My drawer slide jig snapped right in the middle of a run of 12 cabinets.

It was an old aluminum one from a tool sale, and the stress fracture finally gave out. What's your go-to heavy-duty jig for production work?

4 comments

4 Comments

janah833mo ago

Ugh, aluminum jigs are a gamble. My shop switched to all-steel jigs years ago after a similar blowout. The extra weight is worth it for production runs, they just don't flex under stress. We use the JessEm model now and it's been flawless for hundreds of cabinets.

victorh813mo ago

Damn, that's rough timing lol. Did the cabinets at least get a moment of silence? I've been using a steel one from Kreg for bigger jobs, seems solid so far.

spencer_owens583mo ago

Steel ones are good, but @victorh81, Kreg actually makes aluminum ones for bigger jobs... the steel ones are their smaller models.

grantp1421d ago

Oh man I saw this happen to a buddy of mine last year. His aluminum jig let go mid cut and sent a piece flying across the shop almost took out his table saw.