Using Handheld Tools And Accessories To Construct A Cabinet
It's great but also difficult to get such a huge selection of portable power tools at home centers as well as in mail order catalog. My advice on buying these power tools is to try them out whenever you can. Though it's not possible to operate these tools at a home center, you may test their weight and feel and see how well the controls and adjustments do the job. It's also smart to obtain brand and model priorities from skilled woodworkers. For quickness and ease, team up a cordless drill with quick-change drill-and-drive components. This is the device you'll be employing in and day out for just about any cabinet-making task. You need a drill to bore pocket and pilot holes for anchoring screws and to drive screws when putting together cases cupboard, face frames and bases. Even though I've got a corded drill, I use cordless types for all but the most power-hungry tasks, like using a saw hole cutter when affixing cabinets.
There are numerous good cordless drill / drivers on the market. For cabinet-making, a 12 or 14 volt model gives more than adequate power. Make sure that your drill/driver kit contains an extra battery and so you won't need to stop operating when one battery has no power. To get the most from this power tool, you'll even need some quick-change bit components. Purchase a basic set of "drill and drive" bits, as well as combination countersink counter bore bits and Philips head bits in several measures. This will set you up properly for pocket-hole joinery and assembly work.
Fast, powerful, and undoable, joinery with pocket screws is quite useful in cabinet building. A pocket-hole jig with a toggle clamps is needed to bore a pair of holes in a face-frame rail.
Pocket-hole-jigs
Pocket-hole joinery dates back to ancient Egypt. Today, pocket-hole jigs have helped woodworkers save time and simplify joinery details without having to sacrifice quality or power. Big cupboard manufacturers have pocket-hole devices with pneumatic clamps and also other advanced attributes. I own a number of basic pocket-hole jigs which I utilize for various joints. These jigs are reasonably priced and extremely simple to use. They are designed to guide a drill bit so that it bores a pilot hole at a shallow angle. The mating component is then clamped against the part with the pocket-hole so the joint could be hosed fast with special self-drilling pan head screws.
