TANYO Cabinet Hardware Jig

4.4 · 171 ratings

The TANYO cabinet hardware jig is an aluminium drilling guide for handles, pulls and knobs: clamp it to a cabinet door or drawer front, set the slider to the hole spacing and drill every pull in the same position. Laser-cut scales stay readable, and the thickened body will not flex.

$19.99–$27.99Shelf price from the seller — check it at checkout.

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Thickened aluminium alloy body
Laser-cut scales that don't wear off
Adjustable slider for any handle spacing
Clamps to the board for wobble-free drilling
Two versions

On the hook: specs

Material	Aluminium alloy
Scales	Laser-cut
Use	Handles, knobs, pulls
Fixing	Clamps to the panel
Versions	2

Jobs it does

Kitchen cabinet refits
Drawer pulls on new furniture
Matching holes across a row of doors
Flat-pack upgrades

How to use the cabinet hardware jig

Start with the hardware itself. Measure the centre-to-centre distance between the screws on one of your pulls — 3 in, 96 mm, 128 mm or 160 mm are the common sizes — and set the jig's slider to that spacing. Then set the edge stop for the distance from the edge of the cabinet door or drawer front. Once both are locked, the jig holds every measurement for you, so there is no tape, no pencil marks and no square on each door.

Clamp the jig to the panel, put a piece of scrap wood behind the drilling location to stop breakout, and drill straight through the metal drill guide with a sharp bit. Fit the first handle and check that the screws line up before you move on to the rest of the kitchen.

Accurate placement on doors and drawers

Doors: reference the opening edge and drill the same distance from the bottom or top corner on every door.
Drawers: use the centre scale to put pulls in the exact middle of each drawer front, even when drawer widths differ.
Knobs: a single hole at the same position on every door — the jig makes it repeatable.
Pairs of pulls on wide drawers: set the spacing once and flip the jig for the second handle.

Why precision matters when you install cabinet hardware

A pull that sits 1/16 in off its neighbour is easy to see across a row of cabinets, and a wrong hole in a finished door is hard to hide. A hardware jig turns the whole job into the same few steps repeated: set, clamp, drill, fit. The result is cabinet hardware that lines up from the first door to the last, which is why installers and DIY kitchen refits both use one.

The TANYO jig is designed in thickened aluminium alloy, so it stays flat and accurate year after year; the drill guide bushings are metal rather than plastic, so the holes do not wear oval, and the whole kit packs into a storage case between projects. Two versions are available: the precision jig and a positioning jig for quick, small installs.

What you need

A drill and a sharp brad-point bit sized for your handle screws (usually 3/16 in or 5 mm).
One clamp to hold the jig on the cabinet door or drawer front.
A piece of scrap wood for a test hole and to back up the drill.

Owners say

Must have for installers. Great price and very functional. I use this as a professional installer and have found its build quality to be great overall. This set does include a few extra inserts and other wearable parts. Far less expensive than some name brand alternatives. The case is nice and holds the components well, but I'm not betting it's going to last long. I'm not sure why I was so hesitant to buy one of these jigs for so long, but I'm glad I did! Would recommend, however.

David

Compliments to the manufacturer. A quality tool; Compliments to the manufacturer; Metal parts not plastic like other tools; Metal drill sleeves so the holes don’t wear; A proper storage case too.

Chris

All my kitchen knobs are perfectly installed. We just installed new cabinets, and all of our hardware is perfectly uniform! It was easy to use, and we had all our knobs on in one afternoon

Marla Fyfe