Patent ID: 6254320
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
A fixture for drilling pocket holes in a workpiece, said fixture comprising:a U-shaped unitary one piece member having a base leg, a guide leg and a clamp leg with said base leg being transverse and joined to said guide leg and said clamp leg, a first surface of the workpiece in which a hole is to be drilled to engage an interior surface of said guide leg and a second workpiece surface transverse to said first workpiece surface to engage an interior surface of said base leg;a guide channel formed in said guide leg at an angle to said guide leg and having an entrance for a drill bit on an exterior surface of said guide leg and an exit on said guide leg interior surface which opposes the workpiece first surface; andan adjustable screw clamp threaded in said clamp leg and movable by rotation of the screw to engage a third surface of the workpiece that is opposite the workpiece first surface to hold the workpiece against the interior surface of said guide leg during the time a drill bit is advanced in said guide channel to said workpiece first surface.