How To Chisel Door Hinge

Becoming proficient with a chisel is useful for more than just hinges.

How to chisel door hinge. Follow the sequence below to lay out and mark the mortise using a pencil a sharp knife and an awl. This video will show you how to cut the perfect hinges on a brand new door. Cutting a door hinge mortise with a chisel. Keep tapping until the groove is the same depth as your door hinge then repeat the process until you ve carved around the entire perimeter of the mortise spot.

The hinge mortise allows the hinge to be mounted flush with the jamb and door so the door will close properly. You can cut them by hand with a hammer and chisel or. How to cut and install door hinges is a do it yourself video shows how to cut in the perfect door hinge for a new door i used a bevel edged chisel to crea. When you install a door hinge you need to make notches for it on the edge of the door and on the jamb or the door won t close properly.

Then gently tap the back end of the chisel with a hammer or mallet pushing it into the door. Tap the chisel with a hammer to cut the wood about 1 8 inch deep or to the precise thickness of the hinge leaf. Among other things the mortising and carving techniques shown here can be used to install strike plates. 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.

Place the edge of a sharp chisel into any of the mortise outline grooves. Laying out the mortise. Are you renovating a room and want to put on a new door.