Making A Router Jig For Door Hinges

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Making a router jig for door hinges.

Find the milescraft door hinge mortising kit for routers 12140713 drop in template design for 1 3 4 and 1 3 8 in. How to use a door hinge jig. Capture the hinge leaf with the jig s center strips and side pieces apply glue to their edges and clamp them together to make the jig s face. Whenever you are working with tools you can get injured in the process.

Cut a notch the width of the hinge and about 1 3 4 inches deep. The hand tool method requires just a utility knife a hammer or mallet and a sharp wood chisel. Begin by measuring the short edge of a hinge leaf excluding the barrel. Place the jig in the correct spot on your door.

To start mark where the door hinges should go. Then you need to put the jig on the side of the door and adjust it. Attach the included router bit to your router. You can cut a hinge mortise with hand tools or a power tool.

Make a straight line perpendicular to the spine of the door by resting the set square in line with your mark. I made the end cuts with a crosscut sled on the tablesaw. The jig is clamped to the door and guides the router through the cut. Set the depth of the cut to be the same as the depth of your hinge so that the hinge will rest flush on the door.

Attach the jig to your door by screwing it in on both the top and bottom you can fill repaint these holes later. The key to precise results is guiding the plunge router accurately so the sides of the mortise end up perfectly smooth straight and parallel to the faces of the workpiece. Lay the door on its side with the side that will receive the hinges facing upward. To make the jig mark the hinge width along one edge of a roughly 6 inch by 8 inch piece of 1 2 inch plywood.

Mark the door for hinge positioning. Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. Measure 6 inches from the top of the door with the tape measure and make a mark with your pencil. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l.

It clamps to your workbench and securing the workpieces in place only takes a second with a. Double that measurement to determine the width of the jig s center strips drawing below.