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Make a Pocket Hole Jig

by Jakes workshop

What is up everybody, In this tutorial, I am gonna show you how to make a custom pocket hole jig with a 3d
printer.

With the hole jig you can drill holes at an angle which is especially useful if you want to achieve strong bond
between joining two wooden pieces at a 90° angle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZAmF24WKfI

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Step 1: 3d Modeling and Printing

As always, I start this projects with firstly modeling it When I finished the model I export it as stl format and
in a 3d software called solidworks. I made a seperate slice it with simplify 3d software. Estimated printing
solidworks tutorial video: time was around 45 minutes which is just enough to
do some other household things in the meantime.

//www.youtube.com/embed/TlqFaVPw5fI

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Step 2: Making the Jig

As you can see, the slicing software made some
support material inside of the jig so I figured out that
the best way to remove it is by drilling a hole through
the whole part with firstly 8 mm drill and finish it with a
10mm one.
I chamfer on side so It could slide in the jig more
easily.
I used a small rubber hammer to push it inside and
the jig is pretty much finished.

Now, we need to cut a small piece of an aluminum

rod, somewhere around from 2 to 3 cm

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Step 3: Customizing Drill Bit

Now we need to modify the drill bit. I use an old 8mm
drill on which we have have to thinner the front
section to about a diameter of your most commonly
used wooden screw.
Drill bits are made from a tempered hss which is very
hard to cut or grind so without waisting any time I just
used a grinding wheel and grind away most of the
front material.
It wasn't actually that bad and It was pretty sharp on
edges so I just leave it like that and now we can
finally test the jig.

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Step 4: Testing the Jig
Clamp it down securely and start drilling a hole until
you see the tip of the drill coming through the side.
We could also machine a small drill stopper on a
lathe but I find it unnecessary for making a few joints.
This is how it basically looks in the sections view and
if we want to join two pieces together just use a
bigger clamp to hold the parts together and put a
screw or two in the middle.
And the pocket hole jig is finished.
You can get a free stl file of the same model here:
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxRpsbycn3AnaGZhd
ExkeFBiMlE/view?usp=sharing
or visit my website to download the complete
solidworks files and drawings of the pocket hole jig
http://jakes-workshop.com/
Thank you for watching this instructable, if you have
any questions, please leave a comment below. Also
you are welcome to check out my youtube channel
where I post random diy projects.
https://www.youtube.com/user/jake1sworkshop
Step 5: Watch a Video

//www.youtube.com/embed/8ZAmF24WKfI

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