Homemade Door Hinge Router Jig

A shop built door hinging jig to dado out for installing the hinges.

Homemade door hinge router jig.

Using mdf scraps to make a quick and easy to use router jig for hinge mortises. Door installation kit for hanging wood doors. Some woodworkers prefer a 5 8 bushing. Router jig for perfect mortises by.

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. Each hinge style will likely need its own template. A shop built door hinging jig to dado out for installing the hinges. I made the end cuts with a crosscut sled on the tablesaw.

Cut a notch the width of the hinge and about 1 3 4 inches deep. The 1 8 cut in steps 3 and 4 assumes a 3 4 guide bushing and a 1 2 router bit. Capture the hinge leaf with the jig s center strips and side pieces apply glue to their edges and. Locate the hinges mark the jig.

Attach the jig to your door by screwing it in on both the top and bottom you can fill repaint these holes later. Now build a jig. One of the best ways to get the biggest bang from a plunge router is to put it to work routing mortises. Since this template was made over sized to help support the router base you can cut three other hinge templates one on each remaining side of the board if needed.

Place the jig in the correct spot on your door. This jig works with a pattern bit which has the bearing mounted above the cutters. Foolproof hinge mortises first select the right bit. Phil huber creating accurate mortises quickly is a great way to get the most out of your plunge router.

Centered tape measure tabs and measuring guide for precision. Milescraft 1213 1214 1220 hingemate family door hinge jigs how to rout mortises on doors and jambs duration. Door hinge mortiser is easy to use drop in template jig. The technique is easy to master and the results are top.

This easy to use jig simplifies the process.