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Asked by: Chourouk Lakidain
home and garden home securityHow do you mortise a door hinge with a Dremel?
Using the Dremel router attachment, remove the wood between pencil lines drawn on the door's edge to create a mortise for the faceplate. Fit the latch and faceplate into the door. Use a bevel edge chisel and hammer to square the corners of the mortise if faceplate has square corners.
In this regard, how do you mortise a hinge with a Dremel?
Put one hinge on the spine of the door so that it is in line with the pencil line. Use your utility knife to trace the three-sided outline in the wood. Use the Dremel to fix the housings of the door hinge. Turn on the Dremel and push it down until the bit is fully inserted into the hinge.
In this way, how do you mortise a door hinge?
To cut hinge mortises on a door:
- Screw the hinge to the door or jamb.
- Score around the outline of the hinge with a utility knife.
- Remove the hinge from the door or jamb.
- Position the chisel on the scored line with the chisel perpendicular to the door or jamb and the bevel side of the chisel facing toward the mortise.
The side where the top and bottom part of the hinge that wraps round the pin goes on the frame.