"New Product from CMT -- Universal Hinge Boring System"

The box is a neat storage case, but would you really store this away or leave it assembled? To me, the answer was obvious...set it up and discard the case, but then I realized two things: 1) I don't drill cabinet doors that frequently, and 2) it is so easy to set up, the storage case might make sense — and that is what I have been doing.
	And this is the look inside when all nicely stowed.
Seems simple enough, doesn't it? The assembly on the left with the CMT label is the boring head. This one is for Blum hinges — my choice. But there are 4 other heads for people who use other makes of hinges.
	I first mounted the small plywood base.
The boring head has two pins for orienting to the support and two machine screws for fastening securely. You can't make any mistakes here!

	Then, two screws lock the boring head onto the support.
Only a few minutes of assembly and I am ready to mount the cutters. The 35mm bit is for the hinge cup and then two 8mm bits for the dowels.
	Each of the bits gets inserted all the way and then two locking screws inserted and tightened. You can see that the bits have a flat side milled into their shafts — for the screws to lock into.
Elena is here and takes a first look at the new tool.  With all the cordless drills I have, I instead pull out the one corded drill. I have this drill primarily for pocket hole drilling, but I think this tool can benefit from its speed and powered too.
	Wow!!! A perfect hinge hole drilling. We will close this task for the moment, but we have some doors to make and then hinges to install — you can believe we will have this tool out at that time.