How To Make Shelf Pin Holes

Choose the location of the shelf pin holes.
How to make shelf pin holes. Most shelf pins have 1 4 shanks and the holes in pegboard are 1 4. Even a small drill press makes drilling the holes accurately fast and simple. The indexing pin. When you finish this side put the jig on the oppisite side of the cabinet being sure to keep the same end of the jig against that scrap in the dado slot.
You should cut the pegboard to the size of the pieces that you are drilling. Start and stop holes 6 8 from top and bottom of any fixed shelf and cabinet top and bottom. Be sure when you set up your jig that the holes are an equal distance to the edge of the jig. You may have to trim the top edge of your pegboard later.
The pins should be set in from the edges of the shelf sufficiently to limit their visibility while maximizing support. Reposition the shelf pin jig. Watch the video below for a demo on how to create the perfect shelf pin holes. Now you can drill the holes at the back of the cabinet.
Mark location of any fixed shelves that will be permanently attached to cabinet sides. Insert the shelf pin drill bit into the guide and drill. To drill holes for adjustable shelves. Set the blade of the square to locate the forward line of holes and draw that line on both cabinet sides top to bottom.
First we ll slide the stop collar onto the bit. Drill the shelf pin holes. Diy shelf drilling jig there is no need to drill holes all the way from top to bottom. Set the shelf pin drill bit depth.
Cut a piece of 1 x 1 lumber to length to. Rather than laboriously marking the locations of shelf pin holes make a simple dead on drilling guide from 1 4 perforated hardboard scrap to avoid a mistake mark the jig s bottom and the holes used as drill guides. If you only have a couple boards to drill for shelf pins you can use a piece of inexpensive hardboard pegboard as a drilling jig. Chuck a 1 4 wood drill bit in a drill.