How To Cut Out Spots For Hinges On A Door

If you don t have existing doors to use as a guide then measure from the top of the door frame and subtract 1 8 per the template instructions.

How to cut out spots for hinges on a door.

Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti. After i practiced on my scrap wood it was time to cut notches in the actual doors. Trace around the hinge with a pencil. Then grab a utility knife and extend the blade to no more than 25 in 0 64 cm.

Place the tip of a chisel vertically in. Make marks for the top of the upper hinge the bottom of the lower one and one or the. This video from the honest carpenter will show you how to fi. Using a utility knife cut vertically down into the door following the tracing and cutting to a depth of 3 16 inch.

Hinge slots or mortises are unsightly gaps left behind when doors are removed from doorways. I used our old doors to mark and measure the spots for the new hinges. Score the outline with a utility knife. Drag the blade along each of the pencil lines creating small grooves you ll use later.