Can You Use A Trim Router For Door Hinges
All of these cutters can be easily used in a trim router.
Can you use a trim router for door hinges. To much with a belt sander could leave a door edge with many dips along the edge. Item weight is 064 ounces. Most of us use a chisel for doing door hinge while a handheld trim router is more efficient for this type of wood project.
It will support doors up to 50kgs and can clamp between 32mm and 55mm. If you watched that video you heard the woodworker say he prefers to use a trim router for hinge mortises. As you have 6 doors i recommend using the mfk 700 free hand and finish off with a chisel.
With your door trimmed re-hang the door on your hinges. Fitting hinges to a door using a router to recess the hinges. Has a shallow cutting depth and center meeting blade.
11-18-2007 0747 PM. Generally a ΒΌ straight bit is appropriate for this type of task. This instructional video teaches you how to use a flush trim router bit a V-bit for free-hand sign making and a roman ogee bit.
Now I have a client that wants an exterior door replaced and I lean toward just replacing the slab. If only a little trim you could use a plane to trim. Hang your door on the hinges the same way you took it off.
Place your hinge flush against the door. If I purchase a fiberglass slab can I use my router and template to mortise the hinges. Using a straight edge router bit trim routers can trim edging pieces on the ends of plywood.