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?

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janah835d 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.

victorh816d 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_owens585d ago

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