Your cart is empty.
Your cart is empty.A.
September 2, 2025
I bought this to drill dowel holes for 4 U-shaped shelves (3 pieces, each) for a closet turned into a kitchen pantry. I knew the dowels would not be strong enough without a bracket on each side, but I needed a way to align the shelves before filling the gaps, sanding and painting. I've never done anything like this before. Building U-shaped shelving and drilling holes for dowels is all new to me. It worked very well.I have several Festool tools and this is certainly not the quality & feel of a Festool, nor is it anywhere near the price! I adjusted the tool to my needs and tested it on some scrap pieces of shelving before using it on the actual shelving pieces. I made marks on the pieces so that I could align them on a table before marketing the dowel locations. (Tip: Use a 7mm mechanical pencil. You want as narrow a line as possible.) Based on the tool's user manual, I choose 2.5" from each side and choose the 5mm dowel size for the 3/4" baltic birch plywood I was using; 4 holes on the left U piece and 4 holes on the right U piece, matching 8 hold drilled into the large shelving piece that goes against the back wall. I have a Festool dust extractor and was able to attach the vacuum hose with a hose adapter that I bought and tape (because the adapter was close but not the correct size.)You may be wondering, how was I able to assemble the shelving with the dowels, since the shelving was cut to the length of the side walls. That's a very good question! The trick was to tilt the shelving up to allow enough clearance to have sufficient spacking to slide the pieces together. I did it by myself using scrap pieces of wood to hold the shelving at an angle while I put them together. Definitely not easy, and it took some trial and error! I'm sure it would have been easier if I had help, but I was on a roll and didn't want to wait for my wife to come home.All told, the tool worked great. I think biscuits would have proven a lot easier, but I didn't even know what biscuits were until I started this project! (I'd seen a bag of biscuits at Harbor Freight Tools before, and had no idea what their purpose was.)I hope this helps everyone interested in this tool.
Jason Carpenter
August 30, 2025
I am not a Domino hater, I just can't justify that high price. I have been using this alternative for over a year. I did get the half inch bits and dowels for larger projects. No complaints at all.
Kindle Customer
July 21, 2025
Accurate but wish it has imperial markings
Joshua Shapiro
July 12, 2025
I have only had this a day so this may change but...the rubber slip pads are spring loaded so there is no problem getting 100% sure fence-to-work...the alignment of the two drill bits is excellent, both in same horizontal plane as well as I can measure...power is fine...switch works well...very slight adjustment need to get fence at 90deg, set that with square and results are excellent...getting alignment of face frame joint flush in the two essential parameters to within a few thou, which means after glue up you just sand/plane to a perfect frame. The Triton which this is a copy of had some issues a few years ago according to video reviews; these have been addressed here. Again, no comment on durability since only a day but the thing feels and sound solid. I might disassemble to smooth and oil the plunge mechanism but it works well out of box.
Ricardo I.
July 11, 2025
realiza muy buen perforado y es impecable de exactitud de los tarugos
OfficerDave
June 28, 2025
Used this for around 300 dowels so far. It’s a great tool for the money. Measurements are all metric is the only downside. FIve star all the way.
Michelle Vaden
June 26, 2025
REturned in before we even used it. poor quality tool. Look up dowel max, it is a game changer!
Middle-aged-Husband
June 16, 2025
I have to say, I was skeptical of this tool. Would love a domino but can't justify the cost. Biscuits don't add any strength to a joint. Domino jigs can be hundreds of dollars and they're manual. This tool is right on point. Jointed up some boards with it already and it's very accurate, flat surfaces across 6 jointed boards.The 8mm dowels may add MORE strength then a domino would because you can add more dowels then you could fit dominos in the same area.Obviously this won't create loose mortises that allow for expansion and contraction, but if you're looking for a jointing tool that keeps stuff in plane and adds some strength this tool won't disappoint.Taking 1 star off because nothing's perfect and the ergonomics of the switch aren't great.
Ramzi Mahmoud
April 17, 2025
Damage after first useIs there a way to return or claim my payment back
ernenek villaseñor
April 4, 2025
Rápido, seguro, eficiente y preciso. Por el precio es mucho más de lo que esperaba. El único detalle que veo, es que no encuentro refacción de los usillos por si se desgastan o dañan
JohnyMat
March 31, 2025
Excelente herramienta para realizar el trabajo de perforación para unión de dos piezas de madera. Precio - beneficio, excelente
AgustÃn Matzumiya
February 17, 2025
Rápido y practico el ensamble solo hay que calibrar bien
Recommended Products