Cutting Hinge Slots In Door Frame
Place one leaf of the hinge on the door edge at the location marks so the hinge knuckles stick out on the “swing” side of the door, flush with the door edge. Draw a utility knife strongly around. 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. To install a door jamb, start by measuring the door frame and cutting the wood to size. Next, add glue to the end of 1 of your longer pieces of wood and attach a shorter piece to it. Then, use a nail gun to secure the 2 pieces together before attaching the other side of the jamb in the same way.
After checking for level and nailing the frame into position, cut off the shims flush with the edges of the jamb. Install the hinges on the door first. Be sure that the door is approximately ¼-inch narrower than the jamb opening. If you need to trim it, plane or saw the hinge side. The latch side should be beveled. After the slot is cut. You should run a toothpick down the middle into the slot to make a hole down the center. This allows the CA to wick all the way down the inserted hinge and to securely attach more of it to the material being installed in. Depending on the material being installed in. Sometimes it helps to hold the area above and below where the hing will go before inserting the tooth pick.
We are going slightly out of order here... here is our experience in door jamb mortise cutting.To cut the mortises you will need a few things:
A Hammer
A Chisel the same width as your hinge
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.