Made the switch to pocket hole joinery on face frames and wish I did it years ago

I used to do all my face frames with biscuits and glue, and honestly the alignment was always a pain. Got tired of fighting with clamps for 20 minutes per joint so I tried pocket holes on my last kitchen job. Now I can knock out a full face frame in half the time and it's dead flat every time. Anyone else hold out on pocket holes for too long?

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derek_schmidt629d ago

Bro, did you figure out the setup time vs clamping time tradeoff? For me, the game changer was getting a good stop block system for my pocket hole jig so I didn't have to measure each piece. I cut my face frame assembly time by like 60% once I stopped fighting with biscuits. Plus the joints are SO much stronger than glue alone.

oscar_ellis29d ago

Ha! That reminds me of my buddy who spent an entire weekend building a cabinet system with biscuits and clamps. Gave up halfway through and just started screwing pocket holes into everything. Said his new method was "angry joinery.

ruby_rivera7626d ago

Pocket holes are actually way weaker than glue for anything load-bearing though.