A fixturing device for attaching attached to a work piece and methods of attaching the fixturing device to the work piece. The device may include a body, a base, and an extension. The extension may extend outward from the body and is sized to initially be positioned within an opening in the work piece. The extension may be expandable in size to engage with a backside of the work piece at the opening to secure the device to the work piece. The device further includes an interface for receiving to a tool that performs an operation on the work piece.

A pocket hole drilling machine is presented. The pocket hole drilling machine has a cabinet made of a molded unitary monolithic piece. A monolithic top plate is connected to the cabinet with an opening in the middle for an insert plate which is positioned therein. A handle extends above the top plated as does a clamping assembly however actuating mechanics of the device move within the cabinet, thereby improving safety by eliminating pinchpoints. An adjustable fence assembly having cam locks connected thereto is also connected to the top plate. This arrangement provides a low cost, safe and efficient pocket hole drilling machine.

A spindle repair kit including a pair of alignment mandrels positionable in a respective spindle bore of a steering spindle. An alignment rod is operative to retain the mandrels in their respective spindle bores. The kit can also include a first clamp member and a second clamp member, each being positionable between the spindle bores. The kit includes a drill fixture including a drill mounting surface and a bearing fixture including a bearing aperture sized to receive the alignment rod. Fasteners clamp the drill fixture and first clamp member to the first spindle bore and clamp the bearing holder and second clamp member to the second spindle bore. The kit includes an arbor connectable to a drill and a reamer, wherein the arbor is sized to position the reamer in the first spindle bore.

A jig for forming holes in a workpiece includes a body. The body includes a first jig-surface and a second jig-surface. The first jig-surface includes a jig-surface contour. The jig-surface contour is complementary to a workpiece-surface contour of a workpiece-surface of the workpiece. The second jig-surface is planar and opposite to the first jig-surface. The jig includes through holes that extend through the body between the first jig-surface and the second jig-surface for forming holes in the workpiece. Each one of the through holes includes a through-hole axis that is perpendicular to the second jig-surface and that is non-perpendicular to the first jig-surface such that each one of the holes formed in the workpiece has a hole axis that is non-perpendicular to the workpiece-surface.

A handheld powered pocket hole drilling system is provided. The system includes a base assembly having a plate. The plate has a drill bit opening extending through the plate. The system includes a drilling assembly and a drill bit connected to the drilling assembly. A drill guide assembly is operably connected to the base assembly and the drilling assembly. The drilling assembly is movable along the drill guide assembly to extend and retract the drill bit through the drill bit opening at an angle. An actuating assembly is operably connected to the drilling assembly. The actuating assembly is configured to move the drilling assembly and drill bit between a retracted position and an extended position. In some arrangements, the actuating assembly moves a drilling assembly and drill bit rearward and downward to the extended position and a handle of the actuating assembly is moved forward and downward.

A multi-purpose layout tool and drill guide, and related components and accessories, including a mounting L bracket, laser, swivels stand, headband and lamp.

An construction tool apparatus for facilitating the task of joining framing together includes a includes a template having a peripheral wall arranged about a longitudinal plane and with an internal chamber for reception of a section of a construction framing member of predetermined shape, a first guide defining a first guide throughbore extending along a first axis which is arranged at a first oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal plane and a second guide defining a second guide throughbore extending along a second axis which is arranged at a second oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal plane. The first and second throughbores are adapted for reception of a drill to form first and second pilot holes in the section of the framing member. The first and second oblique angles each range from about 50 to 58 degrees relative to the longitudinal plane. In one embodiment, the first and second oblique angles are substantially equivalent.

A drill block and a method for drilling a hole through a workpiece using the drill block. The drill block may include a mounting leg for mounting the drill block, a drilling support leg having a round hole therethrough operable to receive a drill bit during a drilling operation, and a height variability leg interposed between the mounting leg and the drilling support leg, wherein the height variability leg is adjustable to select a vertical height of the drilling support leg relative to the mounting leg.

A jig assembly (10) for location with respect to a first item of furniture, such as a door or drawer front, to which a second item of furniture, such as a handle, is to be secured. The jig assembly (10) comprises a first member in the form of first block (12) and a second member in the form of second block (14), the first block (12) and the second block (14) being configured to be coupled together by a spacer (16). The spacer (16) may comprise, may be identical to, or may correspond to, a handle (18) corresponding to that which is to be secured to the door or drawer front.

A clutch brake cutter for removing a disk-shaped clutch brake from off an input shaft that couples a truck engine to a transmission includes one or more cutting tools and employs a method of clamping and axially compressing a solid or multilayer clutch brake during the cutting operation. In some examples, the clutch brake cutter first guides a drill bit radially from an outer peripheral edge to an inner peripheral edge of the clutch brake. The resulting hole has a diameter that is less than the disk thickness of the clutch brake. Next, the clutch brake cutter guides a chisel lengthwise through the predrilled hole to split the hole open. The drilling and chiseling operation is repeated at an opposite location on the clutch brake to separate the clutch into at least two pieces that can be readily removed from the input shaft without having to first remove the transmission.