Line boring

[Naildrivingman]

I watched the video on YouTube for using the line boring jig and I first have to say WOW and then I have to say OW!

Wow because it is amazing how the line boring process could be figured out so that virtually anyone with any need could get professional results.

Ow because I think an individual would have to work with the system many many many times before its use becomes second nature.

If I've missed something, let me know, but this system looks really complicated.

 

[Bob D.]

Isn't that true of most things though, repetition brings confidence and later speed.

 

[ear3]

By line boring, do you mean the LR32 system? 

I'm not sure if it has become second nature for me at this point, but the system works well to remove user error from the process if you get the set-up right, which is not difficult to do.

 

[Sparktrician]

I watched the video on YouTube for using the line boring jig and I first have to say WOW and then I have to say OW!

Wow because it is amazing how the line boring process could be figured out so that virtually anyone with any need could get professional results.

Ow because I think an individual would have to work with the system many many many times before its use becomes second nature.

If I've missed something, let me know, but this system looks really complicated.

As others have mentioned, practice brings knowledge and speed.  And yes, it is "complicated", but that's due to the system's flexibility.  Just get one and tinker with scraps or cheap, big box store plywood until you get a good grasp of the system.  Better yet, take one of the Festool end user classes, like the cabinet class.  That will give you a tremendous jump start. 

 

[Bob D.]

Eric (The Popular Shop) did a nice series of videos on using the LR32 system a while back.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGbeXl4WLOiKsIsmh_td7XAUg11NOfhuk

 

[Naildrivingman]

By line boring, do you mean the LR32 system? 

I'm not sure if it has become second nature for me at this point, but the system works well to remove user error from the process if you get the set-up right, which is not difficult to do.

Yes, I meant the LR32 system, but I'm not one who has ever been able to quote chapter and verse on anything.  It is just not one of my gifts.  Therefore, when describing a technique, I simply use the term I have come to know the process as.

 

[Naildrivingman]

Eric (The Popular Shop) did a nice series of videos on using the LR32 system a while back.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGbeXl4WLOiKsIsmh_td7XAUg11NOfhuk

I will definitely look at those.  The video I watched covered the whole process using the system and it was only about 17 minutes long.  Eric's videos are at least twice that length and broken down in stages, which is good for my simple caveman carpenter brain.

 

[Hugh]

While the LR32 is quite complicated a little attention to planning and carefull setup makes the actual task easy.

I've only used mine a few times with near perfect results the only errors were lack of attention during setup.  Fortunatly I was using plywood so just plugged the holes with dowels and once sanded they are unnoticeable it the finished cabinet.

 

[rdr]

I've been using the LR32 system for a week. I'm a complete woodwork novice and newbie to Festool but the LR32 appealed to me after watching the videos from Eric online. I like precision and process which is probably why it appealed so much and I have to say that having now built 6 carcasses, the system is very effective and exactly suits my needs.

The last two I built came almost as second nature, I didn't have to think about what I was doing at all. I ran the lines for the holes and then did all the cup hinge holes without even double checking things. Once you have the measurements for the guides marked for your hardware (front, back middle etc) it becomes very easy.

My tip would be keep notes of the settings for particular door hardware or applications, half the time of the first attempt was spent working out and double checking it was going to land where I wanted it. Now I know,  I can just set it from my notes knowing it will be bang on the money.

Once you've used it a few times and got your LR 32 "mojo" it really is a great piece of kit 

 

[Holmz]

Eric (The Popular Shop) did a nice series of videos on using the LR32 system a while back.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGbeXl4WLOiKsIsmh_td7XAUg11NOfhuk

I will definitely look at those.  The video I watched covered the whole process using the system and it was only about 17 minutes long.  Eric's videos are at least twice that length and broken down in stages, which is good for my simple caveman carpenter brain.

There are also DD40 videos to round out the option space.