The Shelving Jig comes with a 1/4-inch self-centering bit that is preset to bore a consistent depth for fitting shelf pins and sleeves. The shelf-pin holes are spaced 1-1/4 inches apart. Simply mount the handle on the appropriate side to achieve the setback you want. With just one Shelving Jig, you can drill holes either 1-1/2 inches or 2-1/2 inches from the edge. You can also insert a shelf pin in the top or bottom position to help hold the jig in place. Mount the handle to the template based on the setback and spacing you want, and then use the handle to secure the template while you drill.
The handle for the Shelving Jig helps you align the template and hold it in place. The clear template features laser-cut accuracy for consistently spaced, and centered, shelf-pin holes. For use with assembled or unassembled cabinetry that features faceless or face-frame construction, the Shelving Jig is the ideal tool for building bookcases, entertainment centers, or cabinetry with adjustable shelves, or for adding shelves to existing units. This Shelving Jig works with four different bit sizes to quickly and easily drill shelf-pin holes in a wide variety of projects.īig Horn Shelving Jig helps eliminate the hassle of trying to drill correctly spaced pin holes on your own. Our Shelving Jig is an easy-to-use, see-through template for drilling consistently spaced and centered shelf-pin holes. You can be sloppy on hole spacing without a problem, but if the holes are not perfectly in a line, it will be noticeable.Big Horn Shelf Pin Drilling Jig with 1/4 Inch & 5mm Self Centering Bits 19653 So when you make your master template, you should use a drill press and fence to ensure that all holes are lined up perfectly with the edge of the template. What is more important however, is that all of the holes line up vertically so they don't look sloppy. The same template hole is used to drill all 4 shelf pin holes for a particular shelf location, so the shelf will never rock. It doesn't need to be perfect, as long as it is registered off the same surface. Therefore, my templates have 3/8" holes, and their 1/2" thickness is just right to let the drill bit bottom out on the plywood surface to drill the proper depth of hole.Įdit: By the way, I'm sure someone is sitting there scratching their head wondering how a plywood template can be accurate enough to not have the shelves rock. The drill bit below is exactly what I use. Pegs Shelf Pins Holders for Kitchen Furniture & Closet ( 5mm & 1/4inch ). (I don't like seeing holes go all the way top-to-bottom. Lowes Shelf Pins (75 products available) 1 / 5 Custom Cute Soft Enamel Metal. I just drill them all for that particular template. That way I don't have to remember when to start or stop drilling holes. I also keep specific templates for all common cabinet heights. For example, for an entertainment cabinet, I use a shorter hole spacing to account for keeping the shelves tighter to the contents.
#1 4 INCH SHELF PINS SERIES#
So I have a whole series of templates specific to various cabinet styles. Once you have one template that is carefully made, replicating it in any length is just a matter of using one template to make the next. So the first hole is 6 to 8 inches from the bottom, and the top hole is proportionally spaced from the top, depending on the style of the cabinet.
#1 4 INCH SHELF PINS INSTALL#
No one would ever install a shelf 3" off the bottom of a cabinet, for example. I also don't just blindly drill the holes top-to-bottom. That's not a problem if your cabinets are separate boxes for each opening, but if you build cabinets with multiple openings and dadoed partitions, then it becomes more critical. Part of the reason I prefer to drill the holes after the cabinet is assembled is to ensure that all 4 corners are registered off the same surface. I prefer to drill the holes after the cabinet has been assembled, but it is just as easy to do with un-assembled components too. I use 1/2" thick by 2" wide templates with the holes slightly off-center so I can offset the holes on opposite sides of a partition without the holes intersecting each other. An entire cabinet can be completed in less than 60 seconds, depending on the number of holes of course. By the time you've made your setup to begin work, I've finished with the entire cabinet and moved on to the next.
I simply use a self-centering drill bit and a 1/2" plywood template with the hole spacing I need. In my opinion, way too much gets made out of drilling shelf pin holes.
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