Kreg R3-EUR Jig

This a great jig rebuilt our kitchen table well designed easy to use make sure clamped well to wood. Good starter for getting into pocket screw usage lots of information on you tube. You need to buy some more screws I brought the mixed pack. Next project work bench also purchased Kreq square cut another excellent DIY product. Pocket screw method places wood work onto a new level.Since using a few times I would recommend buying the Kreg clamp which makes it even better.

Im currently making a few picture frames with heavy/thick timber that need strong reliable joins. Initially went with dowels then discovered this device and back tracked. It makes the job so much easier & accurate. I didn't by the Kreg clamp instead just going with a regular large G clamp which seemed to work fine. I did however buy the specific screws after hearing about non Kreg screws splitting the wood, I think there is a youtube video somewhere for this question. The screws also work well (in the sizes that are available). Best piece of kit i've bought in a while

I must admit I have never been the neatest DiY'er. Although I have always bought the best of tools, and over the years now have a workshop full of every gadget known to man! Even with "all the gear and no idea" nothing ever turned out as an item to be proud of. However, I purchased this and made a garden planter with climbing trellis out of 2x2 planed timber. It was a doddle, and as long as you cut the ends of your timber square, 90 degree joints are guaranteed! I am very pleased with the jig, and can see lots of uses for it in the future. On reflection, maybe I would have been better buying the model up from this, with the clamping system built in. Also, if there is one disadvantage with the jig, it is that it is awkward on timber less than 2 inches (50mm) wide as it is a bit fiddly to get wood that size positioned on the jig accurately.That said, a marvellous piece of kit, and one that I would immediately replace should I ever lose this one!

The jig itself is pretty good. It's easy to use and produces nice joints. I had debated whether to get the slightly more sophisticated K5 in preference to this, but all things considered the R3 does pretty much everything I want it to do. It' comes with a nice solid case to keep everything together (which unlike certain brands of tool (especially Makita!) actually works to clip the hardware in place). The reason I've only given 4 stars is because of the pitifully small number of screws provided with the jig - although there are 5 different sizes you only get about ten of each and these really won't last long... You might give serious thought to buying the Kreg 600+ piece screw set if you are going to order the jig (or get yourself down to Screwfix)

This really is a very clever idea and a great bit of kit, it is very accurate and very easy to use however you will need to buy kreg clamp to go with it I’ve tried using others and and they just don’t hold very well , I found YouTube videos about how to use this very helpful indeed. It’s gives tips about setting the collar around the drillbit while in the box and so on. Unfortunately on softwood you will still get some tear out around the hole but this cannot be helped but it’s still much better than trying to drill these freehand.Highly recommended by me !!

Aaah... I've sadly become addicted to pocket holes and use them more often than is reasonable. Very handy set for occasional use, doing its job well especially with a "pistol" type one-handed F-clamp (I mean those that you trigger like a caulking gun).If using it a lot for repetitive jobs you'd be looking at a faster fix/release setup with one of the bigger versions.Even if using less intensively, you may also need to invest in a shorter "square nr.2 bit" (or check your collections of screw bits): As seen from the photo, there's only the long screw bit, as long as the long drill bit; often in the (almost) finished product you don't have enough space to insert that loooong screw bit as well as a drill/screwdriver... Then you need either an "angle drill", or a 2--3inch square bit (shorter can't reach the screw!), or a totally differently planned order of construction. Also with short bits, given the angle of the screws, the rotating head of your drill driver may damage your workpiece (so use a hand screwdriver, not a drill)!But these are things you know if you've been working with pocket screws before, and mostly independent of the quality of this thing! I've used it quite a bit so far (my first 500-screw bag is 3/4 empty), mostly for 3/4inch = 18mm hardwood ply, plus occasional 12mm as well as sandwiched 2x18=36mm, plus to invisibly fix wobbly oak chairs with 1.25inch struts. It's easy to change thickness settings (comes with a table for settings on drill bit, blue-grey jig, and choice of screwlength); it still works well no worn out positioning or so.