Cabinet Door Hinge Drilling Jig

Get drill press accuracy with any hand drill.

Cabinet door hinge drilling jig.

Drilling with the concealed hinge jig. 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. The concealed hinge jig takes the guesswork out of installing cabinet doors using concealed hinges. More about the jig here.

Plus the concealed hinge jig works with an ordinary drill and the included carbide tipped. A cabinet hardware jig is an adjustable tool designed to allow accurate repeated drilling of cabinet handle and knob holes. Make cabinet door installation easy. The concealed hinge jig allows you to drill cup holes for concealed cabinet door hinges sometimes called euro hinges using just a drill.

This economical easy to use jig ensures accurate hinge alignment so you can install doors that fit great and work well. So this jig is consisted by two parts. With the concealed hinge jig set to 6mm i was ready to drill the holes in my cabinet doors. A jig is commonly designed in a t shape with two intersecting rulers that allow for fast and infinite hole layouts on doors and drawers.

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. And it can be set up to drill small pilot holes for hinges held in place with screws. The concealed hinge jig allows you to drill holes for concealed cabinet door hinges using just a drill. 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.

I m glad i did a few tests first because drilling into that beautiful new door was a little nerve wracking. This jig didn t take. 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. 35mm cup and two 7 64 pilot hole drill bits are included.

The wooden part that is attached on the cabinet door with a clamp and acts as a guide for bit and the hinge boring. 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. You really only get one shot.