Pocket hole joinery : bookshelf, daybed, mirror/picture frame, dresser, bathroom vanity... and more! / Mark Edmundson.

Pocket hole joinery basics -- Blanket bench -- Mirror and picture frame -- Built-in bookcase -- End table -- Daybed -- Bed -- Bathroom vanity -- Dresser.

In recent years pocket hole joinery has been growing in popularity--mainly because it is a simple technique to master and the tooling available guarantees a strong joint every time. Pocket screw joinery makes simple work of face frames, cabinets, and other applications where you want to hide the fasteners. The pocket hole jig, usually a stepped drill bit and guide bushing, drills an angled hole though the end of a piece of wood. A pocket screw, similar to a wide pan-head screw, is then driven through the hole into the mating piece of wood making a strong, tight joint. The advantage is that you are driving the screw through the end grain, similar to toe-nailing into the side grain.