How To Cut A Mortise For A Door Hinge

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.

How to cut a mortise for a door hinge.

Score around the outline of the hinge with a utility knife. Before cutting your door hinge mortise place your hinge on top of the door and outline it with a pencil. Screw the hinge to the door or jamb. In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge.

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. Remove the hinge from the door or jamb. 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.

Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. Cut your mortises to a depth that will have the hinge sitting as flush to the edge of the door as possible. Fit the latch and faceplate into the door. Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti.

How to cut mortises for door hinges. Mark the spot on the door edge where the hinges will be located. Cut lines in the mortise. To cut hinge mortises on a door.

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. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l. Position the chisel on the scored line with the chisel perpendicular to the door or jamb and the bevel side of the chisel facing.

Chisel the scored outline. Place one leaf of the hinge on the door edge at the location marks so the hinge knuckles stick out. Position the hinge on the edge of the door in the desired location and hold it firmly in place with one hand. Chisel out the waste.

And with a few optional inserts you can add butler tray hinges and sewing machine hinges in a various sizes to the list. The jig carol mentions is the rockler jig it mortising system.