Sommerfield Easy Mark Hardware Drilling Jig
Made in USA, Patented design
list price $70
Sommerfield Tools is a legend in the woodworking field. They are based in Iowa, and their products are manufactured in their own factory. Their web page is an inspiration, and recounts Marc Sommerfield's stature in the teaching and innovations in the hand crafted woodworking field.
The Easy Mark Hardware Drilling Jig brings speed, precision and repeatability to drawer and cabinet door hardware installation.
The Easy Mark drilling jig will help you align and drill the hardware mounting holes for knobs and handles quickly, precisely and with absolute repeatability. And, when you finish, all handles and knobs will be in perfect alignment with one another...a sight to behold!
If you're still measuring, marking and drilling large numbers of mounting holes without the aid of a device like this, you're wasting a lot of valuable time.
Here's how it works:
- Reset the raised ledge on the back side of the Easy Mark on the top edge of the drawer front
- Slide the horizontal stop all the way to the right and center the device on the drawer front, using the left and right half-scales as indicators
- Slide the stop to the left until it makes contact with the right side of the drawer front and tighten
- Adjust drill bushings (3" to 4-1/2" on-center) to match hardware mounting holes and tighten
- Loosen the locking knob on the drill bushing block...slide it vertically to your desired position...and re-tighten the locking knob
- Use a 3/16" twist drill bit in the applicable hardened bushings to bore mounting holes
- Move the Easy Mark to the next drawer and repeat the process
- More information at Sommerfield Tools web page
- Includes the original instructions, with pencil writing of my measurements for our kitchen drawers.
- This is a dense, thick plastic in construction. It will last a lifetime and is very rugged and durable.