Workshop Renovation Part III

The third phase of the workshop renovation project was to design and build a modular set of work benches that contained tool lifts and formed a long miter bench. The specifications that these benches required was quite involved, After much designing and modifying, I finally came up with a usable design and built a prototype. -Read More

Repairing Pocket Hole Pull-Throughs

When using pocket screws on soft woods, sometimes the screws will crush the bottom of the pocket hole and allow the screw tip to come through the other side of your piece.

This leaves you with three options:

1. Cut the end of the screw off, but be sure not to over tighten.
2. Plug the pocket hole, move the jig further back and re-drill the hole. This may not make as strong a joint if the screw breaks into the old screw shaft hole.
3. Use a piece of wood dowel to make a washer to fit under the pocket screw head and restore the bottom of the pocket. -Read More