How To Create Door Hinge Slots

How to cut the perfect hinge in minutes.

How to create door hinge slots.

Attach the jig to your door by screwing it in on both the top and bottom you can fill repaint these holes later. This video will show you how to cut the perfect hinges on a brand new door. We show you the tools to use and the. Place the hinge on the door as if it were already installed on the door.

Clamp the door to a sawhorse on both ends. Cutting door hinge slots using a router homemade jig. Stand the door on its side with the doorknob side on the floor. Measure the hinge placements either on an existing door or the door you are replacing or take the hinge placement measurements off.

I m renovating my bathro. How to cut out slots for door hinges in a slab door. Are you renovating a room and want to put on a new door. If you have pencil markings from the frame place the hinge there.

Place the jig in the correct spot on your door. Then place 1 of your hinge s wings flush against the spot where you want it to sit. Position your door so you can clearly see the back edge. This is the perfect tutorial showing you how to cut in the perfect door hinge.

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. If you don t have frame markings typical hinge placement. Attach the included router bit to your router.