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Review on πŸ”¨ Enhance Your Deck with the Kreg Deck Jig - The Ultimate Deck-building Tool by Pat Nard

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Paul Harvey moment [and now for the rest of the story]

Nowhere does it mention that you can ONLY use Kreg reconciliation screws and screwdrivers with this if you use it as intended. That means you have to buy all your screwdrivers and screws from Kreg Tool. Based on the above, and the fact that I've driven thousands of screws, square drives, torquers and others, it would be wise to buy at least one other screwdriver, if not two. . I would be sad if I had a screwdriver in the middle of work. I figured I would have to buy special screws when I found out they are designed so the screws go through the same holes used to drill the composite. Now that I have this, I know that other regular decking screws, even with smaller heads than standard screws, won't go through the pilot holes. Therefore, you must purchase all of your screws from Kreg Tools in order to use this tool. Nowhere on the websites that advertised this did it state or otherwise state that the deck screws AND drivers were reassuring. So I ordered a set of Bosch 6" square impact impact drivers. These work when I often need a longer tip, but be aware that none of my other screwdrivers, including the Kreg Pocket Hole screwdriver, will fit that. That is everything out of the way everything else is fine you might consider drilling holes in the spacer finger area and threading the strings through them so if you drop them it doesn't hurt to retrieve them I like the weight and I like it buy hot glue in bulk, since I had the gun for another project I filled in all the indentations on the bottom with hot glue just to add some weight and strength to the attachment, but this is not necessary, it was just my whim .

Pros
  • Great Construction
Cons
  • Crumpled Packaging