Kreg Jig K4 Custom Homemade Board

I'm deep into my chest of drawers project and I feel like I'm coming up on the final homestretch. As you noticed I've made good use of my Kreg Jig thus far and so I dug up a blog post I've been working on.

Here is how I made my custom board used to house my Kreg Jig.

This is one of the first things I made when I purchased my Kreg Jig and started my recent adventures in woodworking.

My parts list started with a scrap piece of plywood, a cleat the length of the plywood and two small scrap pieces of wood.

I first started by clamping the cleat to the edge of the plywood with the Kreg face clamp that came with the K4 master system.

I used the Kreg drill bit to counter sink a drill hole.

Then I used Kreg self tapping pan head screws to fasten the cleat.

Next I centered the Kreg Jig in the middle of the plywood and screwed it in.

Afterwards I positioned the guide one inch left of the jig and screwed it in.

Here is where you can learn from my mistakes. After I did all this work I realized my support blocks were not exactly one inch thick. They have to be one inch to match the height of the Kreg Jig. So I had to go back and plane them down some more.

Then I layed out the drill bits, drivers and alen wrench on the board and marked their location with a pencil.

I placed the wood in the jig, using it like a clamp and drilled the holes. The Kreg Multi-Mark tool was useful for centering the drill holes. Note that I drilled in the center of the wood, I didn't use the guide holes for making pockets.

I clamped the block of wood to the board and looking from underneath, measured the location for the screws.

Then I was able to create counter sunk pockets in the bottom that I could use for screws to hold the blocks in place.

I also measured two spots on the top corners of the board.

...and drilled holes....

... so that the board can be hung on a pegboard.

Up to this point the board is useful and functional. But I needed something that could protect and make it mobile. So I took five more pieces of scrap plywood to make a box cover. I notched the sides to fit around the blocks of the original board. Maybe next time I will adjust their location so if you try it out yourself let me know how it goes.

I drilled the sides into the top piece.

In addition, I put one screw in the side panels.

I also notched the back panel to make room for the jig.

Then I measured the center of the side and front panels so I could drill holes for handles.

I used hole saw bits on my drill and then a jig saw to clean out the oval shape.

Finally I installed lockable draw latches to hold the cover onto the board.

Notice the opposite side of the cleat extends below to match the depth on both sides.

 

Now I feel like an official Do It Yourselfer!