How To Route For Door Hinges

For the novice to moderate user a router makes installing the hinges much easier and more accurate.

How to route for door hinges.

Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. It s much easier to do now before the hinges are screwed in and the whole thing is attached to the door. Begin with the mortises on the door then the mortises on. In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge.

Very easy to do. Rout the mortise by guiding the machine clockwise around the template. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l. Many doors will not need a hinge router while other doors only have a slight marking for the hinges and others have nothing at all.

After your three door frame pieces are cut to the correct size prime and paint them. I am using a ryobi door routering jig. Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti. 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 hang a door using dx50 makita router. 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. Package comes with router bit an. Using a mortising template route matching mortises for the hinges on the door and jamb.