I have 31 solid Maple passage doors (almost 1 3/4" thick) to bore handles/locks and hinges (plus an entry door at 2 1/4" thickness). For the hinges I've made a template and it is straight forward but for the lock sets the typical jigs with a hole saw can't do it (my first try in a scrap with an Irwin el-cheapo jig generated enough smoke I was sure I'm going to start a fire). I can't bring myself to cough-up $450 for a Templaco master kit but I am thinking I can sell it once I'm done. Any one here has used that jig? Any comments/advice for/against? I thought about getting the carbide bit that it comes with separately but I might just buy the whole set.
thanks