How To Cut Interior Door For Hinges

Place the tip of a chisel vertically in.

How to cut interior door for hinges.

In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge. Using a utility knife trace along the outline to create small groves then make a cut on the front or back side of the door indicating the mortise s depth. Go back over the tracing with the chisel cutting another 1 16 inch deep until the. Tap and reposition the chisel so that you cut out all the wood inside the hinge tracing to a depth of 1 16 inch.

Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti. The next time that hanging a door is on your to do list you might also need to cut the hinges yourself if it isn t a pre hung door. But you might want to consider using a door hinge jig and a router instead. This is the perfect tutorial showing you how to cut in the perfect door hinge.

How to cut the perfect hinge in minutes. We show you the tools to use and the. You can cut the hinges with a hammer and chisel certainly. Using a utility knife cut vertically down into the door following the tracing and cutting to a depth of 3 16 inch.

Trace around the hinge with a pencil.