Score the outline with a utility knife.
How to cut out spots for hinges on a door.
Using a utility knife cut vertically down into the door following the tracing and cutting to a depth of 3 16 inch.
This video from the honest carpenter will show you how to fi.
In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge.
After i practiced on my scrap wood it was time to cut notches in the actual doors.
Support the door between sawhorses with the hinge edge facing up and measure the positions of the hinges.
Make marks for the top of the upper hinge the bottom of the lower one and one or the.
Once you re happy with the outline remove your hinge from the door.
I used our old doors to mark and measure the spots for the new hinges.
Trace around the hinge with a pencil.
Then grab a utility knife and extend the blade to no more than 25 in 0 64 cm.
Hinge slots or mortises are unsightly gaps left behind when doors are removed from doorways.
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.