How To Chisel Wood Door Hinge

Position the chisel on the scored line with the chisel perpendicular to the door or jamb and the bevel side of the chisel facing toward the mortise.

How to chisel wood door hinge. Are you renovating a room and want to put on a new door. Keep the back of the chisel flat on the wood. Push down to apply a slight amount of force then pull the tool backward scraping the wood out of your mortise. Repeat this until you ve removed the majority of the grooves.

Screw the hinge to the door or jamb. Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. This video will show you how to cut the perfect hinges on a brand new door. Score around the outline of the hinge with a utility knife.

After marking out where the hinge will go use an adequately sharp 1 inch mortise or bench chisel to make several shallow cuts the same depth of the hinge. Place the flat edge of your chisel between 2 of the grooves. Hold a sharp chisel a 1 inch or 1 1 4 inch chisel works best vertically with the beveled side facing the mortise. How do you chisel wood for a door hinge.

If the recess is open on one side like a hinge mortise flatten the bottom by paring off thin slices with the back unbeveled side of the chisel held flat to the wood photo 2. 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. Tap the chisel with a hammer to cut the wood about 1 8 inch deep or to the precise thickness of the hinge leaf. I m renovating my bathro.

Move the chisel over and tap again until you ve cut along the entire scored outline. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l.