All about conductors for furniture hinges

Specialists who are engaged in the production of doors and furniture use a conductor to save time and produce a quality product. It is actively used by both beginners and experienced professionals. For competent work, there are varieties of drilling jigs, among which it is easy to find the most suitable option for making furniture hinges for a particular product.

A furniture jig is a special template tool that is often used by specialists in small and large enterprises to mark drilling points on products and, in some cases, also provides a straight-line drill entry into the material. Depending on the needs of the master, the conductors can be either factory-made or self-made. Most often they look like a metal template with sleeves for a hole with a marking of the distance between them. The main advantage of using a furniture conductor is that specialists spend less time on measurements and making markings for drilling.

With the help of it, you can quickly mark the necessary points on the workpieces of the product, and then make their high-quality connection using different fastening methods. The scope of its application is quite wide, but most often it is used for quick insertion of typical furniture hinges. The device may differ in appearance and markings on the template, depending on its intended purpose and working conditions. For example, a jig for furniture hinges in the production of doors will differ significantly in appearance from a jig, which is used to fasten massive furniture sashes.

Depending on what kind of product you have to work with, furniture conductors can be divided into several types.

• Overhead. Most common among buttonhole patterns. Usually they look like a plate with markings, which must be attached to the place where you want to make a hole. They can be either with additional fixation means or without them.
• Sliding. A jig without support, which must be repositioned in order to make each new hole. Less efficient, suitable for experienced professionals.
• Universal. Convenient in that they are suitable for the manufacture of any product due to the possibility of adjusting the distance between the holes and their combination.

When choosing a jig template, you should be guided by your experience and needs. So, for beginners who decide to make furniture for themselves or open a small production, it is recommended to purchase an overhead conductor with full markings for installing hinges.

Experienced craftsmen who work in large industries, where they make not only standard, but also extraordinary furniture, should pay attention to the universal type of conductor. With its help, it will be possible not only to correctly install the hinges on the sash of the product, but also to perform other work with high quality, for which drilling is necessary.

The field of application of conductors is extensive. They are used not only for drilling holes at different angles for the future installation of furniture fasteners, but also for assembling aluminum facades.Due to the variety of jigs, the process of plunging certain products is greatly simplified and becomes more automated. They are also used not only for making furniture, but also for marking and installing door locks, inserting finger handles. Its application features can be seen on the example of an overhead template for standard hinges.

• Determine the place where the sash loop will be attached to the blank of the product, and the type (size) of the loop itself.
• Place the jig and fix its position on the workpiece.
• Mark drilling points with a marker or pencil. Important: it is forbidden to drill through a furniture conductor of this type in order to avoid damage to the template.
• Remove the template and drill for the hinge fasteners at the marked points.
• Install the sash hinge according to the instructions.

Installation work without a template involves a significant amount of time for measuring the loop, marking on the workpiece to determine the points of cutting holes, as well as for the final verification to avoid mistakes.

For information on how to make a marking template for the RSHP 35 loop with your own hands, see the next video.