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Euro Hinge drilling jig upgrade - glzahn - 12-09-2015
For years I've been marking hinge locations, clamping my jig to that mark and drilling the holes.....unclamp and move to next mark. That all took time; more time than I wanted to spend on projects with lots of doors. So I came up with this:
I can set the hinge locations for top or bottom hinge. Drill all of them then change to the other hinge. I can drill all the holes for hinges in 5 doors by the time it takes me to drill, reclamp and drill the holes for one door.
I've pre-marked stops for 5" and 6" hinge locations; as well as, edge of hole to edge of door measurements for various hinge requirements.
It sure speeds up making doors.
Thanks for looking.
Re: Euro Hinge drilling jig upgrade - Mr_Mike - 12-09-2015
I set my hinges 3" from the door top/bottom.
I have two flip-up stops so I can drill both top and bottom of one door and then move to the next door.
I also have a gauge I made that is 6" long with the hinge hole at the right edge distance I use to set the fence depth and the two flip stops. Also sets the bit depth. Takes me just a couple of minutes to set up.