Cutting holes for shelf pins

[Telescopist]

I'd like to avoid (for the moment) purchasing the LR32 hole drilling set. Has anyone attempted to plunge 5mm holes using the Domino 500? I see that Amazon has a bag of 5mm nickel shelf pins for @$3.

 

[tbellemare]

The Domino doesn't make holes, it makes elongated mortises. Am I missing something?

The critical factor in shelf pin holes is making them match from right-to-left and front-to-back. That's why the LR 32 system is so useful.

Tom

 

[Roseland]

I've got and used the Kreg jig.  A bit slow, but worked well enough until I can afford the LR32.

Andrew

 

[tjbnwi]

You can use the Domino for shelf pin holes, but you have to use Domino's for the pins.

This is what they look like (these are 10 mm Dominos). I used the Domino to let them into the shelf.

Tom

 

[Telescopist]

The Domino doesn't make holes, it makes elongated mortises. Am I missing something?

The critical factor in shelf pin holes is making them match from right-to-left and front-to-back. That's why the LR 32 system is so useful.

Thanks for informing me that the Domino makes elongated holes. I overlooked that small issue.

Tom

 

[Telescopist]

I've got and used the Kreg jig.  A bit slow, but worked well enough until I can afford the LR32.

Andrew

I just order a Kreg jig in order to create pocket holes for a apron. I'll see what it might be like to adopt this tool. Thanks.

 

[Telescopist]

You can use the Domino for shelf pin holes, but you have to use Domino's for the pins.

This is what they look like (these are 10 mm Dominos). I used the Domino to let them into the shelf.

Tom

Thanks for the images, Tom.

 

[mike_aa]

I've got and used the Kreg jig.  A bit slow, but worked well enough until I can afford the LR32.

Andrew

I just order a Kreg jig in order to create pocket holes for a apron. I'll see what it might be like to adopt this tool. Thanks.

The Kreg jig he was referring to is not the one that makes pocket holes. 

It's the Shelf Pin Jig.

Mike A.

 

[tjbnwi]

Rockler also has a shelf pin plate. You can get it with a 5 mm bit.

http://www.rockler.com/jig-itreg-shelving-jig-jig-it174-shelving-jig-set-template-self-centering-bit

Tom

 

[joiner1970]

I've got the Kreg shelf pin jig too it is very handy ,specially if you want to add a few holes to an existing cupboard

 

[peter halle]

I just got my LR-32 system last week.  In the past I used the Rockler jig (older version) and hated it.  I did buy one from Woodpeckers that allowed me to use a guide bushing and my OF-1400 with a Festool 5 mm router bit.  I definitely liked that setup better than the Rockler I had.

Here is a link to the Woodpecker version:  http://www.woodpeck.com/shelfpintemplate.html

Peter

 

[stillwaterBR]

Once you use the LR32, you will never use any other jig again.  The speed and accuracy it delivers is well worth the cost if you need to drill shelf pins on a regular basis.

 

[polarsea1]

Woodhaven makes some decent shelf pin jigs, some have holes sized for 3/8" router bushings to use a plunge router and others sized for self centering drill bits.

 

[Scorpion]

I use peg board and a router.  Made a fixture years ago but there's a guy on here that I think was selling them recently.  Fixture uses dowels to fit in the pegboard which, in turn, allows for making any crazy pattern you want. 

If used pegboard to machine MfT holes (this is a larger fixture I have as well)

Or smaller jigs like shelf pegs.  I setup my MFT something like this and works great.

 

[wkearney99]

if I was only going to buy one router, the 1010 or the 1400, which one should I get expecting to use it with the LR 32? My main use will be to build a fair number of shelves for a rec room and eventually some cabinets in my workshop.

I have a number of quarter inch router bits of already and no half inch.  at some point I do see using whichever router I get as part of an undermount table setup.

 

[tbellemare]

The 1010 is clearly preferable for the LR 32 system just because the plunge is easier.

Both routers handle 1/4" shaft bits but the 1400 is the only one of the two that swings 1/2" bits.

The 1010 isn't ideal for under a table...

Tom

 

[wkearney99]

I picked up the 1010.  I'm likely going to consider something else if/when I get around to needing an under-table setup.

Likewise, if I get to the point where I need 1/2" routing I'd likely consider the 2200.

 

[Tflapointe]

I'd like to avoid (for the moment) purchasing the LR32 hole drilling set. Has anyone attempted to plunge 5mm holes using the Domino 500? I see that Amazon has a bag of 5mm nickel shelf pins for @$3.

Would sure be no be nice to have the ability to control the machine and have the ability to do that with it in my mind.

 

[mo siopa]

Lee Valley has a system
http://www.leevalley.com/US/Wood/page.aspx?p=42200&cat=1,180,42311
I used it several times in my BF (before Festool) days.  It is handy and does the job albeit not as well as the LR 32

 

[jeh]

I use peg board and a router.  Made a fixture years ago but there's a guy on here that I think was selling them recently.  Fixture uses dowels to fit in the pegboard which, in turn, allows for making any crazy pattern you want. 

If used pegboard to machine MfT holes (this is a larger fixture I have as well)

Or smaller jigs like shelf pegs.  I setup my MFT something like this and works great.

That's a nice hole drilling setup. I like the pegboard idea and I see other applications for it.