Making Door Hinge Jig

A small to carry jig was all i wanted.

Making door hinge jig.

Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. Next clamp the jig s face to the door photo below. Mark the center of the hinge s barrel on the jig face photo below. So this jig is consisted by two parts.

Plus the concealed hinge jig works with an ordinary drill and the included carbide tipped. This jig will drill a hole 1 2 in depth and no less. Here is a video of the jig construction please take a look at it if you like. Get drill press accuracy with any hand drill.

Use a pencil to mark the jig along the door s ends. By using a door hinge jig you can make the installation of a door a breeze it just takes almost all the guess work out of the way with the end result being excellent flush cuts. A lot of hinges need only a 7 16 hole. Mark the placement of all hinges making sure to factor in the 1 8 gap that will be between the door and top of the door frame.

Then cut along those lines to bring the jig to final length. Then cut a piece of plywood to 4 1 2 wide and the exact length of the jig face to make the support arm. Jigs are tools that can assist you in cutting. Mark correct placement of all hinges needs to match up with the ones on the door then using the mortising template route the mortises on the door frame.

If you have to create door hinges of the same size or different sizes you can make use of door hinge jigs to make your job easier. While a 1 2 hole will accommodate those hinges a cabinet door with a radiused edge will be ruined if you drill 1 2. The wooden part that is attached on the cabinet door with a clamp and acts as a guide for bit and the hinge boring bit that has to be modified so it can have a depth stop. So i ve never gotten around to making a door hinge jig to simplify the process.

But in a classroom situation a little bit of set up pays big dividends. This economical easy to use jig ensures accurate hinge alignment so you can install doors that fit great and work well. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l. In my own work i m typically faced with hanging a single door two at the most in a given project.

Using a jig by doug stowe as inspiration i built a few of my own. Cutting out rectangles on doors to make them the size of your door hinges does not have to be as tedious as it sounds. The concealed hinge jig takes the guesswork out of installing cabinet doors using concealed hinges.