How To Cut A Door Frame For Hinges

Score the outline with a utility knife.

How to cut a door frame for hinges.

This is the perfect tutorial showing you how to cut in the perfect door hinge. Place one of the hinges on the edge of the door with its top edge on the top mark. Using a chisel support the door between sawhorses with the hinge edge facing up and measure the positions of the hinges. Hold a sharp chisel a 1 inch or 1 1 4 inch chisel works best vertically with the beveled side facing the mortise.

Tap and reposition the chisel so that you cut out all the wood inside the hinge tracing to a depth of 1 16 inch. Adjust the hinge so the pin is flush. Drag the blade along each of the pencil lines creating small grooves you ll use later. Tap the chisel with a hammer to cut the wood about 1 8 inch deep or to the precise thickness of the hinge leaf.

Once you re happy with the outline remove your hinge from the door. This 1 8 inch allows room for the door to swing in. 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. Hold the hinge against the side of the.

Go back over the tracing with the chisel cutting another 1 16 inch deep until the. For example if the uppermost hinge on the frame sits 10 inches from the top this top hinge will be cut 9 7 8 inches from the top of the door. How to cut the perfect hinge in minutes.