A self-adjusting pocket hole jig system is presented having a base, an upright assembly operably connected to the base, a clamping assembly, operably connected to the upright assembly, a handle operably connected to the clamping assembly, and a drill guide assembly operably connected to the clamping assembly. The drill guide assembly is configured and arranged to move along the upright assembly between an unclamped position and a clamped position in response to movement of the handle. Movement of the handle simultaneously adjusts the height of the drill guide assembly as well as facilitates clamping of the drill guide assembly for workpieces of various thicknesses.

A guide template having a tool guide for a working tool, for producing a main-side cut-out on a workpiece main-side surface of a workpiece which workpiece has a workpiece secondary-side surface, which is at an angle to the workpiece main-side surface and proceeding from which a secondary-side cut-out extends into the workpiece next to the workpiece main-side surface at a distance therefrom, wherein the guide template includes a main-side stop having a main-side stop surface for making contact with the workpiece main-side surface and includes a secondary-side stop, which has an engagement protrusion for engaging the secondary-side cut-out, wherein a longitudinal axis of the engagement protrusion extends toward the tool guide to an intersection region, in which the main-side cut-out to be produced and the secondary-side cut-out intersect, and is at an angle to a guide longitudinal axis of the tool guide, wherein the guide template includes a depth stop having a depth stop surface for a counter stop assigned to the working tool for limiting the penetration depth of the working tool into the workpiece with respect to the guide longitudinal axis.

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.

In an exemplary embodiment, a template for locating and drilling one or more holes in a door is provided. The template may include a body member having a first side portion, a second side portion, and a middle portion. The middle portion can be between the first side portion and the second side portion forming a profile that is configured to cooperatively engage with a portion of the door. The profile can include at least one curved portion to correspond to a curved portion of the portion of the door.

A quick adjust ratcheting pocket hole jig is presented. The pocket hole jig has a base with a removable upright connected thereto. A guide assembly is slidably received within the upright. Removable and replaceable side supports are connected to the base by way of a dove tail joint. Removable and replaceable adjustable stops are connected to the base by way of key holes. A clamp assembly is connected to the base having a handle portion and a clamp follower. The clamp follower has a ratcheting mechanism and a compressible plunger assembly. The clamp follower can quickly be adjusted using a button on the clamp follower that disengages the ratcheting member such that it can be quickly adjusted. When the handle is operated, it draws the clamp follower towards the upright and guide assembly compressing the spring loaded plunger assembly thereby quickly and tightly and adjustably holding a workpiece therebetween.

A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.

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.

Disclosed is a mini pocket hole jig for woodworkers with a movable scale, which includes a main body, in which a penetrating inclined hole is machined, a through hole is formed on the right side of the main body, and the through hole is communicated with the inclined hole; sliding grooves are machined on both sides of the main body, and the scale is slidably installed in the sliding grooves on both sides of the main body; the scale is made of a spring steel sheet and marked with scales; due to the elasticity of the material of the scale, the scale can produce damped sliding fit with the sliding grooves on both sides of the main body, and a guide sleeve is installed in the inclined hole; an upper end face of the main body is inclined, the inclined hole is axially perpendicular to the upper end face of the main body, the guide sleeve extends to a side face of the main body, and the end of the guide sleeve is a hexagonal prism; the main body of the mini pocket hole jig is equipped with a movable scale, and when in use, the scale can be reasonably slid according to the thickness of different wood boards for quick measurement and positioning, which is very flexible and improves the efficiency of pocket holes drilling. The mini pocket hole jig is ingenious in design, easy to store, strong in integrity and high in precision of pocket holes drilling.

Disclosed is a quick clamping fixture for a pocket hole jig, which comprises a base, a clamping block slidably arranged above the base and a locking mechanism for locking the clamping block from free sliding, wherein one side of the base is provided with a back plate, and the clamping block is provided with an accommodating cavity for accommodating the pocket hole jig, and the clamping block slides to clamp wood boards with different thicknesses between the back plate and the pocket hole jig; the pocket hole jig is installed on the clamping block. During working, the pocket hole jig and the locking mechanism are located on the same side of the wood board, which can quickly realize the clamping, punching and disassembling of the wood board.

A machining jig used for adjusting and aligning a workpiece with a drill bit of a drill press in order to make at least one hole at at least one desired compound angle in a workpiece. The machining jig includes a base table adapted to be operably engaged with a drill press table. The machining jig also includes a work table operably engaged with the base table, wherein the work table is pivotably moveable relative to the base table. The machining jig also includes an adjustment assembly operably engaged with the work table and the base table. The adjustment assembly is configured to pivotably adjust the work table to an angle relative to the base table, wherein the angle is selected from a range of predetermined angles. The adjustment assembly also secures the work table to the base table at the selected angle.