A cutting guide apparatus for guiding placement of bore holes in a door may include an engagement interface and a backset assembly. The engagement interface is configured to retain the apparatus proximate to an edge of a door and center an edge bore guide between an inside face and an outside face of the door. The engagement interface includes a first arm and a second arm that are each operably coupled to a common pivot axis. The backset assembly is operably coupled to the engagement interface to enable an amount of backset from the edge of the door to a center of a handle hole guide to be adjusted. The backset assembly includes a first mounting bracket operably coupled to a first portion of the first arm and a first portion of the second arm, and a second mounting bracket operably coupled to a second portion of the first arm.

A self-adjusting pocket hole jig includes a base having a clamp end and a toggle end, a guide carried by the base and reciprocally movable between a raised position and a lowered position. A clamp assembly is carried by the base and reciprocally movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. An adjustment mechanism is coupled between the guide and the clamp assembly. The adjustment mechanism is arranged to move the clamp assembly in a forward direction to the engaged position and correspondingly move the guide in a downward direction to the lowered position, and arranged to move the clamp assembly in a rearward direction to the disengaged position and correspondingly move the guide in an upward direction to the raised position.

A pocket hole jig system is formed of a plurality of jig segments, wherein each jig segment includes a main body having a drill guide and a lock feature that protrudes outward on a first side of the main body and a recess that protrudes inward on a second side of the main body. The system also includes one or more spacers that have a main body of varying width and a lock feature that protrudes outward on a first side of the main body and a recess that protrudes inward on a second side of the main body. Jig segments and spacers may be connected together by inserting the lock feature of a jig segment or spacer into the recess of an adjacent jig segment or spacer. In one arrangement opposing jig segments and/or spacers lock together with a combination of rotational movement as well as sliding movement.

A pocket hole jig includes base with a base plate and first and second lateral side walls extending along the base plate, and a body disposed between the first and second lateral side walls and slidable along the base in a forward direction and a rearward direction. The body includes a drill bit aperture angled downward toward the base plate. The pocket hole jig also includes a fence movable between a raised position and a lowered position and having a contact surface engageable with an end of the workpiece when the fence is in the lowered position to position the base a predetermined distance from the end of the workpiece. The contact surface is in a first position when the fence is in the raised position and a second position when the fence is in the lowered position. The second position is forward of the first position.

A pocket hole jig for locating pocket holes in a workpiece includes a base with a base plate and first and second side walls extending along the base plate, and a body disposed between the first and second side walls and slidable along the base in a forward direction and a rearward direction. The body includes a drill bit aperture angled downward toward the base plate. The pocket hole jig also includes a fastener configured to releasably couple the pocket hole jig to an adjacent second pocket hole jig.

A pocket hole drill guide having a central base member, the pocket hole drill guide having two fifteen-degree guide channels for applying a pocket hole on a workpiece by way of a drill and drill bit. The pocket hole drill guide has a three-tenths inch diameter drill guide and a three hundred seventy-five thousandths inch diameter guide channel on opposing ends of the pocket hole drill central base member, with the exit holes of the guide channels on the same contact face of the central base member. The guide channels intersect at the fifteen-degree angles, so material can be removed from, and a user can quickly alternate between the two sized guide channels for ease of use and rapid production capacity. A multi-slot extrusion is provided which may be mounted to an L-shaped extrusion bracket, making the use of a miter bar optional and the system itself more portable.

A gauge may measure a proper level of exposure for siding installation or another measurement. The gauge may be top mounted onto a nose or upper assembly area of a device, bottom mounted onto a base of a device handle, or side mounted onto a device component, for example, a basket or magazine of a siding gun. The gauge may be adjustable to accommodate different devices such as a nail gun, screw gun, or drill, and allow the device to function while maintaining minimal deflection.

Jigs and fixtures for aligning, guiding, and/or holding a workpiece on woodworking machinery during a woodworking operation are described, as well as methods of making, modifying, and using jigs and fixtures.

A pocket hole jig in contains: a base, a first fixing assembly, a drilling assembly, and a second fixing assembly. The first fixing assembly and the drilling assembly are arranged on two ends of the base respectively, and an operation space is defined between the first fixing assembly and the drilling assembly of the base so as to accommodate a wooden workpiece. The first fixing assembly includes a push rod, the drilling assembly includes at least one tilted orifice, wherein an inlet segment of the at least one tilted orifice is located on an upper end of the drilling assembly, and an outlet segment of the at least one tilted orifice is located on one side of the drilling assembly. The second fixing assembly is located on one side of the base and includes an abutting seat configured to abut against the wooden workpiece.

A general purpose hole saw guide and a method of forming holes through surfaces, without the need of a centering bit, are provided. The hole saw guide includes a circular disk with concentric grooves on its surface. The disk is transparent and portable for placement on a surface through which a hole is to be drilled to facilitate the centering and stabilizing control of a hole saw on the surface. The method includes the steps of providing a transparent disk having concentric grooves; positioning the disk on a surface; mounting the disk to the surface; inserting a hole saw that is fitted to a drill into the grooves of the disk; drilling a hole through the disk and surface beneath it; and removing the disk from the surface after the hole has been drilled.