Although these simple joints can help you make a vast variety of furniture, one of the ways to add character and interest to furniture is to add angles – miters and bevels.
Here are the basic steps –
1. Set the jig height and the drill bit collar to the thickness of the wood.
2. Place the board on the jig, with the mitered end against the base.
3. Drill pocket hole as usual.
If it is, the pocket hole will create a hole on the side of the board – something we don’t want. In the example above, drilling through the exposed hole was not a good idea. But drilling through the other two holes would have been just fine.