Making A Router Jig For Door Hinges

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Making a router jig for door hinges.

You can cut a hinge mortise with hand tools or a power tool. To start mark where the door hinges should go. 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. Begin by measuring the short edge of a hinge leaf excluding the barrel.

Double that measurement to determine the width of the jig s center strips drawing below. 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. Find the milescraft door hinge mortising kit for routers 12140713 drop in template design for 1 3 4 and 1 3 8 in. The key to precise results is guiding the plunge router accurately so the sides of the mortise end up perfectly smooth straight and parallel to the faces of the workpiece.

Mark the door for hinge positioning. Make a straight line perpendicular to the spine of the door by resting the set square in line with your mark. The hand tool method requires just a utility knife a hammer or mallet and a sharp wood chisel. Lay the door on its side with the side that will receive the hinges facing upward.

How to use a door hinge jig. The jig is clamped to the door and guides the router through the cut. This mortising jig is the way to go. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l.

Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. Then you need to put the jig on the side of the door and adjust it. This is why you need to make sure you are following the necessary safety. Whenever you are working with tools you can get injured in the process.

Thick doors ideal for routing matching mortises for hinges at the home depot milescraft hingemate200 ready to use drop in door hinge jig for routers 1214 the home depot. Cut a notch the width of the hinge and about 1 3 4 inches deep. I made the end cuts with a crosscut sled on the tablesaw. Attach the included router bit to your router.

Place the jig in the correct spot on your door. The power tool method uses a router and hinge mortising jig.