How To Chisel Door Hinge Recess

Cut horizontal slices to remove the waste from the mortise.

How to chisel door hinge recess.

How to cut mortises for door hinges. Test fit the plate as you work to check the mortise depth. Keep tapping until the groove is the same depth as your door hinge then repeat the process until you ve carved around the entire perimeter of the mortise spot. Hold the chisel horizontally perpendicular to the side of the door with the bevel side up.

Screw the hinge to the door or jamb. Chisel the scored outline. Make sure that you have the height and width correctly noted on your outline. Chisel out the waste.

Then using the chisel and mallet carefully cut out a recess for your hinge based on your outline slowly chipping away excess wood from the frame. Position the hinge on the edge of the door in the desired location and hold it firmly in place with one hand. Position the chisel on the scored line with the chisel perpendicular to the door or jamb and the bevel side of the chisel facing. To cut hinge mortises on a door.

Remove the waste wood with the chisel bevel side down held nearly parallel to the jamb. Score around the hinge. Cut lines in the mortise. Place the edge of a sharp chisel into any of the mortise outline grooves.

Cut across the grain tapping the chisel with the. Begin peeling the wood from the center of the tracing. Then gently tap the back end of the chisel with a hammer or mallet pushing it into the door. Remove the hinge from the door or jamb.

Trace the outline of the hinge on the door frame. Clean out the mortise until its bottom is smooth and flat and at a depth exactly equal to the thickness of the strike plate.