How To Cut Kitchen Door Hinges

In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge.

How to cut kitchen door hinges.

Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti. Take a hinge and put it on the spine of the door and make sure that it is in line with the pencil line. This is the perfect tutorial showing you how to cut in the perfect door hinge. Use a utility knife to trace the outline in the wood.

But also if you are a beginning diy er it might take a while to get the hang of using. Trace that line with an exacto knife and then score within that area to be cut out with the knife. Trace your hinges in the spot that you want them onto your door. With the help of a tape measure the distance from the bottom to the top of the door and then mark it with a pencil.

Use your chisel and hammer to chisel out the scored area. We show you the tools to use and the. 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. First i placed the round section of my kitchen door hinge in to the ready cut hole which i believe is typically done for you on flat packed carcasses.

Now you can use the dremel to fix the housings of the hinge. If you don t have pre cut holes or you are making your own kitchen doors you can buy a hinge cutter like these. It will save you loads of time particularly if you need to hang more than one door. The process should be continued by.

Place the hinge in the cut out spot to check fit. It is a lot quicker and more precise. You can cut the hinges with a hammer and chisel certainly. Using a chisel and hammer make grooves along the traced outline and do the same on the outside to measure the depth.

I ll be sharing my experience on these very soon but haven t bought one of these yet. Using the hammer and chisel carve the outline to dig out the score from the door.