Using a utility knife cut vertically down into the door following the tracing and cutting to a depth of 3 16 inch.
How to cut out spots for hinges on a door.
Once you re happy with the outline remove your hinge from the door.
Then grab a utility knife and extend the blade to no more than 25 in 0 64 cm.
Drag the blade along each of the pencil lines creating small grooves you ll use later.
I used our old doors to mark and measure the spots for the new hinges.
If you don t have existing doors to use as a guide then measure from the top of the door frame and subtract 1 8 per the template instructions.
This video from the honest carpenter will show you how to fi.
Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti.
In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge.
Score the outline with a utility knife.
Make marks for the top of the upper hinge the bottom of the lower one and one or the.
Place the tip of a chisel vertically in.
After i practiced on my scrap wood it was time to cut notches in the actual doors.