How To Cut Hinge Holes In Kitchen Doors

Working out the top hinge hole locations from a carcass.

How to cut hinge holes in kitchen doors.

Note i don t like to use an electric. We drill the holes a standard 5mm in from the side of the door so you don t need to measure this. When you see it start to cut the 35mm hole and it s gone in a couple of mm go to quite a high speed keeping firm downward pressure and keep the drill straight without leaning one way or another. If the side of the door where the hinges are located is on your right this is a right hand hinged door.

Using the miter saw he made the cut on the line. The second mistake is to fail to leave a 1 8 inch to 1 4 inch gap between the doors. If you don t have pre cut holes or you are making your own kitchen doors you can buy a hinge cutter like these. Where you need the holes.

Subtract 1 8 inch from each measurement before making a mark on the door to indicate where the top of the hinge will lie. You need to know the thickness of the carcass these are mostly 18 mm thick or 15 mm thick. For example if the uppermost hinge on the frame sits 10 inches from the. Then using the screws that come with it i hand screwed the hinge to the door.

So after measuring the hinge and playing around with scrap wood for the sizing luke realized that the hole was almost exactly the same size as the end of a 2 4. He used the hinge as a template for depth and then traced across the 2 4. This space is for clearance of worktops etc. Almost all kitchens use a standard 35mm concealed hinge so we already know the size of hole to drill.

Glue small wooden shims on top of the mortise if it is too deep. Door hinge holes locations from a carcass. Once cut we made sure that they fit. Repeat the cutting process if the mortise isn t deep enough.

This is what you need to do the job. Doors are usually shorter than the carcass by 2 5 mm at the top and another 2 5 mm at the bottom.