Milescraft1332 Joint Mate - New, Improved Handheld Dowel Jig for Corner, Edge, and Surface Joints, 3 Metal Bushing Sizes (1/4", 5/16", 3/8") and Self-Centering Pins, Includes Removable Fence

Perfect for hobby projects. You might need something better for volume or precision work, but if you got the time to align your holes, this works great.

Easy and low learning curve. Very versatile for drilling dowels in almost any way you can imagine. The drill bits aren't the best quality, but they get the job done.

Instructions are okay but not great. This tool works well , but you hold it in place by hand instead of clamping so there is potential to be off center when you are drilling. If you are careful, this works fine. Recommend you practice on some scrap wood first.

For 1/4 , 3/8, and 5/16 dowels. This jig will center dowel holes in a board edge up to 1 3/4 inches wide and up to 2 1/4 from a wide board edge using the red sliding edge guide. Remove the edge guide and use a penciled line you and place a dowel group anywhere. Easy to use ,non rusting tool of hard plastic, that is versatile and quite affordable. I it could last years of hobby woodworker use.

Milescraft makes okay products. Mostly, they excel at building practical tools with a slightly different approach than that of their competitors (which I guess accounts for the price). This unit did not work well for me because it's meant to be used a certain way and I do not have the clamps it takes to set it perfectly on angled cuts. Also, they missed an opportunity to make it clamp on its own. It was super cheap but I won't get much use out of it. In fact... I'm not sure who this is for (?)... Instead of being a doweling jig that makes perfectly spaced dowels of the same diameter, it only lets you drill one hole at a time, because the static holes are all different sizes. You can't use this tool to line things up without measuring and pinpointing your entry points, and even then, it's tricky to use. I can't even pretend that this is good for drilling 90* dowel holes alone (which might be worth $7). It's built utterly nonsensically and I don't know why I couldn't tell that by the photos. This seems like an unfinished prototype that they over-produced and just needed to dump cheaply to recoup the manufacturing costs.

Great tool, never had a anything like this before - saved a lot of time and got the job done correctly.

Absolutely phenomenal woodworking tool. No one should be without this if they are even considering joining. Right out of the box I was able to join some red oak boards to make the 24" width I needed for a table. Simple, easy to use and adjusts to common thicknesses. Has 3 jig holes for various dowel plug sizes which are steel lined for durability. I cannot recommend this enough!

I tried one of the heavy metal jigs with clamps first, and while it was fine for side edges, it was practically impossible to use on the face of the matching board when making corners.That’s where this jig shines. It’s simple, accurate, and actually usable in real-world projects. Lining up holes is quick and repeatable instead of a frustrating and stressful.The build quality is solid, and I trust the holes will match up every time. If you want something that makes joining corners straightforward instead of a headache, this is the jig to get.