Found a game changer for squaring up cabinets on site

I used to just rely on my speed square and eyeballing it for box assembly, but after 5 kitchen jobs I noticed I was fighting doors that wouldn't close right. Switched to using a simple 1/2 inch plywood squaring jig I knocked together in 20 minutes, and it cut my adjustment time by about 45 minutes per job. The difference was night and day after the first 3 cabinets I clamped it onto. Anyone else got a homemade jig that saved their back and their sanity?

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barbara42917d ago

Made myself a similar jig out of scrap MDF last year and it cut my cabinet headaches in half.

noraj7916d ago

Steve in my shop bought one from Harbor Freight and it warped in two weeks, @barbara429.

lily_sullivan8216d ago

Hmm, I have to disagree a little. I tried an MDF jig once and it just didn't hold up over time for me.