Cabinet Door Hinge Drilling Jig

The jig has a carbide tipped bit which positions and offsets the drill to the precise depth guided the depth stop collar.

Cabinet door hinge drilling jig.

More about the jig here. The jig has indexed settings for eight hinge cup tabs tab is the term commonly used for the distance from the edge of the cup hole to the edge of the door. Drilling with the concealed hinge jig. You really only get one shot.

Make cabinet door installation easy. A small to carry jig was all i wanted. This economical easy to use jig ensures accurate hinge alignment so you can install doors that fit great and work well. 35mm cup and two 7 64 pilot hole drill bits are included.

The concealed hinge jig allows you to drill holes for concealed cabinet door hinges using just a drill. The concealed hinge jig takes the guesswork out of installing cabinet doors using concealed hinges. And it can be set up to drill small pilot holes for hinges held in place with screws. I m glad i did a few tests first because drilling into that beautiful new door was a little nerve wracking.

Today we take a look at how to choose concealed cabinet hinges and we make a hinge jig or template to aid in the installation process. The concealed hinge jig allows you to drill cup holes for concealed cabinet door hinges sometimes called euro hinges using just a drill. With the concealed hinge jig set to 6mm i was ready to drill the holes in my cabinet doors. Before you mount the jig to the cabinet slide a penny between the jig and the face frame to give the door a proper reveal.

The wooden part that is attached on the cabinet door with a clamp and acts as a guide for bit and the hinge boring. The jig positions an included carbide tipped bit exactly at the proper position and offset and drills to the perfect depth every time thanks to adept stop collar. So this jig is consisted by two parts. Get drill press accuracy with any hand drill.

This jig didn t take. But there are times where i wanted to install that kind of hinges on cabinet doors and i was away from my shop so i didn t have access to a drill press. Use brass screws that come with the hinge only after drilling pilot holes and applying wax to the screws to prevent them from binding and breaking.