Parametric Cabinet Pull Drilling Jig (Customizer: any hole spacing, edge or corner fence)

A drilling template for installing cabinet and drawer pulls, designed to help the holes line up the same way on every door.

Enter your pull's centre-to-centre hole spacing and your drill size. The fence hooks over the edge of the door or drawer front, so the holes are designed to sit the same distance (edge_offset) from the edge each time. Two V notches mark the centre between the holes, to line up with a pencil mark on the drawer's centre line. In corner mode, a second fence sets the distance from the top or bottom of a door as well (end_offset).

The plate is thick (8 mm by default) so the guide holes help keep the drill straight.

Everything is in the OpenSCAD Customizer. Includes 5 ready-to-print versions: 96, 128 and 160 mm spacing, 3 in spacing (with holes for a 3/16 in bit), and a 96 mm corner jig. Other spacings (for example 3-3/4 or 5 in) are one number in the Customizer.

Please read. Wear eye protection when drilling, clamp the jig and the workpiece, and keep your fingers away from the bit.

NOTES AND LIMITS

- Try it on a piece of scrap first and check the holes line up with your pull before drilling doors.

- Plastic guide holes wear with use; for many holes, use the jig to mark or centre-punch the positions, then drill.

- Clamp or hold the jig firmly while drilling, and keep the drill straight.

- Use the hole spacing printed on your pull's packaging or measure it centre to centre.

- Independently designed; not affiliated with or endorsed by any maker of the furniture, fixtures or hardware it is used with.

- Previews are computer renders of the included STL files, not photos of real prints. Each image is labelled "Rendered preview".

PRINT SETTINGS

- Material: PLA or PETG

- Layer height 0.2 mm; 4 perimeters/walls; 30% infill

- Supports: none

- Orientation: as exported (upside down, fence pointing up; flip it over to use)

- Bed size: the 3 in, 96 mm and 128 mm jigs are 106-158 mm long and fit a 180 x 180 mm bed. The 96 mm corner jig is 175 mm long and needs a bed of at least 185 mm in one direction; the 160 mm jig is 190 mm long and needs at least 200 mm.

- Printed holes often come out slightly small: check that your bit passes through before you start, and adjust hole_d if needed.

HOW TO CUSTOMIZE: install the free OpenSCAD (openscad.org), open the .scad, choose Window > Customizer, change the values, then press F6 (Render) and Export STL.

Parametric OpenSCAD design by Maker Hollow Studio. Designed with AI assistance: an AI assistant wrote the OpenSCAD code, presets and description. The files were checked automatically (watertight, correct size, prints without supports) but have not yet been test-printed. Preview images are computer renders of the STL files.

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You may print, remix, share and sell prints and remixes, including commercially, as long as you give attribution (credit Maker Hollow Studio and link to this design).