i'm building a play kitchen for my granddaughters; working on the doors under the sink now. since the doors are so small, i went with a narrower stile at just under 1 3/4" wide.
most cup hinges need a 35mm hole which is probably too big, but i've found "mini" concealed hinges that only need 22mm. will prob pick up the kreg concealed hinge jig, and i read somewhere that you can bore a 22mm hole with it but can't find anything on the kreg site.
has anyone used the kreg to install smaller concealed hinges?
I was waiting for your response to LeeRoy, since a drill press would be ideal. I went out to the shop and measured the bit for the Kreg jig. The portion of the shaft that fits in the jig itself is 1/2" (actually 15/32") and it drops down to 3/8" to fit 3/8" drills.
Also, 7/8" is just over 22mm, in case you have a problem finding a 22mm Forstner bit.
A good tip for getting Forstner bits positioned accurately to a mark is to drill a shallow pilot hole and use it to locate the Forstner bit using it's point.
Better yet, take LeeRoy's advice and get a cheap drill press. You'll find lots of uses for it, like as a spindle sander. That HF is probably as good as the $150 Rikon 8".
for anyone wondering about those mini euro hinges…
they're a piece of cake, and work great on narrow stiles. the ones i ordered were less than $1 for each set but the downside was that the manufacturer didn't include a diagram for hole placement :/
screwed the drillmate to a piece of scrap plywood to act as a stable base. drilled the 26mm hole thru the plywood. clamped the piece to the workbench, clamped the drillmate to the piece. drilled out the cup hole in the door. they came out perfect.
the drillmate is no drill press, but it comes it handy when you can't bring the piece to the drill and must bring the drill to the piece. kinda sorta like a hand-held router vs a router table
at woodcraft, the blum mini euro hinges for frameless inset doors were $15 each and i needed 5 sets…i spent the money i saved on led lights for the cabinets and little stove lol
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