Exceptional review, and thanks for doing it! That gap wouldn't phase me but, then again, I'm not a builder/tradie/handyman and wouldn't know it's not right. Super glad you've done this, I've learnt a lot from this. THANKS MATE!

What a honest review compared to other KZfaq videos. Just subscribe to your channel because of your true honesty.

I’m in the UK. I too had this problem of it cutting too much out of the door I fixed it in 5m (literally) by cutting a small bit of wood 8mm thick and gluing to inside of the hole (opposite side to the clamp side. It now works perfectly. Cost me nothing to fix.

Thanks mate for your video, I just bought it from Bunnings and will go back to return it.

I’m confused it seems obvious to me that with square hinges there was just no way physically with a router bit to cut a square corner, so there’s no way you’re not going to have to chisel out the corner which should’ve been done to begin with. Those protective spacing tabs you removed made it worse and I think you would’ve been fine had you just chiseled out the corners and did nothing else. It’s hard to see everything from the camera view but that’s what it appeared like to me, especially not taking out those corners to begin with, that was a “duh” moment.

3 points to understand.. 1) This jig is for the US market (which you finally understood late in the video), 2) The US hinges are deeper than elsewhere ( again you worked this out but just to add here in the UK our 3" hinges are even shallower than those you were using so just routing the rebate out using the jig dimensions would leave half the door routed out and would look stupid. 3) taking the rubber buffers off the clamping side makes no difference to the depth of cut, but it does result in marking the door with the clamp screw, you are over-tightening the clamp. If you had marked the hinge out as you usually would and then placed the jig on top, you would have noticed the jig didn't line up and would have only routed up to your marks to ensure a good fit. What it needs is some different thickness shims to go on the non clamping side to stop the router going too far towards the non hinge side of the door and leave no gap around the hinge.

Thanks Bill. By showing the flaws in this jig you have saved me a lot of trouble. I plan to buy this jig to hang a door because I really do not like chisel rebating. I plan to use plastic packers with double sided tape to reduce the width of the cut. Fortunately bunnings sells packers in 1mm, 2mm, 5mm and other sizes that makes it easy to customize. Double sided tape means you can insert and remove the packers at will. Good on ya!

Just purchased one from bunnings, and guess what the same thing happened to me, couldn't understand why I had a gap so big. I will try tapping a 3mm plate to adjust the cut. Thanks for the video.

I've got one from America which after watching reviews thought would save me time. Unfortunately I have the same problem its too big. Ive not used it since but there are people on KZfaq that have modified them so I might give that a try. Keep up the good work love your video and reviews 👏

You have no choice but to nock out the corner with a chisel Before you remove the template. The jig works just fine when used corectly. Another tip. Dont over tighten and put your "padding things back on"

Excellent review mate! Appreciate your honesty!

Great review, liking your presentation style. My internal doors (uk) 20 Yr old house have 75mm hinges with a flat surface of (seems) 23/24mm for a good fit width wise. Keep up the great vids

Thanks for reviewing this product, Bill. I was looking at this product and I was planning to get it. Thanks for letting me know about these issues. 👍👍👍

Excellent video! I had heard about the issue with the Ryobi hinge jig and this video comprehensively demonstrates it.

I use one of these jigs every single day. They work great

I'm in Canada, I'm about to replace all my interior door slabs and buy one of this jig. my doors use 3" hinges, and I just checked their width is 28mm as you guessed. So it should work just fine for me, but I'll surely try it on one of my old door slab first to make sure how it works.

Good heads up mate thanks again

Recently found one of your videos for cleaning the shower and since subbed. Good on you mate, you got some handy videos up!

