Re: new to me, benefit of scoring
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I could not agree more. ?The Kreg system is an invitation to ongoing frustration. ?Castle rules - love my TMS-21.
David Best
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I hated my Kreg.? If I clamped it would be aligned until I removed the clamp.? Unless I glued, Kreg screwed, left in the clamp until dry, the sucker
moved every time.? Plenty good for house flipper crowd on HGTV but no accurate enough for me.? 1/64th shift.? I even thought about creating a shim to pre-offset. ? Gave the Kreg away and bought the Castle, no shift, love it ?
? Wouldn¡¯t say its defective by design, if you clamp the part flush to the table you shouldn¡¯t get any part shift.?
You could also say that specific castle machine is defective by design in that its a 2 step process. Neither are really great for production, not sure if $400 is really worth it for the casual user compared to the less expensive kreg, i
have the metal one that is no longer made so maybe there is something different about the geometry that makes it work better than the plastic version
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Imran,
Sell your Kreg pocket jig (I have to say it is a defective?product by design) and buy Castle 110? :)
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On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 2:43 PM imranindiana via <imranindiana=[email protected]> wrote:
i made these mitered frames to wrap pressure treated porch posts
i made one 45 cut and then instead of setting the xcut fence to the opposing 45, i flipped material 180 lengthwise and made the opposing cut with material upside down. i could not do that with KF700 because it does not have scoring. this is probably a std practice
but new for me.
even though miters were perfect i did get occasional height variation on assembly with kreg pocket screws. this is with predrilling the opposite side and best clamping i could do. so not sure if i can improve it any more.
imran
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David P. Best