A dowel jig having a main body, a clamp assembly and a drill guide is provided. The main body has first and second legs for locating a workpiece. The dowel jig may have a side stop for locating the workpiece in a third dimension. Drill guide spacers may be provided for locating the drill guide relative to the workpiece abutments provided by the main body. The clamp assembly may have locating features quick and repeatable adjustment of the location of the clamp for clamping workpieces for forming dowel holes in different portions of a workpiece.

This invention includes a drill guide (drill depth stop and alignment tool), canting base attachment, and self-aligning dowel jig attachment that allows users to drill holes to prescribed depths into flat work surfaces using various sizes of twist and auger bits while eliminating marring and reducing wood splintering. The canting base attachment allows users to drill holes to prescribed depths and at variable angles into flat surfaces and both large and small cylinders with no free ends using various kinds and sizes of drilling tools without marring. The dowel jig attachment allows users to drill dowel holes to prescribed depths in edges and faces of work pieces that are evenly spaced apart by numerous gauged distances and at infinitely adjustable distances from edges. This invention has drill press-like capabilities and can be used in fields and shops.

Fastener alignment systems, fastener alignment kits, and associated methods are disclosed herein. The fastener alignment systems include a fastener orienting structure, a fastener alignment tool, and a transfer structure. The fastener orienting structure is configured to orient a plurality of fasteners in a predetermined fastening location pattern. The fastener alignment tool is configured to operatively engage with the fastener orienting structure at a predetermined relative orientation, to receive a corresponding fastener in each of a plurality of fastener alignment receptacles, and to retain the corresponding fastener. The transfer structure is configured to selectively transfer the plurality of fasteners from the fastener orienting structure to the fastener alignment tool. The fastener alignment kits include the fastener alignment tool and the plurality of fasteners. The methods include methods of utilizing the fastener alignment system.

The present technology presents system of a guide for widening a drilled hole. In various embodiments the system comprises a hub including a circular central member and a plurality of slots for shims around a circumference of the circular central member. Embodiments include a plurality of shims with the plurality of shims being fit into the plurality of slots around the circumference of the circular central member. Furthermore, the plurality of shims each include a narrow end and a wide end with the narrow end of each of the plurality of shims being in a same direction and the wide end of each of the plurality of shims being in an opposite direction to the narrow end allowing for the guide to fit securely into the existing hole before drilling the new hole.

A docking station system is presented for use with pocket hole jigs and other jigs and tools. The docking station system is configured to receive and connect with a pocket hole jig, other jigs, and/or tool to facilitate easy installation and use thereof. In one or more arrangements, the docking system has hinge members that allow for the connection of side supports. Side supports include a base member and a cover member and have a hollow interior for storage. Side supports rotate upon docking station system between an extended position and a retracted position and may be locked in the retracted position for storage and transport. When side supports are in an extended position, the upper surface of the side supports are in flush alignment with the upper surface of the base of the pocket hole jig installed upon the docking station.

A pocket hole jig includes a body with a base surface positionable against a workpiece, and a drill guide pivotally coupled to the body. The drill guide defines a guide axis such that a drill bit is insertable into the drill guide along the guide axis. The drill guide is pivotable relative to the body to adjust an inclination angle of the guide axis relative to the base surface.

The current invention relates to jig apparatus which is provided of a form to allow accurate positioning and repositioning of the same with respect to workpiece and the use of the jig apparatus to provide a guide for the provision of a drill bit through at least one guide passages therein to form a hole in the workpiece at a required location. In one embodiment the jig apparatus is provided in a form so as to provide a plurality of passages, each of which can be used as a guide for a drill bit to thereby allow a plurality of spaced apart drill holes to be formed in the workpiece without the need to move the jig apparatus with respect to the workpiece. In one embodiment guide means are provided which are selectively positionable by the user in order to allow the position of the jig apparatus with respect to the workpiece to be accurately defined and retained by the user.

As shown, for example in FIGS. 1 to 14, the lockset installation kit includes a door jig (1) configured for attachment to a distal end (2) of a door (3). The door jig (1) clamps to the distal end (2) and is used to guide the boring out of the door handle hole (18), the boring out of the latch bolt hole (15) and the morticing of the latch bolt plate recess (16). As shown for example in FIGS. 27 to 39, the kit also includes a frame jig (29) configured for attachment to a door frame (30). The frame jig (29) is used to guide the boring out of the strike bolt hole (65) and the morticing of the strike plate recess (46). To assist with correct alignment, the kit provides for the door jig (1) to be mechanically coupled to the frame jig (29).

A pocket hole jig system is presented having a guide assembly having a drilling face and a plurality of drill guides that intersect with the drilling face. The main body of the guide assembly is formed of a first material that is rigid and provides structural integrity to the guide assembly. The first material has a low coefficient of friction. A grip layer is placed on the drilling face of the guide assembly. The grip layer is formed of a softer material that has a higher coefficient of friction than the material that forms the main body of the guide assembly. When placed on a workpiece, the grip layer provides increased grip on the workpiece thereby holding the workpiece and guide assembly in place and requiring less clamping pressure to hold the workpiece and guide assembly together.

There is disclosed a jig device that can be used for processing a dental implant surgical guide. According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a jig device for processing of a dental surgical guide, the jig device including: a base at which a surgical guide having an impression acquired in an oral cavity of a patient is disposed; a fixing unit which is provided at the base and at which one side of the surgical guide is seated; and a cover unit which allows the surgical guide to be disposed between the fixing unit and the cover unit and is formed to be openable and closeable so as to fix and/or unfix the surgical guide.