A router guide jig includes a frame assembly that includes a first leg, a second leg, and a support member. The support member has an opening extending through the support member positioned at least in part offset from the first leg. The receiving opening defines a first axis. The router guide jig includes at least one backset member carried by the first leg having a first abutment surface facing away from the first leg. The at least one backset member is positionable in at least a first position and in a second position relative to the first leg. In the first position, the first abutment surface is spaced a first distance from the first leg. In a second position, the first abutment surface is spaced a second distance from the first leg. The router guide jig includes at least one clamp member carried by the second leg having a second abutment surface facing away from the second leg. The at least one clamp member is adjustable relative to the second leg to adjust a clamping force provided by the at least one clamp member.

A joinery jig comprising a body and a plurality of spacers, wherein the body defines (i) a first straight slot, a second straight slot and an angled slot, wherein the angled slot connects the first straight slot to the second straight slot to define an elongate angled channel; (ii) a plurality of datum alignment elements aligned with the angled slot, wherein each datum alignment element is spaced from a reference point of the angled slot by a pre-determined distance; and (iii) at least one spacer receiving aperture; and wherein the number of spacers is equal to the number of datum alignment elements and each spacer includes a body having a dimension which is equal to the pre-determined distance defined between a respective one of the datum alignment elements and the reference point of the angled slot; and wherein each spacer includes a body portion which fits within the or one of the spacer receiving apertures.

The template for a router to notch a door latch slot is a jig that is adapted for use in routing slots in door slab such that the door slab can receive a latch. The template for a router to notch a door latch slot is clamped to the door slab such that an aperture formed in the template for a router to notch a door latch slot is positioned over the lock rail of the door slab. The aperture can then be used as a template for the router to create a door latch slot to receive the latch plate of the door lock. The template for a router to notch a door latch slot comprises a U channel, a pressure plate, and a thumbscrew.

The template for a router to notch a door latch slot is a jig that is adapted for use in routing slots in door slab such that the door slab can receive a latch. The template for a router to notch a door latch slot is clamped to the door slab such that an aperture formed in the template for a router to notch a door latch slot is positioned over the lock rail of the door slab. The aperture can then be used as a template for the router to create a door latch slot to receive the latch plate of the door lock. The template for a router to notch a door latch slot comprises a U channel, a pressure plate, and a thumbscrew.

Tapered, stepped, or non-tapered router guide templates, and optionally combined template holder system, each template comprising: a base portion, a top portion, at least one of an exterior surface interconnecting the base portion and the top portion along an outer periphery of the template and an interior surface interconnecting the base portion and the top portion along an inner periphery of the template, wherein optionally one of the exterior surface and the interior surface may be continuously tapered between the base portion and the top portion, or stepped, and wherein the base portion is adapted for removable and adjustable interconnection with the template holder system.

A mortising jig and associated components and methods for cutting a mortise in a workpiece. The jig includes a guide assembly for locating and moving a drill bit of a drilling tool relative to the workpiece. The guide assembly includes a guide rail and a guide. The guide includes a guide carriage movably mounted on the guide rail for movement along the guide rail and a drill bit support. The drill bit support is movable with the guide carriage. The drill bit support includes a rest arranged to locate the drill bit of the drilling tool relative to the workpiece. The drill bit support is movable relative to the guide carriage to change a distance between the rest and the guide carriage.

A mortising jig and associated components and methods for cutting a mortise in a workpiece. The jig includes a guide assembly for locating and moving a drill bit of a drilling tool relative to the workpiece. The guide assembly includes a guide rail and a guide. The guide includes a guide carriage movably mounted on the guide rail for movement along the guide rail and a drill bit support. The drill bit support is movable with the guide carriage. The drill bit support includes a rest arranged to locate the drill bit of the drilling tool relative to the workpiece. The drill bit support is movable relative to the guide carriage to change a distance between the rest and the guide carriage.

The invention relates to a method for forming an elongate cut-out (2), which has a varying transverse dimension in the longitudinal direction, in a workpiece (1), which is preferably composed of wood, wood materials, plastic, or the like at least in some segments, wherein the method comprises plunging a machining device into the workpiece (I), which machining device has an adjustable machining diameter; moving the machining device and the workpiece in relation to each other (II); adjusting the machining diameter of the machining device (III); and removing the machining device from the workpiece (IV).

A mono-stable self-aligning template for installing brackets and treatments around an opening has a first plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of opposing side edges. A plurality of openings is formed through the top surface of the first plate. The plurality of openings is arranged in at least a first array on a first side area on the top surface of the first plate. A mono-stable self-alignment device is coupled to the first plate. The mono-stable self-alignment device is perpendicular to the first plate.

A mono-stable self-aligning template for installing brackets and treatments around an opening has a first plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of opposing side edges. A plurality of openings is formed through the top surface of the first plate. The plurality of openings is arranged in at least a first array on a first side area on the top surface of the first plate. A mono-stable self-alignment device is coupled to the first plate. The mono-stable self-alignment device is perpendicular to the first plate.