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Master craftsman Dale Nish taught me how to make an amazing wood-hinge for boxes. A wooden dowel is cut into segments, a shallow hole is drilled in the center of each dowel and a small pin is inserted into the hole for the dowel segments to pivot on.
I've made thousands of boxes using this style of hinge and I have designed four drill jigs to precisely drill the hole in the center of dowel segments (the most difficult task). These jigs are available as a complete kit or as individual drill jigs.
Wood-Hinge Drill Kit (Imperial) Without Rods:
Kit includes 1/16 inch and 1/8 inch drill bit holders; 1/4 inch, 3/8 inch, 1/2 inch, and 3/4 inch drill jigs; 1/16 inch and 1/8 inch drill bits; and a 1/16 inch Allen wrench.
1/16 inch drill bit is used with 1/4 inch and 3/8 inch diameter dowels.
1/8 inch drill bit is used for the 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch diameter dowels.
Opposing set screws hold the drill bit securely and allow for adjustment of the hole depth.
Rod kits are available for separate purchase.
Mr.Cosman thank you for building this drill kit I’m extremely happy it works perfectly if you don’t have one get one, you will be happy you did
Mike
I love the tool and it does everything It says it will do. I’m not sure and I could be wrong, the tooling and machining for this should not justify $150. I bought this because this is the only tool like it on the market. I feel like that is why you are charging this price. this is why I did not give it five stars.
I really like this. I've used it already and it's awesome. Mr. Cosman called me himself to remind me that I needed this pins for the hinges. It was cool to talk to him. Im even making a box for them to go into. Thank you.
Funny you should ask...
I was building a fairly unique watch display box out of wenge. The sides were only 3/8" thick, so most hinges wouldn't work well.
So I decided to use hidden wooden hinges, despite having never built them before. After studying dozens of videos I was most apprehensive about the centering and drilling the hinge pins...until I came across your drill kit.
It struck me as an elegant and straightforward solution.
I practiced on a couple of mock-ups to hone my skills. I ended up using the 1/8" drill bit with the 3/8" dowel.
Once set-up and practiced, everything went smoothly.
I was pleasantly surprised.
Only thing I would change is to make the cups deeper or longer to better ensure the hole is not at a slight angle. I had a couple that the hole was centered at entry but was slightly angled.
