How To Cut A Mortise For A Door Hinge

To cut hinge mortises on a door.

How to cut a mortise for a door hinge.

Fit the latch and faceplate into the door. The jig carol mentions is the rockler jig it mortising system. Chisel out the waste. Mark the spot on the door edge where the hinges will be located.

Score around the hinge. Before cutting your door hinge mortise place your hinge on top of the door and outline it with a pencil. How to cut mortises for door hinges. Typically the upper hinge will be located about 5 inches from the top of the.

Cut your mortises to a depth that will have the hinge sitting as flush to the edge of the door as possible. Remove the hinge from the door or jamb. Score around the outline of the hinge with a utility knife. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l.

I mistakenly assumed that having a mortise about 1 16 too deep would be no big deal. Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. Position the chisel on the scored line with the chisel perpendicular to the door or jamb and the bevel side of the chisel facing. How to cut a recessed mortise for a door hinge.

Use a bevel edge chisel and hammer to square the corners of the mortise if the faceplate has square corners. 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. And with a few optional inserts you can add butler tray hinges and sewing machine hinges in a various sizes to the list. Chisel the scored outline.

Screw the hinge to the door or jamb. Position the hinge on the edge of the door in the desired location and hold it firmly in place with one hand. Create the mortise using a router attachment remove the wood between the pencil lines drawn on the door edge to create a mortise for the faceplate. Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti.

Cut lines in the mortise. Turns out once the door is hung it lacks the 1 8 gap between it and the door jamb making it semi difficult to shut.