trend doorhinge jig

[woodwoodjohn]

as I have to fit 7 internal doors to fit is it worth buying one of these jigs. Have always used the hammer chisel before but this jig should make the job a lot quicker. or is not as good or quick as they show you on the videos :?:

 

[oakfield]

I've never used a jig before.
I normally mark around the hinge with a knife, as I would if chopping bit out by hand.
Then set the parallel fence to cut to the right place, set the depth and then just cut it free hand.

 

[Ghengis]

I made a template for my router for standard hinges, makes it very easy to line up hinges on the door with existing holes in the frame if retro fitting.

 

[sustad]

The best jig I've used is the one from rutlands . At 100 quid it's not the cheapest, but is fast and accurate to set up and use. I have cut several thousand hinges and it is still going strong. Just be sure to replace the included router bit, total rubbish.

 

[owen]

I normally just mark the hinges with a stanley, freehand most of the waste out with a router, and clean up the edges with a sharp chisel. For 7 doors there is definately no point buying a jig.

 

[RobinBHM]

I would say it is definitely worth making a jig. The simplest is a piece of ply with a rectangle cut out of it and then screw a length of batten to use as the stop. A template guide and straight cutter is all thats needed. Once made each hinge cut out just needs routing then squaring in the corners.

if the doors are all the same a basic rod can be used to mark out the hinge positions.

 

[ColeyS1]

If its fitting into old hinge housings then no. If it's fitting into new linings then probably no. Put the money you save not buying the jig to another use

 

[carlb40]

I normally just mark the hinges with a stanley, freehand most of the waste out with a router, and clean up the edges with a sharp chisel. For 7 doors there is definately no point buying a jig.

Same way as me and so far there have been over 80 doors fitted that way on this job.

 

[Eric The Viking]

I made a jig.

It has stops for the baseplate of my old Bosch POF router, so no guidebush and you can see what you're cutting. You set the depth in from the edge with the router's fence.

It works OK, but you still have to trim the corners and cut the recesses in the casing. In my case I screw the jig to the casing (designed it to be able to do that), but I don't know about the commercial ones.

I'd give mine about 5.5/10 - better than nothing but far from a perfect solution. And it took an age to make. I'd improve it a bit if I made it again, but even so, probably not worth the fuss given the small number of doors I do.

I wouldn't want a jig where I couldn't see what was happening, which is usually the case with the guide bush variety.

E.

 

[Newbie_Neil]

I made a template for my router for standard hinges, makes it very easy to line up hinges on the door with existing holes in the frame if retro fitting.

+1 and also cheap.

 

[mahomo59]

If you're swinging by Brizzle at any point, you could have a lend of mine. I've found the trend jig very easy and very fast. Used only on new door linings some with architrave some without, I have both buffers for both reasons. They work best with decent hinges, ie eclipse ones.

James