Routing Out Door Hinges With Hand Held Router

Now turn off the router and remove all the wood dust away.

Routing out door hinges with hand held router.

With this setup hinge mortising becomes a standard template routing operation. For routing you need to strictly follow the outline you made with the pencil. Making a door hinge mortise can be done with a chisel but it s more efficient with a standard trim router. So the bit doesn t hit the workbench.

Radius or 1 4 in. Durable tungsten carbide tipped router bit with ball bearing for eliminating the need for guide bushings on your router. Once done remove all the wood pieces inside the framework. So i was thinking about getting a small router.

Screw a strip of equal thickness behind the long edge of the narrow strip you re routing. Once the holes are routed test fit a hinge. Use a utility knife wood chisel or further routing to adjust the fit. 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.

2 cutting hinge mortises. I have been looking for ways to use this tool anyway may as well try to justify owning it lol. Then it dawned on to see if the rotozip might do this job. I use a 1 4 straight bit inside a standard guide collar for this task.

Rotate hinge templates to achieve 5 8 in. If you have trouble getting the right curve or turn for corners don t worry. Place the router on the edge of the door and carefully route out each of the hinge depressions you made. Use the dremel and push it down until the bit is completely inserted into the door hinge.

In this case hang the piece of wood over the edge of the bench at least 1 4 in. Sturdy steel template frame with door thickness selector for 1 3 4 in. For use with routers and wooden doors frames. Was wondering if anyone purchased the above routing products for their rotozip.

You can easily touch these up with a utility knife.