How to Make a Cabinet Door Drill Jig / Location Template for Intalling Cabinet Knobs

Cabinet Door Knob Location & Drill Jig for Right and Left-hand Doors

How do you install cabinet knobs and drawer pulls consistently and accurately without making mistakes. It is done with a location and drill jig. Follow these instructions and you will have a jig that can be used on both right-hand and left-hand doors.

Things You'll Need

• Piece of hard wood larger then the pattern of the location for your knobs (3" x 4" x 1/2" Thick)
• Drill
• Pencil
• Ruler / tape measure
• Dowel pins
• Dowel pin drill bit
• Drill bit slightly larger then knob screws

Instructions

1. 

   Determine the location of the knobs for your cabinets.
   This can be done using stickly tack on the knobs

2. 

   Install several knobs cabinets to help set the locations

3. 

   Select the final location and measure the distance from the side and bottom of the door. Write down these measurement for reference.

4. 

   Mark the location for the knob on the piece of hard wood (jig) approximately 1/2" from the top and right edges of the jig.

5. 

   Measure over the left edge the distance of the knob from the side of the door and draw a vertical line on the jig.

6. 

   Then draw a second line to the left 1/2 the diameter of the dowel pins. Mark a dowel pin location on this line parallel with the knob location. Measure down the second line 1-1/2" down and mark a second dowel pin location.

7. 

   Measure down from the knob location on the jig the distance from the bottom of the door and add 1/2 the diameter of the dowel pin. Mark this location for the dowel pin.

8. 

   Drill the dowel pin holes using the dowel pin drill bit. And insert dowel pins so that they protrude out on both sides of jig (this allows the jig to be used for right & left hand door knobs).

9. Drill the knob location hole in the jig using the knob drill bit

10. You are done the jig can be used for both lefthand and righthand doors just by flipping the jig over.

Tips & Warnings

• A drill press is an excellent tool for ensuring that the dowel pins and the knob drill locations are perpendicular to the jig.

• If one makes a mistake and drills the knob hole with the dowel pin drill bit, just insert a dowel pin cut down to the thickness of the jig and redrill.

• Measure twice, mark your locations and remeasure again. It is easier to measure and hard to start over again.