Self Centering Doweling Jig for Thick Timbers

This is a quality tool that works great. I needed it for wider dimensions (2x4) and for 1/2" dowels. This was the only one I could find that did what I needed. It is solid and precise as well as made in the USA.

I recently built a timber frame bed with out this dowel jig.....DUMB!!!! It is a very accurate and handy tool, takes all the guess work out of drilling through the timbers for lag screws, and for doweling the head and foot boards. Can't wait to start another project!

I tried other so called "professional" doweling jigs but they were junk compared to this tool. This was the one used in the plan that I had but I thought I could get away with using one of the others. Boy, was I wrong. The did not self-center like this one does and had so much play in them that I ended up with bad results. I had all the dowel work done in the time it took me to try and get one decent one with the other jigs. Thanks Rockler for providing such excellent tools!!

I have used it a number of times since I received it an it is very handy and accurate. Eliminates a lot of measuring. It also works great in that you can add shim and apply a fixed offset in a number o different places.

Victoria got this for me as a gift, I had previously picked it out of the catalog. Now, I cannot see how I did without it! Would recommend to anyone. Does everything I expected, and more!