How To Cut Hinges On Door

How to cut the perfect hinge in minutes.

How to cut hinges on door.

Measure from the top of the door to the top of the upper hinge and from the bottom of the door to the bottom of. But you might want to consider using a door hinge jig and a router instead. Then grab a utility knife and extend the blade to no more than 25 in 0 64 cm. Next place your hinge on the door and trace around the hinge with a pencil.

Use a utility knife to score the outline. It will save you loads of time particularly if you need to hang more than one door. The next time that hanging a door is on your to do list you might also need to cut the hinges yourself if it isn t a pre hung door. But also if you are a beginning diy er it might take a while to get the hang of using.

This is the perfect tutorial showing you how to cut in the perfect door hinge. Support the door on edge between a pair of sawhorses with the hinge side facing up. With a sharp chisel and hammer cut the wood in the shape of the hinge. It is a lot quicker and more precise.

How to cut and install door hinges is a do it yourself video shows how to cut in the perfect door hinge for a new door i used a bevel edged chisel to crea. We show you the tools to use and the. Go back over the tracing with the chisel cutting another 1 16 inch deep until the. You can cut the hinges with a hammer and chisel certainly.

Drag the blade along each of the pencil lines creating small grooves you ll use later. Tap and reposition the chisel so that you cut out all the wood inside the hinge tracing to a depth of 1 16 inch.