Ten Kreg Tools I Love (and one I hate)

In this video we go over ten Kreg tools that we love and one that we hate. Kreg does a great job of making affordable tools that also work really well for the average DIY'er and for the most part, we enjoy their tools. But there is one that was a swing and a miss...
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Timestamps:
0:00 My Thoughts on Kreg
0:44 Pocket Hole Jig
2:10 Rip-Cut
3:04 TrueFlex Featherboard
3:43 Automaxx Clamps
4:37 Right Angle Clamp
5:18 Accu-Cut
6:49 Precision Setup Bars
7:23 Cabinet Hardware Jig
8:23 Drawer Slide Jig
9:02 Adjustable Shelf Pin Jig
9:31 The Tool I Hate

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[RealSully]

The dust-off dance by your cheery shop teammate made me smile!

[johndowning]

My beloved wife bought me the Kreg Track Saw and it is incredible! Yeah, it isn’t a Festool, but I also have a 8-year old Nissan Frontier that ain’t a Ford F250, but it meets my needs!

[williambuckley]

I like the relaxed way you speak without the over excited way some speak. your information is clear and you get the message across very well, so I will subscribe to your channel. thank you.

[jaredday]

Good insights and feedback. Thank you.
I only have the Kreg Rip-Cut tool and love it. I've used it several times. Looking forward to getting more of their products.

[mrBDeye]

The Kreg concealed hinge jig works great. I was able to install door hinges in the kitchen cabinet doors I've made.

[jsnow]

I find the Kreg Foreman an major addition to my shop. I have had it for about 8 years. It simplifies a project with many pocket holes. And with the addition of the mini and larger bits it becomes even more versatile.

[brianmorris]

You are spot on about the corner clamp. I borrowed one of those, wasn't overly impressed.

[colinwilde]

I agree with you, I have the corner clamp jig and have never been able to use it to any satisfactory conclusion.

[dennissmith]

Thanks for making this straight forward video that gets to the POINT. I love Kreg tools and have many of them. They are affordable and well built. I made the mistake of purchasing a new 720 pocket hole jig without the hole down kit (the 720 Pro part) so I called Kreg and the allowed me to get one directly from them.

[roguepetunia]

Thank you! Informative and concise. The chapter marks on the vid are so helpful!

[stadleroux]

I have quite a couple of Kreg products and although I've found most of them quite useful, I've had my share of issues with them too.
I've lost at least two of those stupidly small connecting screws that are used to join the Accu-Cut's two tracks together, so I wish they were available separately.
I bought the handle pull jig without realising that the drawers I wanted to use it on were much too deep, so I just used the jig as a template to make my own larger one, and then used the removable parts from the jig on that, so in the end it was no train smash, just took more time.
It may be plasticky and the dust extraction attachment may pop out without warning if I don't position the vacuum hose just so, but I still like my K5 pocket hole jig. Pretty sure the price was excessive though.
Probably my most-used, least expensive and therefore most-loved Kreg tools are the eight 6” sellf-adjusting clamps I bought on special from a local woodworking tool shop. They're quite different from the normal Kreg face clamps in that they're all metal without the soft-touch handles and the clamping surfaces are also a lot smaller than the regular Kreg Automaxx clamps' large round ones, so I think they may have in fact been intended for the metal work industry rather than for woodwork. In dollar terms they were less than US$10 apiece, however, and I haven't yet managed to make any dents in the wood I've clamped with them, no matter how high the clamping force is set. They're also supposed to self-adjust to the thickness of the material, but they're not always very consistent in the amount of force they exert, so I keep adjusting that myself.
I also have the folding work table, the 'Mobile Project Centre, ' and it was one of the first Kreg products I bought when I started out and needed somewhere to work on. I found it useful and sturdy enough, if a little small, and by rights I could be looking for another one, but if I compare the price they're going for now to that of the Bora Centipede system the latter certainly seems to make a lot more sense. I can in fact buy a Centipede that's much larger than two Kregs joined together for quite a bit less than the price of one more Kreg project centre and throw my own sheet of plywood on there as a top!

[christenhildebrandt]

Thank you for the tip! The pocket hole clamp has been annoying the few times I used them. 1st time inexperience second time didn’t work with 4x4s to 2x4s.

[gd]

I bought the Crosscut Station a few weeks ago and man I'm so happy I got it. I only own simple power tools like a circular saw, jig saw, oscillating saw, drill and sander, and I was struggling to make accurate and consistent cross cuts. It really does work so well, and saves me from buying a miter saw.

[bigrich]

I’ve got the pocket hole and the rip cut. Love them both.

[quintinwiley]

The Kreg track saw (ACS) is absolutely worth the jump to that next price point. Great video! Thanks for your insights.

[weight]

Glad to see the corner clamp experience - that’s what it looked like they might do, but I’ve been tempted because of the reviews. I think I’ll steer clear.

I had that kind of experience with the drawer jig. It was over 1/8” off of square from front to back, which is pretty awful for an operation that requires dead level positioning. Only tool I’ve ever tossed straight in the trash. (I waited too long to use it to be able to return it.)

[charlesharakal]

corner clamp 100% agree!!!! Bought it thinking it would speed up some projects I was working on but I've been thoroughly disappointed. Never could get it to clamp tight. Haven't used it since.

[darrenjones]

This is great feedback for me being a beginner DYIer.. I have since brought a couple of the Kreg tools. Many thanks.

[A.Path.to.Joy.]

Thank you for the guidance. We are new to woodworking and home renovations. Tool suggestions are appreciated.

And your wife was adorable in this video!

[pablo.el.custardo]

Bloody great video... I had my cart open clicking add add add, remove corner clamp. Your videos have been so useful for our upcoming pantry renovation.