How To Cut A Steel Door For Hinges

To do it right i would like to recess the hinges that i add and put some mortises in a steel door casing.

How to cut a steel door for hinges.

Once you re happy with the outline remove your hinge from the door. I figure i can drill and use a hacksaw to get those. Cut a couple pieces of either the hook or the loop side it doesn t matter which but it does matter that they be the same to go on the door and the base piece then use a longer piece of the other type hook or loop to attach them together. Then grab a utility knife and extend the blade to no more than 25 in 0 64 cm.

But you might want to consider using a door hinge jig and a router instead. Tap and reposition the chisel so that you cut out all the wood inside the hinge tracing to a depth of 1 16 inch. When you install a door hinge you need to make notches for it on the edge of the door and on the jamb or the door won t close properly. The steel is maybe 1 8 to 3 16 thick.

You can cut the hinges with a hammer and chisel certainly. I just don t know about cutting the vertical portions. 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. Cutting the horizontal parts doesn t bother me.

Velcro is useful for attaching things and this hinge will not only bend it lets the door be removed if you want. Test fit your bottom rail pic 8 and mark where the wood side rails need to be cut down pic 9. Anybody have any ideas as to how to cut them. You ll also need to cut a little tab of steel off of each corner so the steel can be folded under the bottom rail.

How to cut out notches for door hinges. Go back over the tracing with the chisel cutting another 1 16 inch deep until the. Drag the blade along each of the pencil lines creating small grooves you ll use later.