Love your work

Hi Bill! Try Ryobi 75 - 125mm Door Hinge Installation Kit - Japan Brand. Works perfect for us here in Australia ... good tutorials buddy. Thank you

Hi Bill, just watched the video, not sure if this will fix the issue of the gap, but if you change the bearing to a tad bigger it eg”1.5 mm bigger” that should give you a snug fit all round. Cheers keep up the great videos mate. Joe 🇦🇺 🤙🏼

Thanks Bill. Just bought one of these but no opened it yet so will take it back to Bunnings

Bit late to the party, but we're in the UK & have the same issue with this & the gap it leaves. In our case, almost 1cm. Hopefully a shim of sort will cure the problem. Great review though 👍

Many thanks for your detailed review. I am in Aussie and it so happens I was just about to go and buy one of these and now I am so glad I seen your review. Did you find a suitable jig Sir?

You can add another spacer at the side for your proper spacing

I'm in Australia. Not sure what instructions you read. I have the exact same tool. And it states in the instructions that for the perfect square edge. You will still need to use a utility knife or a small chisel for squaring off. Reading instructions is always important

I just found your channel. Funny thing, I wasn't sure what "Bill Show To" meant...ok...ok...got it now

Thank mate from UK. You safe my money 🤝 and time 🤦‍♂️.

I use 100mm hinges the hinge side that fixes to the door is 30mm and works perfect

In NZ, we tend to use 90mm butt hinges for standard doors, either square or radius, I don't know how how well they would work, I had considered buying one.

Thanks for the video. I bought one yesterday from bunnings. I haven't opened it yet so I'll be returning it today. What do you use for rebated jambs?

It would seem that the hinges are manufactured differently, or maybe a quality control issue. Or maybe from China. As someone had already mentioned here, trace the hinge on the door first. Then see how the jig lines up with the hinge outline. I don't own this product, but I do plan on purchasing it.

The jig worked as intended.. the corners were always intended to be cut by chisel.. a round router bit was never going to cut out the square corners.. doing it free-hand wouldn’t be any different.

Nice one

100% Wright.. I am facing the same issue and I thought that was my mistake..

This jig works perfect if you use it correctly and use the hinges this jig was made for. This isnt really a fair review since youre not using the proper hinges this jig was made for. Using the right hinges, there is absolutely no gap, its a nice tight perfect fit. Anyone thinking about buying this jig should watch a couple other reviews as well.

Iv made a jig with 3 cut outs for the ryobi jig set to 6 and 9 and centre works great and the corners I say abra cadabra and its gone lol

That jig only works on the door side. For the door frame, you will need something else. A homemade jig works fine (for both door and frame)

You are not a novice carpenter, you know that a round cutter doesn't make a square hole, great video and demo. Also if they included the corner punch like the trend kit it would be great.

Thank you for pointing this out. The back fence / wall is clearly too far back for the hinges you are fitting. As a DIY'er I'd be iinclined to let it go, but not now. As a 45 year metal machinist I'd question it .

Thanks for the video, could you please tell me where you got it from?? I've been looking for it at Bunnings around my area but they don't stock I live in Sydney thank you

looked at mine, your knob screw is out to much, mine is subset below the surface of the insert/brace…as for the width of area to be removed that is strange, maybe get another one to see if they had QC problem and the opening was off…? I am located in the USA. thanks for the videos!

It’s designed to be used with the same brand Router and the correct router bit as they come with different thicknesses.

Hi just fix it with permastick on the side perfect size, shame ryobi didn’t see that and find solution by myself.

A shim on the inside face of the jig would sort that.

Hey mate was wondering if you could make a vid on how to remove the windows locks with the one way screws? Cheers Corey Norman... I mean Bill haha

Can you do a review on the new HP Ryobi range and if it's worth the extra money? keep up the great content

Hey mate, my guess is they have fitted the wrong sized bearing to the router bit. "Outer diameter" on the router bit they have supplied. Bearing outside diameter should be bigger. Cheers

I'm from Melboure, Australia and have come across the exact same issues. Best thing you can do is throw this thing over your shoulder and router them free hand. I'm also finding that when clamping the jig to the door it lifts up on one side. Very poorly made and pretty typical of Ryobi garbage.

