How To Use A Wood Router For Door Hinges

If you dont have existing doors to use as a guide then measure from the top of the door frame and subtract 18 per the template instructions.

How to use a wood router for door hinges. Take the door off put in a door stand so the lock side of the door is facing up drill holes to depth in the cavity with a regular drill mortise chisel to clean the edges and final size go find something else to build after 5 minutes of drilling and chisel work. Hinge mortising bit used for this purpose. Remove all of the wood inside the outline.

Use a utility knife wood chisel or further routing. The best method would be to use a contractors door hanging kit witha router. Using a Router.

The butt hinge template is made of clear plastic and consists of templates that can be used to rout recesses for butt hinges of 75mm and 100mm on door edges. The jig is dirt simple. Set the routing bit to cut a depth of 18 inch.

I didnt think this possible at first but it turns out you can also plane and thickness wood with a router. The depth of the plunge can be set and in our case we want that depth to be set to the dimension of the hinge were using to ensure the hinge lies flush with the doors wood surface jamb. With a pencil trace the 3 sides of the hinge to be used as a guide when making the score.

Typically middle hinges go in the exact center of the door top hinges sit 7 in 18 cm below the top of the door and bottom hinges rest 11 in 28 cm above the bottom of the door. Use the Dremel to router the hinges housings. As the name implies a plunge router is one that plunges into the wood being routed.

Using this type of router bit is a great way of achieving your task. If you want the hinges of a door to be flush with the surface of the door edge then you need to recess the hinges. Once the holes are routed test fit a hinge.