Support the door on edge between a pair of sawhorses with the hinge side facing up.
Route for a door hinge.
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The process of using a router on a hinge is the same whether it s being done on a cabinet hinge or a full sized door hinge.
Use a utility knife to trace the outline in the wood.
Find out how to use a template a.
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Any more than 5 doors i bring out the hinge jig similar to what has been described by holzhacker only mine is aluminium.
With the help of a tape measure the distance from the bottom to the top of the door and then mark it with a pencil.
The power tool method uses a router and hinge mortising jig.
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You can easily touch these up with a utility knife.
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Measure from the top of the door to the top of the upper hinge and from the bottom of the door to the bottom of.
The hand tool method requires just a utility knife a hammer or mallet and a sharp wood chisel.
Place one of the hinges on the door s spine so that its top end is in line with the pencil line.
Prepare the wood for routing.
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A perfect router bit for routing door hinge mortises uses a hinge template.
When hanging less then 5 doors i use the makita trim router free hand i trim to within 1mm of the pencil line and finish the rest with a freshly sharpened chisel.
The jig is clamped to the door and guides the router through the cut.
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Has a shallow cutting depth and center meeting blade.
Take a hinge and put it on the spine of the door and make sure that it is in line with the pencil line.
Now you can use the dremel to fix the housings of the hinge.
Hold the hinge down firmly and trace its three sided outline into the wood with your utility knife.
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Place the router on the edge of the door and carefully route out each of the hinge depressions you made.
You can cut a hinge mortise with hand tools or a power tool.
You can use this bit with or without a router.