How To Create Door Hinge Slots

Typically middle hinges go in the exact center of the door top hinges sit 7 in 18 cm below the top of the door and bottom hinges rest 11 in 28 cm above the bottom of the door.

How to create door hinge slots.

Place the jig in the correct spot on your door. I m renovating my bathro. If you have pencil markings from the frame place the hinge there. We show you the tools to use and the.

Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti. Place the hinge on the door as if it were already installed on the door. Measure the hinge placements either on an existing door or the door you are replacing or take the hinge placement measurements off. This is the perfect tutorial showing you how to cut in the perfect door hinge.

Then place 1 of your hinge s wings flush against the spot where you want it to sit. Are you renovating a room and want to put on a new door. Stand the door on its side with the doorknob side on the floor. Attach the included router bit to your router.

Clamp the door to a sawhorse on both ends. Position your door so you can clearly see the back edge. Attach the jig to your door by screwing it in on both the top and bottom you can fill repaint these holes later. 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.

In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge. Cutting door hinge slots using a router homemade jig. If you don t have frame markings typical hinge placement.