How To Cut Interior Door Hinges

How to cut and install door hinges is a do it yourself video shows how to cut in the perfect door hinge for a new door i used a bevel edged chisel to crea.

How to cut interior door hinges.

But also if you are a beginning diy er it might take a while to get the hang of using. You can cut the hinges with a hammer and chisel certainly. Tap and reposition the chisel so that you cut out all the wood inside the hinge tracing to a depth of 1 16 inch. The next time that hanging a door is on your to do list you might also need to cut the hinges yourself if it isn t a pre hung door.

We show you the tools to use and the. Glue small wooden shims on top of the mortise if it is too deep. It is a lot quicker and more precise. Measure the hinge placements either on an existing door or the door you are replacing or take the hinge placement.

How to cut the perfect hinge in minutes. Clamp the door to a sawhorse on both ends. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l. Subtract 1 8 inch from each measurement before making a mark on the door to indicate where the top of the hinge will lie.

Stand the door on its side with the doorknob side on the floor. Place one of. Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. But you might want to consider using a door hinge jig and a router instead.

Go back over the tracing with the chisel cutting another 1 16 inch deep until the. Repeat the cutting process if the mortise isn t deep enough. This is the perfect tutorial showing you how to cut in the perfect door hinge.