Problem with pocket holes in plywood

"AL" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:92Yqc.9722$zw.6865@attbi_s01...
> I'm using a Kreg step drill bit, Kreg screws, and a "Task" brand (US made)
> pocket hole jig from Lee Valley. I line up the two pieces of plywood
flush
> and drive in the screws. For some reason, the screws cause the plywood to
> become offset so that they are no longer flush, with one face protruding
by
> about 1/16". What am I doing wrong?
>
> Norm makes it looks so easy.

Are you using the Vise-grip clamp to keep the pieces flush while driving the
screw?

todd

On Thu, 20 May 2004 06:15:33 GMT, AL <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm using a Kreg step drill bit, Kreg screws, and a "Task" brand (US made)
> pocket hole jig from Lee Valley. I line up the two pieces of plywood flush
> and drive in the screws. For some reason, the screws cause the plywood to
> become offset so that they are no longer flush, with one face protruding by
> about 1/16". What am I doing wrong?

Sounds like you're not clamping sufficiently in the direction that the
movement is happening?

Ok, I tried clamping the boards together and now it works. Thanks everyone!

"AL" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:92Yqc.9722$zw.6865@attbi_s01...
> I'm using a Kreg step drill bit, Kreg screws, and a "Task" brand (US made)
> pocket hole jig from Lee Valley. I line up the two pieces of plywood
flush
> and drive in the screws. For some reason, the screws cause the plywood to
> become offset so that they are no longer flush, with one face protruding
by
> about 1/16". What am I doing wrong?
>
> Norm makes it looks so easy.
>
>

I clamp mine before putting the screw in.

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"AL" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:92Yqc.9722$zw.6865@attbi_s01...
> I'm using a Kreg step drill bit, Kreg screws, and a "Task" brand (US made)
> pocket hole jig from Lee Valley. I line up the two pieces of plywood
flush
> and drive in the screws. For some reason, the screws cause the plywood to
> become offset so that they are no longer flush, with one face protruding
by
> about 1/16". What am I doing wrong?
>
> Norm makes it looks so easy.
>
>

That is absolutely your problem.. Since the screws go in at angle, the screw
will tend to lift the second board that it is going into. Use a clamp.

No, I've been holding them together with my fingers. Maybe that is the
problem.

"Todd Fatheree" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "AL" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:92Yqc.9722$zw.6865@attbi_s01...
> > I'm using a Kreg step drill bit, Kreg screws, and a "Task" brand (US
made)
> > pocket hole jig from Lee Valley. I line up the two pieces of plywood
> flush
> > and drive in the screws. For some reason, the screws cause the plywood
to
> > become offset so that they are no longer flush, with one face protruding
> by
> > about 1/16". What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Norm makes it looks so easy.
>
> Are you using the Vise-grip clamp to keep the pieces flush while driving
the
> screw?
>
> todd
>
>

"AL" wrote in message

> What am I doing wrong?

Clamp them tightly to the top of a flat surface, like your workbench or
sawhorse, so the two pieces can't move on you. I use a couple of shop made
wooden "I" beams to do face frames this way. Clamp them to the table, and
the "I" beams give you multiple options for clamping your parts when doing
pocket hole joinery.

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