Hardware Horse Drill Jig – Furniture Handle Installation Template for Cabinet Knobs & Pulls – Alignment Guide for Doors & Drawers

I've been working for quite some time on my kitchen remodel, which included building all new cabinets in my workshop. When it came to installing the door pulls, I found my original jig that I've had for years did not have the capacity for the longer style of pulls. I saw this jig on Amazon and decided to buy it. The positive reviews aren't wrong. This jig was relatively simple to figure out and set up for the two different sizes of pulls that we got. I didn't even need to clamp it to the doors during drilling because it's got enough size and heft that you can simply hold it in place while drilling. I got perfect results. As a 40+ year DIY'er and woodworker, I would highly recommend this product. Reading through the reviews, I did note the one issue with it being that multiple drillings will slowly enlarge your holes in the jig. That's true. However, for the price and the fact that it will get 99% of users through any large project it's hands-down the best bargain out there. Pro cabinet makers will want to opt for something that cost's far more and will last through years of use.

The design and execution of this jig is simply perfect. The incremental offset holes allow for exact alignment and it really will work with virtually all handles and door designs. Unlike thin plastic jigs, this is beefy enough to have zero flex so you can't mess things up by applying too much force in any direction when lining things up.If your doors have square edges, there's no adjustment needed to flip the jig for different corners. In my case, the doors had rounded edges which required pushing the alignment dowels through farther to one side or the other based on which direction I needed to flip the jig, but even that took 2 seconds of time to adjust.This tool has saved me literally hours of time installing my kitchen door and drawer pulls. I'd still recommend it at 4x the price. Seriously, it's that good.

The product works great, it’s a sturdy block of wood with metal pins for Perfectly aligning the jig against the cabinet and drawer doors. The instructions however, aren’t clear (thank goodness for pictures). After studying it for a bit I was able to put the item to use without incident and I have perfectly aligned bar pulls which was what I was after. With my OCD on perfectly straight lines it would have made my eyes twitch if any of the bars were crooked. There are more expensive plastic alternatives, but this is sturdier and will do both cabinets and drawers. I’d give it 5 stars if it had better instructions, otherwise if you study it...any do it yourselfer will do just fine.

This was a great idea. However as I set it up and tried it on a SCRAP piece of wood I discovered that the pre drilled holes are not drilled 90 degrees to the jig surface. If you slide the drill bit thru so it extends equally out both sides you can see with your naked eye it's off by a degree or so. This might not sound like much but with the close tolerances of some hardware this could be an expensive mistake. Proceed with caution.

The flaw with this product is that the guide hole in the material enlarges as more holes are drilled through the guide hole. As the guide hole enlarges, the holes in the cabinet doors and drawers are not located accurately and are not perpendicular to the surface of the cabinet wood. This flaw could be corrected by providing a steel bushing which can be interchanged between guide holes. Also the 5 mm drill bit is an odd size; manufacturers of the door knobs and pulls recommend a 3/16 inch diameter drill. The 5 mm size exceeds 3/16 inch diameter by 0.010 inches. Not a lot but enough to introduce more play in the hole in the cabinet wood.

This thing is GREAT!! I had (24) 7" pulls to install on drawers and cabinet doors. I'm no finish carpenter, but I'm at least a little handy, so I knew my standard plastic cheapies from HD and/or Lowes weren't going to cut it, as they only go up to 4 1/2". So... I spent awhile searching for something that would fit my needs.The Hardware Horse Drill Jig popped up, and it advertised that it could handle the 7" pulls. Further, the reviews were good. Finally, the price was right, considering the other more expensive, sometimes WAY more expensive options. Oh, and since I am a Prime member, it could be delivered FAST, and it was.The first thing I did was to match up my pulls with the holes in the "body" portion of the horse. I found what appeared to be a perfect match, but I tried it on a scrap piece first. Perfect! OK, on to the next part, which was to use the horse "legs" to find the right depth. By this, I mean how far the holes for the pull were to be from the edges. (Drawer or cabinet door)This took only a couple minutes to figure out which holes I would be using. You should know that none of the holes are actually drilled all the way through the jig. You have to do that yourself, as per the directions. Fortunately, the right drill bit comes with the jig, along with 3 pins, which poke out either side of the jig after you drill out their respective holes.Getting back to the pull holes, the directions say to tape over all the other nearby holes so you don't accidentally drill through the wrong hole. Since this was the first time for me, I simply used a marker to circle the 2 holes I would be using.I highly, HIGHLY, REALLY HIGHLY recommend that you use some sort of face clamp to clamp the jig into place, like what is shown in the pics I attached. If you try and free hand it and it slips even just a little, well.....Anyways, I marked the center of the work, lined up the jig, and using the pins as a stop, I clamped the jig to the drawer/door tightly. Using the bit they supplied, it was a quick and simple process. All of the pull installs were perfectly positioned, and I couldn't be more pleased.If you are a beginner, keep this in mind: The jig itself is wood. So when you drill, make sure you're going straight in, and keep it on that plane. If you start moving your drill side to side, and/or up and down, you'll enlarge the hole, and it will no longer be a perfect fit. I know that's just basic stuff, but, well... I was a beginner once too.

Nice tool. Works well for wider spacing. Made of wood product so make sure not to actually use holes in it while drilling but only for marking. Would give it more stars if the pre-drilled wholes were straight. Some were angled.