How To Cut A Mortise For A Door Hinge

How to cut mortises for door hinges.

How to cut a mortise for a door hinge.

Screw the hinge to the door or jamb. 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. Mark the spot on the door edge where the hinges will be located. Chisel out the waste.

Score around the hinge. With it you ll be able to cut every size of butt hinge mortise you ll ever need in a fraction of the time it would take you to chisel them out by hand. Position the chisel on the scored line with the chisel perpendicular to the door or jamb and the bevel side of the chisel facing. And with a few optional inserts you can add butler tray hinges and sewing machine hinges in a various sizes to the list.

Typically the upper hinge will be located about 5 inches from the top of the. Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. 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. Before cutting your door hinge mortise place your hinge on top of the door and outline it with a pencil.

Use a bevel edge chisel and hammer to square the corners of the mortise if the faceplate has square corners. 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. Remove the hinge from the door or jamb. Cut your mortises to a depth that will have the hinge sitting as flush to the edge of the door as possible.

I mistakenly assumed that having a mortise about 1 16 too deep would be no big deal. How to cut a recessed mortise for a door hinge. Cut lines in the mortise. To cut hinge mortises on a door.

Chisel the scored outline. Fit the latch and faceplate into the door. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l. Score around the outline of the hinge with a utility knife.

Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti. Place one leaf of the hinge on the door edge at the location marks so the hinge knuckles stick out.