Cutting a door hinge mortise with a chisel. A hinge mortise is the shallow cut made in the edge of a door and the door jamb that mirrors the size and thickness of the door hinge. The hinge mortise allows the hinge to be mounted flush with the jamb and door so the door will close properly. Hinge mortises on a door are often cut by machine with a router and straight bit, but you can cut mortises by hand using a hammer and chisel as well. To do a good job cutting mortises, the chisel needs to be razor sharp.

Torrent extremoduro disco grafia completa de daddy yankee full. To cut hinge mortises on a door: • Screw the hinge to the door or jamb. • Screw the hinge to the door and jamb, so the top of the hinge is flush with the door edge and door jamb. Watch this video to find out more. Further Information • (video) • (video) • (video) • (video) Danny Lipford: Now, installing a door at your house is fairly easy, but to recess hinges like this is a little more of a challenge. Joe Truini: That’s right, Danny. Most mortises are routed out, but here’s an alternative method. Screw the hinge directly to the edge of the door, and then mark its outline with a utility knife.

Remove the hinge and use a chisel to chop out around the outline. Just remember to keep the bevel end of the chisel facing toward the waste area, so you wind up with a nice, crisp line. And then hold the chisel perfectly vertical, and make a series of cuts about an eighth-inch apart all the way across the waste area. Then turn the chisel.. Hold the chisel flat, with the bevel facing up, and scrape out all the waste wood.

Hinges are installed in four configurations: full-mortise, half-mortise, full-surface and half- surface. Full-mortise installations have one leaf mortised on the door jamb and one into the edge of the door. No-mortise hinges make installing hinges easier. But there are still some tricks to getting the installation just right. To locate the hinges on the sides of the cabinet, I placed a piece of double-sided tape on each hinge (Figure 1).

To finish up, hold the chisel bevel down and smooth out the bottom of the mortise. Danny Lipford: Now, this is an exterior door, so we’ll be using three hinges on this installation. But if you have an interior door you’re installing, two hinges is usually sufficient. Works great depending on the wood type and grain. I recently made a new shed door from treated deck boards and the chisel did not help.

I scored the hinge area with a razor knife, scored cuts an eighth inch apart then of went the other way(crossed cuts like a tic tack toe grid). Used a regular pocket knife to “pop” out the little squares. Worked great but wasn’t as pretty until I sanded We want to hear from you! In addition to posting comments on articles and videos, you can also send your comments and questions to us on our or at (800) 946-4420. While we can't answer them all, we may use your question on our Today's Homeowner radio or TV show, or online at todayshomeowner.com.

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Installing Hinges Look around and take note of the number of hinges that you encounter in your daily activities. From the time you get up in the morning until you pull away from the curb on the way to work you'll encounter hinges everywhere - on the bathroom door, refrigerator, the kitchen cabinets, the front gate and even getting into your car. Each and every hinge is specifically designed to serve a unique purpose and they all look vastly different from each other. Yet they all serve the same function. Hinges have been designed for almost every conceivable situation. The variety of hinges available to the woodworker is staggering indeed, and selecting the right hinge and installing it correctly can be a challenge. In most cases, hardware is installed during the final phase of construction after much time has been invested in the project; this is definitely not the time to make a mistake in choosing or installing the hardware.