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Pros & Cons

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Pros

It's a little overpriced, but it has been invaluable for my projects! It's very easy to use and secures the joint very well. These are a little pricey, but if you are going to be doing more than a little ph joinery, having at least a couple of these i...  Read More

The automax clamp holds the two pieces together while you screw them together. When using kreg * to hide screw holding, it's really the only solution for keeping the joint exactly where you want it. What you then need to do is mount an additional boar...  Read More

The automax feature is everything they say it is, adjust clamping force once. The automatic tension feature is nice, but can be tricky to figure out. But is not just perfect.



Cons

One clamp works great and the other will barely clamp no matter how much you adjust it. Going from say (1/2) material to something like a 2x4 makes closing the clamp almost impossible without adjusting the clamp. Kreg claims that it will work on 1/2 m...  Read More

This version slips no matter how much you tighten the adjuster nut. Totally un-adjustable. It splits wood and the automaxx doesn’t auto anything.

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Highlights

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Quality


The build quality is very good the tightness adjustment is easy and intuitive


Doing a kitchen upgrade and moving a cabinet to replace with the one i made


My only complaint is that while it’s a good clamp it’s just simply ridiculously over priced as it’s nice but it has parts that ...  Read More


Clamp works well but if your work tilts with the clamp in place it can rip out the pocket hole

Packaging/appearance


However the the right angle insert the cylindrical claw can not be inserted into pocket holes made using the kreg micro jig


Straight out of the box they didnt want to work right

Competitiveness


Nice addition to my kreg k4 master kit


My only complaint is that its too small by about 14 to join 2x4s


Here is the complete response from kreg describing the reset procedure


They may be pricey but cheaper than at menards

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, good, easy, down and enough.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that there may be counterfeit products sold through this listing.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 242.
  • Previous analysis of this listing was an C grade.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 75.0% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 2,447 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 15 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The review where he said it destroyed item he was building has the adjustment just set wrong


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    That means its too tight and it may damage wood


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It specifically did not do what it was advertised to do


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I read some reviews and found others had the same problem


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I contacted kreg technical services by email you can find the address on their website


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    But since it does not i will copy it here for anyone interested in buying this tool


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Here is the complete response from kreg describing the reset procedure


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Thank you for contacting kreg tool

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