Homemade Door Hinge Router Jig

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Homemade door hinge router jig.

Centered tape measure tabs and measuring guide for precision. Using mdf scraps to make a quick and easy to use router jig for hinge mortises. A shop built door hinging jig to dado out for installing the hinges. One of the best ways to get the biggest bang from a plunge router is to put it to work routing mortises.

To make the jig mark the hinge width along one edge of a roughly 6 inch by 8 inch piece of 1 2 inch plywood. Place the jig in the correct spot on your door. Cut a notch the width of the hinge and about 1 3 4 inches deep. Each hinge style will likely need its own template.

Milescraft 1213 1214 1220 hingemate family door hinge jigs how to rout mortises on doors and jambs duration. Rout matching mortises for hinges strike plates and latch plates into your door and jamb with the milescraft door hinge mortise kit for routers. Attach the included router bit to your router. Set the depth of the cut to be the same as the depth of your hinge so that the hinge will rest flush on the door.

The technique is easy to master and the results are top. This easy to use jig simplifies the process. Locate the hinges mark the jig. Attach the jig to your door by screwing it in on both the top and bottom you can fill repaint these holes later.

Since this template was made over sized to help support the router base you can cut three other hinge templates one on each remaining side of the board if needed. I made the end cuts with a crosscut sled on the tablesaw. Now build a jig. A shop built door hinging jig to dado out for installing the hinges.

Capture the hinge leaf with the jig s center strips and side pieces apply glue to their edges and. This jig works with a pattern bit which has the bearing mounted above the cutters. Phil huber creating accurate mortises quickly is a great way to get the most out of your plunge router. Router jig for perfect mortises by.

Door hinge mortiser is easy to use drop in template jig.