Making A Door Hinge Jig

A hinge jig can be extremely valuable especially to people that are working with doors and cabinets on a daily basis.

Making a door hinge jig.

Attach the jig to your door by screwing it in on both the top and bottom you can fill repaint these holes later. Set the depth of the cut to be the same as the depth of your hinge so that the hinge will rest flush on the door. By using a door hinge jig you can make the installation of a door a breeze it just takes almost all the guess work out of the way with the end result being excellent flush cuts. Now build a jig.

I made the end cuts with a crosscut sled on the tablesaw. Capture the hinge leaf with the jig s center strips and side pieces apply glue to their edges and. To make the jig mark the hinge width along one edge of a roughly 6 inch by 8 inch piece of 1 2 inch plywood. Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily.

Attach the included router bit to your router. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l. Place the jig in the correct spot on your door. Locate the hinges mark the jig.

Cut a notch the width of the hinge and about 1 3 4 inches deep.