Routing Out Door Hinges With Hand Held Router

Radius or 1 4 in.

Routing out door hinges with hand held router.

For use with routers and wooden doors frames. Use the dremel and push it down until the bit is completely inserted into the door hinge. So the bit doesn t hit the workbench. Now turn off the router and remove all the wood dust away.

Once done remove all the wood pieces inside the framework. I have been looking for ways to use this tool anyway may as well try to justify owning it lol. Place the router on the edge of the door and carefully route out each of the hinge depressions you made. Making a door hinge mortise can be done with a chisel but it s more efficient with a standard trim router.

Sturdy steel template frame with door thickness selector for 1 3 4 in. 2 cutting hinge mortises. For routing you need to strictly follow the outline you made with the pencil. Was wondering if anyone purchased the above routing products for their rotozip.

Durable tungsten carbide tipped router bit with ball bearing for eliminating the need for guide bushings on your router. If you have trouble getting the right curve or turn for corners don t worry. Use a utility knife wood chisel or further routing to adjust the fit. You can easily touch these up with a utility knife.

Rotate hinge templates to achieve 5 8 in. How to hang a door using dx50 makita router. With this setup hinge mortising becomes a standard template routing operation. I use a 1 4 straight bit inside a standard guide collar for this task.

Screw a strip of equal thickness behind the long edge of the narrow strip you re routing. Then it dawned on to see if the rotozip might do this job. If you re routing a thin piece of wood the bearing on the router bit will most likely extend below the piece of wood you re routing. In this case hang the piece of wood over the edge of the bench at least 1 4 in.

Once the holes are routed test fit a hinge.