How To Route For Door Hinges
The process of using a router on a hinge is the same whether it s being done on a cabinet hinge or a full sized door hinge.
How to route for door hinges. Using a mortising template route matching mortises for the hinges on the door and jamb. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l. Package comes with router bit an. Many professional door hangers won t even use a router for door hinges but instead trust the handy wood chisel which is always a part of their tool bags.
In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge. How to hang a door using dx50 makita router. For the novice to moderate user a router makes installing the hinges much easier and more accurate. Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily.
Rout the mortise by guiding the machine clockwise around the template. Begin with the mortises on the door then the mortises on. After your three door frame pieces are cut to the correct size prime and paint them. Install a bearing guided router bit into the router and adjust the cutting depth to the thickness of the hinges.
How to router out the opening for a door hinge on a brand new door. Find out how to use a template a. Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti. I am using a ryobi door routering jig.