Cutting Hinge Slots In Door Frame
Cut mortises in the jamb the same way as for the door, tracing the outlines of each hinge on the jamb and then chiseling out the mortise. A trick to hanging a door is to mark and attach the top hinge first. Screw the top hinge to the jamb, then mark the other hinges and cut them. When the door is up, check that it closes without binding anywhere. Corner Wood Chisel Squaring Tool for Cutting Square Mortised Door Hinge Recesses, Square Off Mortises For Frames, Box Tops, Lids, Doors and Flip up Drawers 4.5 out of 5 stars 88 $11.99 $ 11. Hager — 330 336L 4.5' USP Hinge Filler Plate — Frame. 5.0 out of 5 stars 2. Don-Jo SHF 50 Steel Door Hinge Cut Out Filler Plate, Prime Coated. To do it right, I would like to recess the hinges that I add and put some mortises in a steel door casing. Anybody have any ideas as to how to cut them? The steel is maybe 1/8' to 3/16' thick. Cutting the horizontal parts doesn’t bother me. I figure I can drill and use a hacksaw to get those. I just don’t know about cutting the vertical portions.
We are going slightly out of order here.. here is our experience in door jamb mortise cutting.
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To cut the mortises you will need a few things:
MOSILVERON 35mm Concealed Hinge Jig kit, suitable for Face Frame Cabinet Cupboard Door Hinges (New Blue) 4.6 out of 5 stars 135. Get it as soon as.
A Hammer
A Chisel the same width as your hinge
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Remember.. measure twice, cut once. Oh, yes.. and measure again.. and throw something at the wall because your hinges moved on you after you cut the mortise. That MUST be it.
First, score the edges of your mortise:
Then, chisel lines across the mortise using a chisel the same width as the mortise. Make the lines about 1/8 inch apart.
Finally, take the chisel, bevel side down, and gently tap up through your lines. They should come up quite easily.
As you can see from the picture, this was NOT what we tried first.. we don’t recommend simply whacking at the jamb with the hammer and chisel. (The chip at the top of the mortise is from THAT method.) The method we depicted DOES work, however, and gives you nice flat and smooth mortises.
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