Blum hinge drilling templates

[Livingston Johnston]

Hi there,

I need to build some cabinets using blumotion clip top hinges and I'm trying to figure out what templates I can use for both the doors and the cabinet drilling. I will be using insert doors.

I'm not normally a cabinet guy. I normally build windows and doors but an important customer has requested I do this project for them.

Thank you

[johnny means]

Most Borgs will have the little cQheapy clear plastic template near the hinges. They work plenty well and cost next to nothing. I keep one on my kit just in case.

[Julie Moriarty]

Go to the Blum website and click on Planning Tools. That should at least get you started.

[Jim Andrew]

Rockler has the jigs for blum hinges. As well as shelf pin hole drilling jigs.

[johnny means]

Also, Euro hinges are standardized, so you could Alexis just Google the specs and lay them out the old fashion way. Any old scrap can become a jig with three well placed holes.

[Bruce Wrenn]

I ALWAYS make a sample out of scraps. Saves a lot of head aches later.

[Osvaldo Cristo]

I made mine ages ago when I construct the cabinets for our home. I took the dimensions from the hinge manufacturer and constructed the gig using a Wolfcraft accessory for drillers to bore vertically. It worked nice.

Unfortunately I trashed it just one year ago otherwise I could insert its picture.... but it isn't rocket science to make one.

All the best.

[Joe Chritz]

I generally clamp a fence to the drill press that puts the center of the bit the correct distance from the edge. Set the stop for depth and position the "vertical" positioning with a tape or if I have a bunch a stop. But the door against the fence, slide left or right and plunge.

Joe