Score the outline with a utility knife.
How to cut out spots for hinges on a door.
Trace around the hinge with a pencil.
After i practiced on my scrap wood it was time to cut notches in the actual doors.
Once you re happy with the outline remove your hinge from the door.
Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti.
I used our old doors to mark and measure the spots for the new hinges.
Hinge slots or mortises are unsightly gaps left behind when doors are removed from doorways.
Place the tip of a chisel vertically in.
Support the door between sawhorses with the hinge edge facing up and measure the positions of the hinges.
If you don t have existing doors to use as a guide then measure from the top of the door frame and subtract 1 8 per the template instructions.
In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge.
Make marks for the top of the upper hinge the bottom of the lower one and one or the.
Drag the blade along each of the pencil lines creating small grooves you ll use later.