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Here's a mystery for you. I've joined these two pieces of wood together, but you can't see any
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nails or screws here or here, and I didn't do it with glue. How did I do it? I did it with pocket
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holes. It allows you to disassemble the two pieces of wood and put them together almost an infinite
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amount of times, and in certain situations, that can be very handy, and it makes an incredibly
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strong joint. To create the pocket holes you just need a very simple jig. This is called
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a pocket hole jig. It's a piece of aluminum that has a clamp that holds the wood tight
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in position and a special drill bit goes into these very shallow angle holes, a prescribed
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depth right into the piece of wood and that's all you need. It's that simple. Now I've already
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showed you how to create a 90 degree angle. Do you think you could use the pocket hole
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jig to combine two pieces of wood just like this in case you want to make a tabletop
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you bet let me show you how it's done. Just simply put the piece of wood into the jig
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and tighten the thumb screw. Go ahead and take your drill bit, slide it into the guide
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hole and start to drill. I prefer to use inch and a quarter drywall screws because number
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one they're not too long and number two they've got a nice sharp point that allows me to easily
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screw into the second piece of wood. Oh yes, another quality installation. Pocket holes
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it's the only way to join two pieces of lumber together if you want to take it apart in the
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future. I'm Tim Carter, Ask the Builder. If you want to discover more home improvement
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tips, go to askthebuilder.com