Oh snap…. Just had the same problem…thanks for making me feel NOT like a complete tool…..(pun intended) 👍🇳🇿❤️

You need to add a 3mm spacer for the door I think.

I don’t think the issue you encountered is related to the pads. This Ryobi hinge installation kit is not designed to finish the corners for square hinges. The user manual that came with it indicates that for square hinges, the corners have to be finished with a chisel (I was quite surprised when I read that!). I’m in the U.S. Not sure if your Australian kit comes with the same instructions. I hope this is helpful. Thanks for the video & good luck!

Bill im also a handyman in Australia and ended up using a 3D printed jig from Redken after watching Scott Brown and they are a great little jig

I just bought one from Bunnings’s today… don’t think ill take it out the packet and its going straight back… shame as i like Ryobi range i bought the lock jig too hope thats ok for Australian market?

Just put a 3mm extra padding on the opposite of the clamping site

A round router bit wont router a square corner..................well I never 🙄

just put a packer to reduce to the width of the hing

Isn't there a black plastic fence your supposed to be using?

A round cutter will not leave you with a square corner.... You have to remove the residual material with a chisel.... There are numerous videos on YT showing you my point exactly....

Not sure I'd want to use ryobi. I find it's easier to just make a jig if I'm doing a few doors or just a chisel if it's just 1 or 2 doors

Those hinges width look small

If Bob had hands he probably would grabbed a hammer and hammer the shit out that jig. I think I would have... Btw Keep up the great content mate 🤙👌

I love how indepth you go.. you put alot of effort into what you do and it shows. And the fact that you dont act like u know it all and your fully saying if I'm wrong let me know even though you have thoroughly done your due diligence! Love the honesty and genuine nature of your videos keep em coming!

No! It's obviously the radii left by the round bit!

All you would have had to do is chisel out the corners, done. Also you could have put a piece of shim where you tightened it.😮 Pretty basic. Sorry you had a hard time. Sometimes it s the simple things that look complicated 😊

I heard they took them off the aus market?

@tazmun is right, you cant do a square corner with a router. with or without this tool, you will have the same issue with the router. You need to chisel the corners. Is giving you more advantages, than disadvantages. I want to see you doing the hingers without this tool I didnt buy the tool, but i saw multiple reviews, and looks like is helpful tool. I dont think you are a trader, and your review is confusing people.

You should have chised out the edges on your firsr attemt it would have worked fine!

Round router can never make square courners, you need a chissle obviously.

Somebody else had the same issue here in the US. The black tabs that you took off you thought were protectors he stacked two on top of each other on the backside to correct the issue.

I found the same problem.

I have this and I used it for the first time just yesterday. Firstly, the width cannot be adjusted and is fixed so if you have a 2.5cm wide hinge as I did you can't adjust the jig to fit this size. Secondly, the depth that the jig allows you to cut is insufficient to ensure the hinge is flush with the door. Thirdly when you do cut in you end up with rounded corners. So, if you use this you will end up having to use a sharp chisel to carve out the hinge recess which you may as well have done from the start. Bottom line this is a poor product and not worth the money.

Buddy a router cannot cut a 90 degree corner. Of course you'd have to chisel out the corners

Since it's not possible to router into a square corner, just chisel it out. No big deal.

All you have to do is tap the door hinge into the space

That's a paint gap .........

Stick a plate 2 or 3 mm thickness against the side, narrowing the space of cutting. The plate will hit the bearing, stopping the router blade 2 or 3 mm shorter in width.

Corner chisel

Doesn’t work in America either

Hinges are the problem, to small for that door,.

all you do is take pads off and don't tighten it down so hard. I did my door with no marks. You must be using a cheap door or something

Stop talking and read instructions. Those don’t look like door hinges, they are light duty cabinet hinges

I found it doesn’t work on 35mm thick doors in Australia

Thank you for pointing this out. The back fence / wall is clearly too far back for the hinges you are fitting. As a DIY'er I'd be iinclined to let it go, but not now. As a 45 year metal machinist I'd question it .