How To Cut Out Spots For Hinges On A Door

Hinge slots or mortises are unsightly gaps left behind when doors are removed from doorways.

How to cut out spots for hinges on a door.

Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti. I used our old doors to mark and measure the spots for the new hinges. Support the door between sawhorses with the hinge edge facing up and measure the positions of the hinges. Make marks for the top of the upper hinge the bottom of the lower one and one or the.

Trace around the hinge with a pencil. Then grab a utility knife and extend the blade to no more than 25 in 0 64 cm. Drag the blade along each of the pencil lines creating small grooves you ll use later. Using a utility knife cut vertically down into the door following the tracing and cutting to a depth of 3 16 inch.

This video from the honest carpenter will show you how to fi. In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge. After i practiced on my scrap wood it was time to cut notches in the actual doors. If you don t have existing doors to use as a guide then measure from the top of the door frame and subtract 1 8 per the template instructions.