How Do You Use Pocket Screws For Wood Joinery?
This article will expose you to a relatively new innovation for joining wood pieces together. These pocket screw joints are one of the strongest joints obtainable. At the same time this is one of the easiest and least expensive joints to produce. The screws used in pocket joinery are special. Generally they have a square drive, are button head and have a self drilling screw point. This picture shows the drill bit, the shank with the square drive on the end and the screw that is a square head button head screw. This drill drills the pocket. The shank mounted in the drill drives the screw into the pocket and into the adjoining piece. Clamp the jig up even with the end of the piece you want to put the pocket in. Using the jig, drill the hole until the drill bit is up against the stop collar. This puts a pocket hole in the piece at an angle as can be seen in the next step. Here a screw has been put into the pocket to show how it will stick through when the piece is attached to the next mem
