Pocket-Hole Jigs Woodworking Tool Review

If there’s a faster, simipler, and stronger joinery method than pocket holes and screws, we’d like to see it. Using pocket-hole joinery, glue-ups are virtually clamp-free whether you’re edge-joining boards for a tabletop, assembling a face frame, or building a drawer.
So, what about the jigs that make pocket holes possible? We gathered 18 models selling for $10 to $800, put them to the test, and found what characteristics—besides price—separate them. Now, we’re prepared to name the Top Tools and Top Values in four price ranges. Featured in the November 2003 issue.

This tool review includes the following products: Kreg Mini, Rockler 21296, Simp'l Products Pock'It PJ-5K, Steelex D1060, Task ProCenter 06200, Task ProCenter 06250, Woodworker's Supply 28084, Kreg Rocket, Penn State PHJig, Rockler 31995 Task ProCenter 06270/06250, CMT PocketPro PPJ-001, Kreg K2, Kreg ProPack, Facemaker 500, Kreg K200, Kreg Foreman (DKDB), Porter-Cable 552

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