How To Route For Door Hinges

Rout the mortise by guiding the machine clockwise around the template.

How to route for door hinges.

In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge. Find out how to use a template a. Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti. For the novice to moderate user a router makes installing the hinges much easier and more accurate.

I am using a ryobi door routering jig. 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. It s much easier to do now before the hinges are screwed in and the whole thing is attached to the door. Package comes with router bit an.

After your three door frame pieces are cut to the correct size prime and paint them. How to router out the opening for a door hinge on a brand new door. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l. 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.

Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. Begin with the mortises on the door then the mortises on. 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. Using a mortising template route matching mortises for the hinges on the door and jamb.