Rant: I wasted 8 hours and $150 on that cheap Kreg jig rip-off from Amazon

Look, I get it, the Kreg jig is expensive. But I tried that $35 no-name pocket hole jig from Amazon last month and it stripped out on the third hole. The alignment was off by maybe a millimeter too, which ruined a whole cabinet face frame I was building out of oak. Has anyone else had luck with the cheaper knockoffs or is it just me being stubborn?

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kaigibson2d ago

Stripped by the third hole" sounds like operator error to me honestly.

lewis.mila2d ago

Did you get the Milescraft one with the metal inserts (the ones that actually help)?

sean8542d ago

Saw a woodworking YouTuber test like 6 of those cheap jigs and only the Milescraft one held up decently, the rest were garbage after a few holes. Probably better off just watching for a used Kreg on marketplace.