Kreg V07-DVD The Pocket Hole Solution to Trim Carpentry

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Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
The Kreg Pocket Hole Joinery DVD, Learn the secrets of the Pros, gives you a two-hour class in pocket hole joinery taught by Gary Striegler, a second generation homebuilder with over 25 years of hands-on experience. He shows you how to use the speed, strength, and simplicity of pocket hole joinery to create a variety of eye catching trim details for the home, including wainscoting, newel posts, and fireplace mantels.
From the Manufacturer
If youand8217;re a professional trim carpenter or a serious diy woodworking enthusiast, you owe it to yourself to learn more about pocket hole joinery. Pocket hole joinery is a relatively new joinery technique that uses a special pocket hole jig, step drill bit, and self-tapping screws to produce strong, tight-fitting wood joints in a fraction of the time of more traditional methods such as doweling, biscuiting, and mortise and tenons. Gary striegler, a second generation homebuilder with over 25-years of hands-on experience, demonstrates some of his time proven techniques for creating classic home details that set his work apart from the competition. In this two-hour dvd, watch as gary uses the speed, strength, and simplicity of pocket hole joinery to create a variety of eye-catching trim details for the home.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 6 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BKBYX6
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: V07-DVD
  

Technical Details

• Wainscoting
• Fireplace mantels
• Bookcases
• Window seats
• Newell posts and stairs

 

Kreg V07-DVD The Pocket Hole Solution to Trim Carpentry

 

Customer Reviews

I was considering purchasing the Kreg Master jig kit which sells for about $150. Purchasing this DVD for about $10 seemed like a good investment to try and determine how and if this investment made sense for me. I thought the DVD was well worth the $10. Several ways to use pocket holes were described, plus, I thought the DVD provided a number of other good woodworking tips, especially for projects or aspects of projects currently under way or planned. The DVD is professionally done and easy to watch. That is, I thought the DVD provided the right amount of detail without boring you by showing every single hole that was drilled. I also convinced myself that other Kreg tools, like their clamps, would be a good investment to save time and ensure consistency. I have been using biscuits for some time and avoided pocket holes simply because they seemed too much of a mystery which is not the case. Kreg perhaps should provide this video free on their site as an incentive to buy, but since they don't, $10 is an okay price, especially when I get free shipping from Amazon.

Well, if you're an experienced builder/contractor like the gentleman hosting the video, and want to learn how pocket holes are used to build newell posts, wainscoting, and door jam extensions, then the TRIM CARPENTRY DVD my appeal to you.
But if you're a hobbyist like me who just wants to build the occasional bookcase, small table, cabinet, etc., then you will be disappointed in this DVD. If I had to opportunity to preview it before the purchase, I would not have bought it.
This is NOT a traditional HOW-TO DVD on using the Kreg jig to build a (fill in the blank) featuring a materials list, dimensions, and tools needed. What it shows you is how pocket holes are used in the building of a window seat and wainscoting, for example. And while interesting to watch, it doesn't make you want to run to your garage or shop and begin building a newell post or door jam extension (actual projects in the DVD), of all things! Again, the DVD is not a how-to, and the "projects", in my opinion, are not practical or inspiring.
There are folks who'll say it's worth the $10, but this DVD should come free with the K3MS (the system I bought). Keep the $10 and put it toward a Kreg drill bit, driver, clamp, or even better "The Pocket Hole Drilling Jig Project Book" by Danny Proulx. Excellent book!
Finally, this review is NOT a knock against Kreg in any way. Their pocket hole jigs and accessories are top shelf. It's just this particular DVD was a let down.
End of discussion! Be well!