Template for european style cabinetry

A measuring template tape for defining drill hole locations on a surface and mounting hole locations on an edge of a surface, comprising:

• a web having first and second edges and obverse and reverse surfaces;
• a plurality of measuring indicia on the obverse surface of the web, the plurality of measuring indicia further comprising;
• a first set of circular indicia having a first periodic spacing arranged longitudinally on the obverse surface for locating a hole;
• a first indicia bar traversing the width of the tape at a first precise distance from a first circular indicium in one direction and having a second periodic spacing which is an exact multiple of the first periodic spacing for positioning the tape on a first portion of the work surface;
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• a second indicia bar traversing the width of the tape at the precise distance from a second circular indicium in an opposite direction and having the second periodic spacing for positioning the tape on a second portion of the work surface, the distance between the first indicium and the second indicium being the first periodic spacing.

A transparent, metric, template tape for defining drill hole locations on a European style furniture work surface comprising:

• a 46.5 mm wide plastic web having first and second edges and obverse and reverse surfaces;
• an adhesive substrate on the reverse surface;
• a backing releasably affixed to the adhesive layer;
• a plurality of measuring indicia on the obverse surface, the indicia being indexed on a metric scale;
• the plurality of measuring indicia further comprising;
• a first set of repeating circular indicia having a diameter of 8 mm arranged longitudinally at a distance of 37 mm from the first edge to the center of the 8 mm circle and with a repeat of 32 mm;
• a second set of repeating circular indicia having a diameter of 5 mm arranged longitudinally at a distance of 37 mm from the second edge to the center of the 5 mm circle opposite the first set and with a repeat of 32 mm;
• a first 1.5 mm wide shaded indicia bar traversing the width of the tape at a 22.5 mm distance from the center of one circular indicium to the nearest edge of the first shaded indicia bar in one direction and with a repeat of a multiple of 32 mm for positioning the tape on a first portion of the work surface;
• a second 1.5 mm wide shaded indicia bar traversing the width of the tape at a 22.5 mm distance from the center of another, colinear, circular indicium to the nearest edge of the second shaded indicia bar in an opposite direction and with a repeat of a multiple of 32 mm for positioning the tape on a second portion of the work surface orthogonal to the first portion the distance between the one circular indicium and the other circular indicium being 32 mm;
• an indicia line running longitudinally and on center of one set of the circular indicia at a distance of 37 mm from one edge of the tape for visualizing the distance;
• a 1.5 mm wide indicia band along the entire length of each of the first and second edges for cooperating with the center of the first and second sets of circular indicia respectively;
• a set of repeating indicia center marks arranged longitudinally at a distance of 34 mm from one of the first and/or the second edges to the center of the mark and with a repeat of 32 mm;
• a pair of opposing indicia alignment marks, each mark located at a 37 mm distance from one of the circular indicia and projecting at right angles from the first and second edges;
• a set of repeating, multiple centerpoint indicia arranged laterally on the surface, the first point located at 17.5 mm from the first or the second edge and additional points indexed on 2 mm increments for locating 35 mm cup hinges and accurately aligning doors with cabinet members;
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• a millimeter scale along the length of the tape.