Patent ID: 8376333
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A jig for drilling intersecting holes in a work piece, the jig comprising: a base for supporting the work piece; a first moveable template operatively coupled to the base and having an upper set of bolt-hole drill guides extending through the template along a first axis, the bolt-hole drill guide having a diameter sized to receive a first drill bit, wherein one of the first template and the base includes a first groove and the other one of the first template and the base includes a first tongue for slideably engaging the first groove; and a second moveable template operatively coupled to the base and having an upper set of barrel-nut hole drill guides corresponding to the upper set of bolt-hole drill guides, the barrel-nut hole drill guides extending through the second template along a second axis, perpendicular and intersecting the first axis, the barrel-nut hole drill guides having a diameter larger than the diameter of the bolt-hole drill guides and sized to receive a second drill bit, wherein one of the second template and the base includes a second groove and the other one of the second template and the base includes a second tongue for slideably engaging the second groove, and wherein the individual guides in each of the upper sets are disposed at different heights from a top portion of the base to accommodate different work piece thicknesses.