How To Set A Door Hinge With A Router

The tool comes in handy for many projects around the house both functional and decorative.

How to set a door hinge with a router.

6 beginner ways to use a woodworking router any woodworker is well acquainted with the router s myriad uses. Fitting hinges to a door using a router to recess the hinges. Get the router bit set at the correct depth so that you re cutting out the depth of the door hinge the depth of only one side of the hinge not both. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l.

Set the router onto the jig making sure the bit is not contacting the wood. Fitting hinges to a door using a router to recess the hinges. Turn on the router and rout the mortise starting along the perimeter and moving in a clockwise motion. How to make door hinge mortises step one.

After reading the full article we hope you can now cut door hinges without a router easily. Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. Remove the remaining material in the mortise with repeated front to back or right to left cuts to clear out all of the waste. To cut door hinges with a chisel place your hinge on top of the door to make an outline with a pencil.