How To Mortise Door Hinges Using a Router

How To Mortise Door Hinges Using a Router - WOOD magazine

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3 жыл бұрын

Learn how to accurately place and recess door hinges in a slab door. WOOD magazine's Jim Heavey shows you an easy technique to mortise in your hinges using just a few tools including a router. The project wouldn't be complete without showing you how to measure off and drill your lockset.
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@MLEB723 2 жыл бұрын

When replacing an existing door I like to place the old door next to the new door with the tops flush and use a square and a pencil to transfer the hinge locations on to the new door.

@idowhatiwant21 8 ай бұрын

Yup thats what I did the very first time I had to replace all my old doors.

@freddrabbitt 2 жыл бұрын

You Mister Rogers'ed the hell outta that. Thank you!

@tanyanonna77 2 жыл бұрын

I dreaded replacing my 150yr old doors until I saw this video and now I feel great about tackling this job 👍 Thank you so much for this simple explaination and visual example!!

@maydanlex 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was looking for. I especially liked the 1/8th spacer for setting the reveal.

@michaelbezos2969 3 жыл бұрын

What a great display of craftsmanship, camera work & description of process. Thank you well done. Problem for me is door height of 71" on older home closet entrance. All doors 80". Wanted 6 panel door but could not make a clean cut w/o cutting into panels so used a blank. Your video really helped. Thanks a bunch! Subscribed.....

@SteveBueche1027 3 жыл бұрын

Ryobi has a great kit for this that cuts the entire area. I believe it’s $35 so if you’ve got a few doors to do it’ll save you time.

@JadedBelle Жыл бұрын

These fools hating because it took too long. But in the end...bruh got it done right? Props to you Sir! Nothing wrong with taking it slow to get it right. Not everyone is accustomed to doing this daily.

@Maveranger1 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous. I thank you for laying things out so eloquently. I love your little 'tricks/tips' (eg: using painter's tape to mark the right side of the door and measurements). I've subscribed and looking forward to more of your guidance/teachings as I commence my own woodworking ventures. Thanks kindly... Mike from Ontario, Canada

@stephonmccarther1819 2 ай бұрын

Appreciate the info.. I have to build a jamb and hang a blank door tommorow and this helped out tremendously!!! Thanks brotha

@jerryjohnsonii4181 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the knowledge , Jim !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@scotty5612 Жыл бұрын

Thank You for this great video. Just what I was looking for

@bking1025 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you . I got what I needed to see out of this video

@DavidDucrest 10 ай бұрын

This was a great walk through. Thanks!

@ohioyodertoter6827 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful work 👍

@captaintanker7 3 ай бұрын

when did we measure the door frame to know where to put the hinge? also how do i know how deep on the door the hinge sits? like how far the pin is supposed to stick out.

@WSmart1 2 жыл бұрын

Wood Magazine? What's that? Good job guys.

@johnslaughter5475 3 жыл бұрын

I have to go along with making a template. Cut out of a large enough piece of 1/4" baltic birch or masonite, there will be good support for the router. Use a cleanout bit.

@jenniferreid7652 2 жыл бұрын

Love this video. We want to move our bathroom door so that it opens outward instead of in, as our ensuite bathriom is really small. I don't know if we need to change the hinges in the door, but I know we need to change where the hinge on the door jam will go. Do you have a video of how you put the recess on the jam? Do you just measurement along the door jam like you did alomg the door? Also, where did you get the poplar wood for using as a guide? Can you buy it or did you just cut it out to the dimensions you wanted? PS great content! So measured in your delivery, clear snd concise!

@Morte_Deus Ай бұрын

You are brilliant, thank you!

@susanmartin7467 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@DOGOMINHDUC969 3 жыл бұрын

hello,you share very well

@garyheurich6835 3 жыл бұрын

Regarding locating the hinges. If you took your measurements from an existing door in your house, and assuming that that door does not ride up tight against the top jam, then those measurements already provide for the 1/8 inch gap from the top of the slab to the jam. Therefore, with that already built in, why do you need to add a shim to the top of your slab when you transfer the measurements?

@austinhastings8793 3 жыл бұрын

I think he took his measurements from the jamb top, not the top of the door.

@garyheurich6835 3 жыл бұрын

Austin Hastings copy that, thanks.

@samsngdevice5103 2 жыл бұрын

I just hit like button.

@mr.e-7385 Жыл бұрын

I was hoping to see the 2nd half of hinge & door installation showing the mortising of the jam and actually mounting the door too. But wow the doors just magically mounted!!! Lmfao

@williamrogers2030 3 жыл бұрын

How did you mark the jam? How did you place the door in the opening and Mark the hinges on the jam with spacing you wanted?

@austinhastings8793 3 жыл бұрын

Based on his comments when discussing the position of the hinges, I think his hinge numbers are based on measuring down from the top corner of the opening. So I would guess he just made the same measurements down the jamb for the openings. That said, when I try tricks like that I'm always a bit off, so I think I'd do it by putting the door (complete with top spacer) into the opening upright, wedging it up against the top of the jamb, and marking the hinge locations with a knife.

