Comments on: How to Make an Octagon Jig – Building Geometric Shapes https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-make-octagon-jig/ Renovation, cabinet building and woodworking plans and tutorials. Build like a Girl® Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:32:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Sandra https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-make-octagon-jig/#comment-111503 Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:50:47 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=32609#comment-111503 In reply to Rick Hunt.

There is a lot of confusion between self-drilling and self-tapping screws. Self-tapping screws can tap threads into many materials including wood. All self-drilling screws are also self-tapping but not the reverse. SO, Mindy may have been using a self-drilling screw that would have also been a self-tapping screw. We never saw a photo of the poing of the screw to see. I assume these were self tapping because of the “split” she referenced. Self-tappers need a pilot hole. I am only making an assumption about the fastener she used based on what I read and my knowledge of fasteners. As did you. I hope the intention behind your comment was to help guide those reading toward more knowledge with constructive feedback.

]]> By: Rick Hunt https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-make-octagon-jig/#comment-111417 Sun, 17 Apr 2022 02:50:48 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=32609#comment-111417 Wood screws are not called “self tapping” screws self tapping screws are for metal. You were using normal pan head wood screws lol

]]> By: Sandra https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-make-octagon-jig/#comment-108197 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:14:08 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=32609#comment-108197 In reply to Billy.

LOL I believe we can learn more (or at least as much) from others’ failures, mistakes and work-throughs as we can from their successful projects. I always want to keep it real!

]]> By: Billy https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-make-octagon-jig/#comment-108149 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:25:26 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=32609#comment-108149 In reply to Billy.

I was so excited that I typed then instead of the than. Please forgive me😉

]]> By: Billy https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-make-octagon-jig/#comment-108148 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:23:08 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=32609#comment-108148 You are a breath of fresh air! Thank you so, so, so much for detailing all the trials and tribulations you went through during this project! I was just speaking to a friend the other day about how fake the Internet is. It makes the rest of us feel incompetent Or less then. You have done quite the opposite. You’ve earned yourself a fan for life!

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