i'm a journey level carpenter and an instructor for oregon tradeswomen, a non-profit that helps women get into the construction trade. well old school joinery takes special tools - it takes patience and it takes real skill, just the vocabulary alone can be difficult. what's great about the kreg jig is that it really eliminates the math and a lot of time. you saw how fast it was - anyone can go through the steps of just drilling it. i really think this is a type of modern craftsmanship that takes advantage of innovation. when you build with kreg there are many times you don't need to use glue because the basic kreg joint is so strong. but the strongest joints are glued joints. and kreg joints can be glued much faster than other methods. that's because the screws holding the joint together act like a clamp, so you can put together one joint and move right on to the next without having to clamp the project and waiting for the glue to dry. my daughter who is 5 really wanted her own kitchen. i could have gone down to the local superstore and bought some plastic thing. she and i sat down to