How To Route Door Jamb Hinges

Rout matching mortises for hinges strike plates and latch plates into your door and jamb with the milescraft complete door mortising kit for routers.

How to route door jamb hinges.

Screwdriver or impact driver. Mortising a door hinge using a router without a jig. The jig is clamped to the door and guides the router through the cut. Cut the mortises in the door first.

How to cut out notches for door hinges. These notches or. If neither the door nor the jamb has mortises center the middle hinge and place the other hinges about 6 inches from the top and bottom of the door. Door is 1 8 below the top of the jamb piece and 1 above the bottom of the jamb piece.

Hang the door in the jamb. Place the door jamb piece on the door in the exact position it will be when the door is hung. Unless you are installing a prehung door you ll need to trace the outline of the hinges on the jamb and cut an indentation using a router or utility knife. Set the door on its side hinge side up.

Make sure it s tight and opening in the right direction. Mortising a door hinge using a router without a jig. It enables you to accurately hang a new or replacement door with minimal extra work. The hand tool method requires just a utility knife a hammer or mallet and a sharp wood chisel.

You can cut a hinge mortise with hand tools or a power tool. Clamp some 2x4 scraps on both sides of the door to keep the router from tipping. When you install a door hinge you need to make notches for it on the edge of the door and on the jamb or the door won t close properly. Router i use this one.

Place the door in the jamb and fasten it to the hinges. The power tool method uses a router and hinge mortising jig.