Rob Cosman's Wood-Hinge Individual Jigs: 1/4 inch
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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 jigs to precisely drill the hole in the center of dowel segments (the most difficult task).
Product Details
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Four individual wood-hinge drill jig sizes available: 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" & 3/4"
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Each individual wood-hinge drill jig includes one dowel jig, drill bit holder, drill bit, and Allen wrench.
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1/4" & 3/8" drill jigs come with a 1/16" drill bit.
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1/2" & 3/4" drill jigs come with a 1/8" drill bit.
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Opposing set screws hold the drill bit securely in the holder and allows for adjustment of the hole depth.
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Port holes in drill bit holder expel the sawdust to prevent clogging.
You may also like a copy of of my video "Wood-Hinge Box" which shows you step-by-step how to build a wood-hinge box. Please go to our "Video" collection and add "the Wood-Hinge Box" video (available as a DVD or On Demand) to your cart.
Works as advertised and puts the hole dead center in the dowel, if the dowel is truly 1/4". Hope the 3/8" unit is back in stock soon.
These simple devices are brilliant and work great. Tried making the wooden hinges several other ways, with varying success. But short of using a lathe, this is by far the best, most reproducible, and simplest option.
I used Rob's 1/4" drill guide on some spalted Silver Maple dowels. This was my first attempt at a wood hinge box. I had to tweak the router table settings several times while testing on some scrap to get the dowel alignment just right, but once I was ready to glue, the hinge fit perfectly, and my wife loves the result.
I watched Rob's video and waffled between buying the 1/4" jig and making one now on my lathe. I'm glad I bought one. It's well made and was far cheaper than my shop rate efforts would have been. I'll probably get the 3/8" soon.
I bought the 3/8" a few weeks back and after building my first box went straight back and ordered the 1/4" ... great little jigs, really elegant hinge detail on box, so much nicer and neater (and cheaper) than brass hinges.
