How To Cut Route For Door Hinges

But you might want to consider using a door hinge jig and a router instead.

How to cut route for door hinges.

Drag the blade along each of the pencil lines creating small grooves you ll use later. It s much easier to do now before the hinges are screwed in and the whole thing is attached to the door. Set the routing bit to cut a depth of 1 8 inch. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l.

Using a mortising template route matching mortises for the hinges on the door and jamb. Then grab a utility knife and extend the blade to no more than 25 in 0 64 cm. If you have trouble getting the right curve or turn for corners don t worry. Take a hinge and put it on the spine of the door and make sure that it is in line with the pencil line.

This is the perfect tutorial showing you how to cut in the perfect door hinge. The process should be continued by. You can cut the hinges with a hammer and chisel certainly. The power tool method uses a router and hinge mortising jig.

You can easily touch these up with a utility knife. It is a lot quicker and more precise. It will save you loads. How to cut the perfect hinge in minutes.

Begin with the mortises on the door then the mortises on. You can cut a hinge mortise with hand tools or a power tool. We show you the tools to use and the. The jig is clamped to the door and guides the router through the cut.

Once you re happy with the outline remove your hinge from the door. The hand tool method requires just a utility knife a hammer or mallet and a sharp wood chisel. Score the outline with a utility knife. After your three door frame pieces are cut to the correct size prime and paint them.

Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. Now you can use the dremel to fix the housings of the hinge. To cut door hinges with a chisel place your hinge on top of the door to make an outline with a pencil. Use a utility knife to trace the outline in the wood.

Using the hammer and chisel carve the outline to dig out the score from the door. Place the router on the edge of the door and carefully route out each of the hinge depressions you made.