Router Jig for Perfect Hinge Mortises Simple jigs guarantee headache-free hinge installations in boxes and cabinets Ed Pirnik and Jeff Roos If you’ve ever built a box with a hinged lid, or a cabinet with a hinged door, you know how difficult it can be to get the hinge mortises aligned perfectly. Any misalignment in any of the mortises can cause the hinges to bind or leave unsightly gaps when doors or lids are closed. In order to rout perfect hinge mortises in boxes, Fine Woodworking senior editor Matt Kenney developed a simple router jig that works in conjunction with a bearing-guided pattern bit. The jig is built of MDF and can be built in under an hour. Best of all, with a few modifications to the basic design, you can also tackle hinge mortises in cabinet doors. In this short video, Kenney shows you how to make the jig, and how to use it to cut perfect hinge mortises, every time. Get woodworking tips, expert advice and special offers in your inbox Coffee Break Edit: Michael Cullen's Two Walled Bandsawn Box
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Align Right 1-3/8 in. Cabinet Hinge Installation Template Cabinet hinge installation made easy with this template Includes template and forstner drill bit The Liberty 1-3/8 in. Hinge Installation Template helps make installing hinges easy. This plastic mounting kit allows precise alignment by allowing you to mark your setting, drill it and mount for quick installation. Green plastic alignment template Ideal for face framed hinges 1-3/8 in. forstner bit and hinge cup included Quick and easy installation You will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view PDF documents. a free copy from the Adobe Web site. What stop the drill from going to deep? Also, I disagree that a drill press is needed. Yes, a standard battery-powered hand held drill gets the job done slowly...especially with hardwood. I use a more powerful corded drill and it works well. I lay the board on top of another board on the ground then stand on it to hold it still. Make sure you are lined up in a properly placed pilot hole and take your time.
How far from the edge does the jig place the 1-3/8" hole? is the template the same for full overlay Yes, just make sure and take your time. I live in Mammoth Lakes, CA and am over 200 miles from the Clovis home depot that keeps coming up as "My" store. Thank you for your interest in our product. You can order this and have it shipped directly to you. Forstner bit and template for European hinges Dennis, We thank you for your interest. We do apologize it is not in our Canada locations. Make cabinet door installation easy! Get drill press accuracy with any hand drill. Accurate hinge positioning with built-in indexing tabs Repeatable results with built-in measuring scales Reliable drilling with bit guide and stop collar Simple to use with any drill—no special tools needed Adjustable cams ensure proper hinge offset Durable carbide-tipped drill bit included Strong, lightweight materials for easy handling
The Concealed Hinge Jig takes the guesswork out of installing cabinet doors using concealed hinges. This economical, easy-to-use jig ensures accurate hinge alignment, so you can install doors that fit great and work well. Plus, the Concealed Hinge Jig works with an ordinary drill and the included carbide tipped bit. The Concealed Hinge Jig allows you to drill cup holes for concealed cabinet door hinges (sometimes called “Euro hinges”) using just a drill. 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 a depth stop collar. The jig is simple to use, and it ensures that you can mount cabinet doors that fit great and work properly. Concealed hinges are great for mounting cabinet doors because they stay out of sight, they’re adjustable, and they work very well. Mounting them, though, requires drilling a large hole at a very specific position and depth. The Kreg Concealed Hinge Jig takes the guesswork out of drilling those holes, and allows you to do it with nothing more than a drill and the carbide-tipped bit that comes with the jig.
Note: A 1/16" bit is required to drill for hinge-mounting screws. The Concealed Hinge Jig consists of a glass-filled nylon base with a hole that receives a drill guide. Indexing cams ensure that the jig positions the bit to drill a hole at the required offset—which is dictated by each hinge—and a built-in stop collar ensures that the cup depth is correct every time. There are even holes that you can use to guide a bit for hinge screw holes. The Concealed Hinge Jig comes with a high-quality, carbide tipped bit to ensure great results. The Concealed Hinge Jig is designed to be intuitive for beginners to use, but robust enough for professionals. Just pick out your hinges, look up a few basic mounting instructions that come with them, and then set up the Concealed Hinge Jig by adjusting a pair of built-in cams. After that, you’re set to drill hinge cup holes using any ordinary drill. Whether you’re installing one cabinet door or making doors for an entire kitchen, the Concealed Hinge Jig provides reliable, consistent results.
35mm cup-style concealed hinges 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm Hinge Offset from Door End 2" (50mm) to unlimited Four-cutter carbide-tipped with stop collar (1) jig base with index cams (1) 35mm carbide-tipped drill bit (1) stop collar with Hex wrench Reviews for "Concealed Hinge Jig" First Time worked like a charm!!! This is the easiest jig I've ever used. Can't go wrong with this jig. I would recommend this to anyone. It works just like it's demonstrated in the videos. I was apprehensive when I first tried the jig, and did it on the piece of scrap, but it worked like a charm cutting the hole and then I placed the pilot holes for the screws. By Steven Castaneda Jr. Well, I just had the opportunity to use this new jig. I had never installed concealed hinges prior to this, and after a few test holes, getting it all dialed in (super simple by the way), I was off and running making perfect holes in my new doors. I wish the instructions from the hinge manufacturer had been this clear and simple.
There is only one thing that would take this tool from good to great; the pilot hole guides would be GREAT if there was a metal bushing (like the pocket hole kit) on the inside of the hole guide; as I see it, these are going to wear out VERY quickly. Another great product from Kreg. Keep up the good work. I could actually rate this if Amazon would ship it! I have cabinet doors laying all over my shop waiting. Great jig at a fair price I'll preface this review by saying that I had been shopping for a concealed hinge jig for a while and had primarily been considering what Rockler offers, but, their Jig It products for this application start at $69. So, when Kreg introduced this jig, I had to give it a shot due to the cost. Having just used this on an entire kitchen's worth of cabinet doors, I can comfortably say that this jig is a good buy overall. Sure, you have to move clamps and switch bits for every hinge that you bore, but, that's alright once you get into a rhythm.