How To Make A Jig To Router Door Hinges

In this short video kenney shows you how to make the jig and how to use it to cut perfect hinge mortises every time.

How to make a jig to router door hinges.

The jig is built of mdf and can be built in under an hour. Are you renovating a room and want to put on a new door. And let s not forget the way the hinges are placed is one of the most critical aspects during any door installation. By usi ng a door hinge jig you can easily and most importantly accurately mark cut and install a hinge on any door.

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. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l. I m renovating my bathro. Best of all with a few modifications to the basic design you can also tackle hinge mortises in cabinet doors.

You can cut the hinges with a hammer and chisel certainly. How to router out the opening for a door hinge on a brand new door. I am using a ryobi door routering jig. Very easy to do.

In my own work i m typically faced with hanging a single door two at the most in a given project. But in a classroom situation a little bit of set up pays big dividends. So i ve never gotten around to making a door hinge jig to simplify the process. The neat thing is that the door hinge jig and router approach is less error prone compared to using a chisel.

Mark the placement of all hinges making sure to factor in the 1 8 gap that will be between the door and top of the door frame. Using a jig by doug stowe as inspiration i built a few of my own. It will save you loads. Mortising a door hinge using a router without a jig.

Mortising a door hinge using a router without a jig. It is a lot quicker and more precise. Package comes with router bit an. Mark correct placement of all hinges needs to match up with the ones on the door then using the mortising template route the mortises on the door frame.