@BigmoRivera 3 жыл бұрын

Great Job Nicely Done 👍

@Grumpycat0405 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, how do you control the router? It's usually slips away🙄

@dalyclose7815 2 жыл бұрын

Yea most people would make a jig or use an edge guide attachment to avoid slipping out of the line. Freehanding like this guy did is very risky.

@BiggMo 3 жыл бұрын

I’m thinking I could had made a template for the router in less time than chiseling 3 Hong mortises.

@mikkelchandler5503 2 жыл бұрын

Best training video ever Thx !!

@arth.4196 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent Craftsmanship Instruction......

@deebradshaw736 3 жыл бұрын

what do you do about the door stops on the door jams?

@morokeiboethia6749 Жыл бұрын

The door stop stripping is just nailed (use a finish or brad nailer gun / nail size) to the jamb. You don't have to route any groove or anything to attach that. It just flat stacks on the jamb on all 3 sides of the jamb (left, right, top). Hang your door first and make sure the door is shut and plunger is in the latch hole. Install the horizontal strip on the top of the jamb first then do the left/right vertical strips. Just bring the strip up to the door and lightly touch the door or you can crack it back a tiny bit if you want b/c you might want to caulk it then paint it. Dont go heavy on the caulk or the caulk can prevent the door from closing all the way.

@pip5461 3 жыл бұрын

It was the strike plate mounting I wanted to see, but unfortunately wasn't covered.

@pip5461 3 жыл бұрын

@Todd Brill I know what it said... I was hoping they might do a demonstration for a strike plate mounting at a later date...

@mylowins Жыл бұрын

top tip - screw the hinge into position and drag your blade around it, half the time, pricise cut ✌🏻

@Mohamed.Elwakil 3 жыл бұрын

What is the name of the tool keeping the door in place while he is working on it?

@FighterPilotPoker 2 жыл бұрын

“Clamp”

@pearlofthesea5849 7 ай бұрын

or door buck

@shanelodge391 2 жыл бұрын

I replaced 11 doors in my house; just remove the old door and transfer the measurements to the new door by laying one on top of the other. If measuring, use the metric system…….so much easier.

@frankiejh7510 3 жыл бұрын

I’d wager you’ve never had to earn a living hanging doors

@Noxish 2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@johndavidtackett Жыл бұрын

@@Noxish I think it’s bc he’s taking his time to do it really well and perfect, don’t have time for perfection when you’re doing a bunch of these. He did a beautiful job tho, respect!

@ScreamingEagleFTW 3 ай бұрын

I will need 6 or 8 of what? pencils??

@briancunningham1120 2 жыл бұрын

This vidio is like me going into the Hospital to perform open Heart Surgery , I would have no right to be even looking on,

@jerseycornboy Жыл бұрын

I'll offer him my beginning woodclass for a discount.

@BiggMo 3 жыл бұрын

They should call that drill bit a “narcissist bit” or “ego bit” (self centered)

@takismantas1159 2 ай бұрын

A $30 hinge template would had worked better, faster and more accurate. You can also make one in less than 30 mins from a scrap piece of plywood.

@MLEB723 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't you have routed right up to your pencil mark?

@Wood 2 жыл бұрын

I little margin for error and to get a nice straight edge with the chisel.

@WesB1972 2 жыл бұрын

No one hanging doors for a living free hand cuts with a router, they use a router jig. I have hung more doors than I can remember with a hammer and chisel for cutting mortises.

@dalyclose7815 2 жыл бұрын

Using a router without a template or edge guide is very risky. Very very easy to lose control of the router and cut outside the line.

@Wood 2 жыл бұрын

Take it slow.

@gatekeeper65 3 жыл бұрын

I would think that if you're going to make a how to video, you would show every last step of the process completely, and not jump to the finished result which was done off camera. Just seems kinda pointless to me.

@mr.e-7385 Жыл бұрын

And wow the doors magically mounted with the jam all mortissed. Out too! Wtf?

@johansen1010 Жыл бұрын

No router despite the router title

@shangoshots 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice video, however I don't think you needed to Chisel. The router would have done just fine

@myveryown07 2 жыл бұрын

thats what i came to comment as well

@dalyclose7815 2 жыл бұрын

He would have needed to make a template or something for that to work though. Which he really should have done anyway to avoid the risk of losing control of the router and cutting outside the line.

@jamesneighbors2345 19 күн бұрын

Why would I buy a router and then have to use a chisel? Makes no sense. Just get a jig and cut the things out.

@woodysranch2690 3 жыл бұрын

Ryobi sell a hinge template that makes this dead simple. But if you don't want to buy the template for a single job, use your knife to cut around the hinge, lightly at first, don't do it free hand. Then carefully run the router up to the cut line, no need for a chisel. Use a bigger router bit. Good intentions, but your demonstration looks very amateurish