Designed for Rockler Woodworking and Hardware. These bits offer dead-on centering accuracy. Use with our JIG-IT Templates for Shelf Pins or Cribbage Templates for perfect results every time.
Shelf Jig & 1/4'' bit set for 1/4'' shelf pins
Shelf Jig & 5mm bit set for 5mm shelf pins
Shelf Jig & 7/32'' bit for 5mm shelf pin sockets
Shelf Jig & 9/32'' bit for 1/4'' shelf pin sockets
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I'm making a craftsman style book case divider and used the bit to put shelves in. Several years ago I purchased a jig from you not realizing a centering bit was needed! What a slick product the centering bit is!
2) Submitted by
John W Barrett, from Oreland, PA
on 7/4/2009
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I used this bit, along with a home made shelf pin jig, to build a couple of Shaker style bookcases. What a time saver. A really great tool.
3) Submitted by
Scott Ewing, from Brandon, FL
on 3/17/2008
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I used this bit to make shelf pin holes using your shelf pin jig. I made kitchen cabinets for my son. I plan to make another 30 linear feet of cabinets for the same project. I used the cabinet screws made on the same order to mount the cabinets. Both are excellent.
4) Submitted by
John, from Mount Pleasant, SC
on 11/4/2009
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Making some cabinets for a neighbor and had 240 shelf pin holes to drill. Your jig makes alignment simple with accurate indexing. The comments by others concerning chip clogging are correct, BUT I found that if you insert the bit into the jig, start the drill AND LET IT SPIN A FEW SECONDS BEFORE drilling the hole. Then let IT SPIN AGAIN AFTER completing the hole, the chip clearing problem was greatly reduced. Just can't be in a hurry!
5) Submitted by
Rich Howard, from Glendora, NJ
on 4/14/2008
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Used this and the 1/4" Self Centering bit on my electronics cabinet with the jig and they worked very well except that after a few holes the bit had to be cleared of debris after every two or three holes. The design should be worked on so the bit clears the debris.
6) Submitted by
Dennis Niemczyk, from Chicago, IL
on 11/22/2008
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I bought the 5mm version to add a few more shelf positions to some new cabinets. First I made a jig from a strip of 1/8" tempered hardboard by drilling a pair of properly spaced 5mm "locator" holes followed by several 3/8" guide holes. Using shelf pins to register the jig into the existing holes I then drilled the new pin holes with the bit and guide. The bit cut clean holes at the surface but did tend to clog up with shavings after only a couple of holes as per another reviewer's experience. If I had to drill a bunch of holes I would find that frequent clearing of the bit to be a problem. The design should be revised for better chip ejection. Other than that, the self-centering bit worked well.
7) Submitted by
Thomas Creeden, from Windber, PA
on 7/24/2008
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The self centering drill bit is very nice. It can be used directly with the hardware as well as the Jig-It. It makes for much better fitting screws/hardware with no screw heads leaving an edge or lip. This is a keeper!
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