Cabinet Door Hinge Drilling Jig

Drilling with the concealed hinge jig.

Cabinet door hinge drilling jig.

Get drill press accuracy with any hand drill. 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. So this jig is consisted by two parts. This economical easy to use jig ensures accurate hinge alignment so you can install doors that fit great and work well.

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. 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.

The wooden part that is attached on the cabinet door with a clamp and acts as a guide for bit and the hinge boring. A cabinet hardware jig is an adjustable tool designed to allow accurate repeated drilling of cabinet handle and knob holes. Plus the concealed hinge jig works with an ordinary drill and the included carbide tipped. 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 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. I m glad i did a few tests first because drilling into that beautiful new door was a little nerve wracking. A small to carry jig was all i wanted. You really only get one shot.

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

The concealed hinge jig allows you to drill holes for concealed cabinet door hinges using just a drill. Make cabinet door installation easy. More about the jig here.