You can cut the hinges with a hammer and chisel certainly.
How to do door hinges with router.
Place the router on the edge of the door and carefully route out each of the hinge depressions you made.
Set the routing bit to cut a depth of 1 8 inch.
You can easily touch these up with a utility knife.
The hand tool method requires just a utility knife a hammer or mallet and a sharp wood chisel.
Mortising a door hinge using a router without a jig.
Attach the jig to your door by screwing it in on both the top and bottom you can fill repaint these holes later.
Mortising a door hinge using a router without a jig.
Set the depth of the cut to be the same as the depth of your hinge so that the hinge will rest flush on the door.
I m renovating my bathro.
This video will show you how to cut the perfect hinges on a brand new door.
Attach the included router bit to your router.
It is a lot quicker and more precise.
It will save you loads.
You can cut a hinge mortise with hand tools or a power tool.
Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily.
Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l.
Are you renovating a room and want to put on a new door.
The jig is clamped to the door and guides the router through the cut.
Place the jig in the correct spot on your door.
How to hang a door using dx50 makita router.
But you might want to consider using a door hinge jig and a router instead.