on softwood but I've used it on hardwood planks. As it was more difficult to drill, I had to bolt the frame on to hold it in place, which worked until the drill dulled and all the extra heat melted the case, rendering it virtually unusable for 24 hours of arrival . Still gave 4 stars as I think it would be good for light use on softer woods.

There are protruding plastic labels with hole sizes that prevent the tool from correctly seating on the edge of the panel. Even after removal, the tool has nothing to hold onto the edge of the board and it will shift without you noticing until you put in the wood joints when it's too late. I bought it for a job and got two of the holes lined up adequately, the other four were poor. It was cheap but still not worth the hassle of using it.

Preface: Although I returned this product because it did not meet my specific needs, it still had some advantages compared to the Milescraft 1319 Jointmate that I bought in my place would have. PRO: This device has a longer stop that makes it easier to insert. It also has a ruler on the side of the jig for quicker stop setting. CONS: Stop adjustment screws are not as easy to adjust as Milescraft knobs. Milescraft has a center guide instead of a ruler on the side of this jig, which I prefer. The

I'm only giving five stars because it's a great tool for the money. They make $200+ tools that do the job more precisely, but for me this was the perfect solution. It's actually well made for a piece of plastic (although the holes are lined with steel)! I built a great jewel. a drawer with about 15 drawers about 20 years ago but never installed a record on it. Not sure why but I didn't. He just sat there! With this tool I was able to drill holes for dowels in the top and bottom and finally…