It cut my production time in half and gave my impact drill a much deserved break it's easy to set up and use making consistent pocket holes has never been easier
This review is coming from a woman who does occasional woodwork. I'm not expert and I was getting tired of using the clamp. Projects were just taking too long and my shoulder would ache after every project making me dread the next project. I was so happy to see this machine existed because we are huge fans of pocket holes in our projects. What I love about this machine is that it literally drills the hole in seconds and you can move on to next hole immediately. It was easy to use and I had no issues with the drilling.
I've been doing some commercial work this past year and recently needed to produce some items that would require 352 pocket holes! The jig would take a few hours to drill those and since I'll be making these things in batches of 10 (320 holes) now and then, It was time to find a faster solution. The holes are being drilled in 2x2 stock so while faster it did take a little extra time to make sure the stock was perpendicular to the fence since only the end of the 2x2 was up against it. I added the plywood using double sided tape which allowed me to position the work piece so it was aliened every time. The net result was 176 pocket holes in less than 30 min! I adapted my shop vac to the machine and it did a great job of keeping sawdust to a minimum. The machine appears to be well built, but still light enough to hang on my shop wall when not in use. Bottom line, if you need to drill a lot of pocket holes then this is a great solution
If you make a lot of pocket holes, this is worth every single penny you spend, you'll make it back in the time you save and you won't have to charge your batteries.
I have a woodshop that I run a business out of. I love pocket holes. After I set it up, I walked down a board edge and put holes in about 1 per second. I laughed out loud for not buying this years ago. If you do a lot of pocket holes especially as any sort of business, then get this machine