How To Make A Jig To Router Door Hinges

The jig is built of mdf and can be built in under an hour.

How to make a jig to router door hinges.

Attach the jig to your door by screwing it in on both the top and bottom you can fill repaint these holes later. 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. Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. In this short video kenney shows you how to make the jig and how to use it to cut perfect hinge mortises every time.

Chisel the scored outline. Score around the hinge. Attach the included router bit to your router. Difference as 1 16 in.

How to cut mortises for door hinges. Cut a notch the width of the hinge and about 1 3 4 inches deep. The difference between the two is 1 8 in and if you draw two circles from the same centerpoint you will see the 1 8 in. Double that measurement to determine the width of the jig s center strips drawing below.

To start mark where the door hinges should go. Place the jig in the correct spot on your door. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l. Chisel out the waste.

I like to use a 1 2 in. Make sure it is placed in the right place. How to hang a door using dx50 makita router. Cut lines in the mortise.

Best of all with a few modifications to the basic design you can also tackle hinge mortises in cabinet doors. Begin by measuring the short edge of a hinge leaf excluding the barrel. Adjust the width of the area you will be cutting. 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.

To make the jig you will need to select a bit and guide. Then you need to put the jig on the side of the door and adjust it. Position the hinge on the edge of the door in the desired location and hold it firmly in place with one hand.