Kreg Jig K4MS (current deals) 2/16/2012

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Hi,

If you are interested in this system here is one deal going on that might help you out. Between 1/1/2012 and 2/29/2012 Kreg is offering a $15 mail-in rebate.

This is how I did my deal. My Rockler catalog has a 20% off that is good for one item and ends 2/25/2012. Catalog price $139.99 - 20% = $111.20. S&H = $13.99 + local tax (IL) $7.82= $133.01. After refund $118.01 plus stamp/envelope (est $.49) = $118.50.

So that is the deal.

This was not posted in the review category so I'm not doing a review. I'm also not going to try to convince anyone to buy one. I'm adding more information by way of how I got to a point that I ordered this system see below.

I personally like the pocket hole system and have had one for quite a while. I started with having to purchase a jig, drill bit and screwdriver bit as parts. I do not recall the year or how much the pieces cost. Needless to say I was not sold on pocket holes at that time and wished to test it out.

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I had a few start up problems, I was forced to read the directions which seem like I should not have had to do but it cleared up the fact I was not clamping things well enough and that resulted in twisting and misalignment. Having cleared that up I started doing a lot more joints with pocket holes. In fact enough that I wanted a different system. This time it was a kit as seen here.

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This is the system I have used the most. It still goes slow with the adjustments and clamping you have to do. I did a project (I think it was about 2 years ago) that uses a lot of pocket holes and I did only one out of dozen I had planned to do. Hope to get back to that this year so I figured I'd save time and effort with a newer system. The jig and a couple clamps were in the budget and with the sale and rebate I figured this was the time. This last picture shows what is in the new kit.

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Now if you think you might be interested in this you will need to get on it as the time frame is getting short. I will answer questions if need be but I'm not going to debate pocket holes verses blah blah blah.

Ed