How To Cut Out Door Hinges With Router

Then plunge the router to the desired depth until you dig out the entire mortising area.

How to cut out door hinges with router.

Now turn off the router and remove all the wood dust away. Use the dremel and push it down until the bit is completely inserted into the door hinge. This router bit makes me happy with its flawless work and i hope you would also enjoy this great bit. I m renovating my bathro.

Set the router onto the jig making sure the bit is not contacting the wood. Set the depth measurement on your router. If you want to complete your project then must buy this router bit. Hinge mortise router bit a perfect router bit used for door hinges.

You can easily use this router bit with a handheld router and router table. They all feature a shank mounted bearing so they are self guided and they rout recesses for 4mm thick intumescent strips that are either 10mm 15mm or 20mm wide. I typically make these small adjustments with a chisel rather than with the router. Are you renovating a room and want to put on a new door.

Once done remove all the wood pieces inside the framework. These router bits are specifically designed to cut out the recess required to fit intumescent strips around the edges of fire rated doors or frames. This bit is called a hinge mortising bit but it looks to be essentially like other top bearing router bit the one difference between this and other top bearing router bits is that the maximum depth of cut on this one is fairly shallow which is what you d want if you re routing into the edge of the door to recess the hinge. 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 li.

Line the wing up so it is perpendicular with the outlined spot and if necessary mark this position with a pencil. Place the tip of a hinge wing up to the front or back side of the door. Turn on the router and rout the mortise starting along the perimeter and moving in a clockwise motion. This video will show you how to cut the perfect hinges on a brand new door.

Remove the remaining material in the mortise with repeated front to back or right to left cuts to clear out all of the waste.