Routing Out Door Hinges With Hand Held Router

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Routing out door hinges with hand held router. Sturdy steel template frame with door thickness selector for 1 3 4 in. Now turn off the router and remove all the wood dust away. You can easily touch these up with a utility knife. Once the holes are routed test fit a hinge.

Then it dawned on to see if the rotozip might do this job. 2 cutting hinge mortises. 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. For use with routers and wooden doors frames.

For routing you need to strictly follow the outline you made with the pencil. How to hang a door using dx50 makita router. I have to mortise out 15 door and jamb hinge mortises. With this setup hinge mortising becomes a standard template routing operation.

Was wondering if anyone purchased the above routing products for their rotozip. I have been looking for ways to use this tool anyway may as well try to justify owning it lol. Durable tungsten carbide tipped router bit with ball bearing for eliminating the need for guide bushings on your router. So i was thinking about getting a small router.

If you have trouble getting the right curve or turn for corners don t worry. Radius or 1 4 in. I use a 1 4 straight bit inside a standard guide collar for this task. So the bit doesn t hit the workbench.

Screw a strip of equal thickness behind the long edge of the narrow strip you re routing. In this case hang the piece of wood over the edge of the bench at least 1 4 in. Use the dremel and push it down until the bit is completely inserted into the door hinge. Use a utility knife wood chisel or further routing to adjust the fit.

Once done remove all the wood pieces inside the framework.