Jig (tool) - Drill Jig

A drill jig is a type of jig that expedites repetitive hole center location on multiple interchangeable parts by acting as a template to guide the twist drill or other boring device into the precise location of each intended hole center. In metalworking practice, typically a hardened drill bushing lines each hole on the jig plate to keep the tool from damaging the jig.

Drill jigs started falling into disuse with the invention of the jig borer.

Since the widespread penetration of the manufacturing industry by CNC machine tools, in which servo controls are capable of moving the tool to the correct location automatically, the need for drill jigs (and for the jobs of the drill press operators who used them) is much less than it previously was.

Different types of Drill jigs:

1. Plate jigs or channel jig.
2. Angle plate jig.
3. Box jig.
4. leaf or latch jig.
5. Sandwich jig.
6. Trunnion jig.
7. Jig for multi spindle machines.
8. Template jig
9. Universal Jig