samedi 15 septembre 2012

The Drilling Jig You Need Is The Right Choice

By Chloe Gib


Making sure that a hole drilled is just the right depth is something that a drilling jig will help you with. The many different jigs available are some of the best investments you can make. Everyone finds themselves in need of one of these jewels every once in a while. Just the ability to hold that piece of stock and make sure the hole is correct is worth the cost.

A great many of the jigs are made from metal. Many of them, the ones that most woodworkers like to use, are made from wood. Both materials will withstand the rigors of a professional job shop and they will work in any home workshop as well.

Something that every woodworker needs is a dowel jig. They are designed to be used with fairly small, round stock. The ability to set them up for equal distant, specific depth, holes makes every project a breeze. The professional look they impart will stand you in good stead whenever they are used.

One of the best jigs, the ones that all professional shops have, is the dovetail jig. This piece of equipment will allow for the joining, at a precise angle, the corners of a drawer or other fine wood element. This is another tool that simply must be in the wood shop of anyone wanting to make fine furniture.

Of course, you can create a drilling jig, of sorts, of your own if money is an issue. There are many people who have simply put tape on the drill bit. This would be located at the proper point on the bit that would achieve the correct depth of hole. This is a temporary fix, however, due to the wearing away of this medium with the rubbing on the material being drilled.

Using a drilling jig, with a portable drill press or one of the permanent fixtures is a good way to ensure rapid, repeatable results. The many woodworkers who use these tools find they finish their projects much faster and with a nicer look than those not doing so. Woodworkers find they want to have as many of these as their budgets and storage capacity will allow.

The best can be accomplished using the proper drilling jig. There are no other tools that can be pressed into service that will do what they do. Many woodworkers do have hands steady enough to do this without aid from something else; however, most people do not.




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