You are a very clever man. My tutor told me that, in order to be a good teacher, you need two things: a thorough knowledge of the subject and the ability to impart that knowledge. I have added: the willingness to impart that knowledge. You have it all in spades and, to reuse what may become an overused phrase: yet another day when I go to bed less stupid 🌞
Not stupid, ignorant. Stupid = can’t learn. Ignorant = hasn’t learned, yet. The simple fact that you’re here, with all of us, is proof you’re far from stupid. 😎
Hi Ollie When we spoke last the other week you was telling me about this one mate Iv made A few of them now all different sizes. all this week I’ve been fitting fire doors with 4” hinge ,three on each door I can’t tell you just how much time this jig has saved me Thanks mate 🪚👍
Made your previous hinge jig and used it to fit 11 new doors in old linings. Worked a treat. Thanks for all your information. Making things easier for me. Cheers Jim
Nice one Jim, So the comments telling me it would never work in real life, despite doing so myself all the time, are wrong!? haha Thanks for the feedback! :)
@@BradshawJoinery You showed just one hinge installed. I say that your method is inadequate to get 3 (or even2) hinges installed on a door and jamb because you will not get the spacing of the mortises close enough. You need a jig that does all three mortises without repositioning and then use the same jig on the door slab and on the jamb. Also, it is not unusual for the hinges themselves to be not identical.
@@pauleohl i use thes jigs literally daily on 3 sometimes 4 hinge doors and never have a problem. Since it cuts exactly to the edge of the jig you just clamp the jig to your marks and it's perfect. Always make the jig .5mm bigger. Aslong as the housing is neat a slight oversize isn't noticeable... And yeah check more than one hinge if not all for size..
Love this, really useful. I’ve never thought about using a flush trim bit. You could make things even quicker by using radius hinges. Also, double-sided tape is your friend, use it to hold the jig in place on the doorframe.
Aww man, this is genius. I have a practical exam in a couple of weeks & been racking my brains on how I'm going to make a home made Jig. Thanks so much
Hi from the USA. Love your video. This is simplest & easiest to make DIY hinge jig I've seen on UA-cam. No fancy, and for me, unnecessary extras to add. All my doors are the same. I left one end long enough to measure down from the top of the jamb and other end long to measure from the bottom. Just added tabs to both ends to account for top & bottom clearances on the door itself. Works a treat. I didn't get the idea though until I watched the way you made your jig. I might make a video and place it on UA-cam to show how I did with full credit to you for giving me the idea. You have a new subscriber. Thanks!
Thankyou very much! I genuinely dont think it can be bettered. mmaybe tweaks to add funtionality, but if you needed a quick jig to chop a plate or hinge in, its just so darn easy... Thanks for the sub
Brilliant little jig. Much better than the one I've been using. I particularly like the rebate for fitting on a frame with the check already fitted. Thanks for sharing.
I love the simplicity of this jig, it's brilliant. One variation I made for a pair of very wide gate hinges that I needed to rebate into a fence post (don't ask 😂🤣😂) was that I didn't cut a complete slot in the stop, I used a rabbeting router bit to create a recess in the stop to allow the profile router bit to reach the end of the post I was rebating whilst still retaining solid (2 sided) support for the router base across the whole width of the rebate. For a DIYer I feel it's much, much easier to get a decent finish when fitting hinges by using a jig and router rather than a chisel, and this has to be the easiest way of making a jig there can be, so many thanks 👍.
I don’t do much with wood doors. I’m actually a Glazier for 30 years. We do as much with aluminum frames and doors as glass. I’m 30 minutes away from NYC. I landed a side job installing wood door slabs in old openings and your videos helped big. Although I used the ryobi door kit. Which worked ok, but was a bit too small for the hinges I was using. I got paid, so I must have done a good job. Thanks again.
Thanks, I must hang 20 reproduction shutters on ten windows on a house built in the mid 1800's. This will definitely save me time! I saw some other instructional videos but loved the simplicity of this one. 👍 Built the jig tonight, will start using it tomorrow!
Nice one Ollie ! router jig every time I’ve got router jigs going back decades cant bear to get rid of them, I’ve got a couple for a helical staircase i made 25 years ago, I’ll never use them again but i think they are a thing of beauty 🥴🤭
Thank you for this video, I just completed making my jig and cutting the Mortise for my hinges. I was very apprehensive about this job, but you made it easy for me. Thank you.
When I was making fire doors in 1997 i made all my jigs from MDF. That was 26 years ago the bloke I was working with was making jigs well before me. But we never had social media back then, so really all these videos on jig making are prehistoric 😂😂
Made your jig today to use on 7 hardwood doors, used to do the hybrid thing but realised you're not as quick as either chisel or router. Made the obvious mistake of glueing the final piece to the underside of the jig, just like you were about to and stopped. Made 3 in total as the second one was about 1 mil out and I could see too much leaf. However, after buggering about for about an hour, it finally clicked and I even clamp the jig to the door and leave it there while I chisel out the radius that was left. Thanks a lot, saved me going to RC for basically the same thing
Hi - interesting video, and I use a small jig for hinging single doors - however a chippy I had on my first build ( 10 doors - all the same size and height ) brought in a nice straight piece of carcasing timber made a jig with 2x hinge positions, chopped it to the exact length of the door and put a screw in the top of the jig set 4mm up. Here is the key. The same jig is used on the frame and the door. You level the top of the jig with the top of the door, and on the frame the screw datums with the underside of the head ( top of the frame ) - hence both routed hinge pockets align exactly. He did 8x doors in a day ( plus chopping out for the locks/latches. Gives you CNC accuracy since the Centre to Centre measurement uses the same jib - Boom. Massive time saver.
Very clever, made this jig and it works perfectly. Much neater than chiselling out. Now not so daunted to do thew 7 doors O have planned as a DIYer. THANK YOU, sooo helpful.
Thanks for the vid Oliver. I had 4 doors to hang and made your hinge jig from the previous video which worked fantastically with nice tight results, thank you. The superglue assembly really surprised me too. Used the latch jig also which was a bit trickier as the hole needed for the latch body was only 1mm smaller than the latch plate. I’ll look forward to the hand vs router challenge !
Very good video. You certainly knows what you are doing and have done it several times. Totally agree about your last statement that if you are doing more than 1-2 hinges it is faster and more accurate with a router, but sometimes it "feels" like it takes too long to set up the router so then I chop with a chisel 😅 I'm planning on buying a few cheap router that are set up and ready to go for only one operation each.
I always use a piece of 4" x 1" wood, cut out all THREE hinge shapes carefully with a jig saw, i use that for the door and frame, use small screws to hold it in place and router all 3 hinges - perfect every time and really quick ( keep the jig flush with the top of the door but then use a 2mm shim in the top of the door frame/lining)
Now you post this 😂 after I've just put the hinges on the toy box I've made for my nieces kids. So pleased to see you glue up the wrong face thought it was only me 🐶 at 68 I'm allowed to do this & just learning. Just discovered routers (thought they were for the internet).
Great idea fir a jig and simple to boot. I'd definitely give that a go if I have to hang a door in future. I'd be up for watching a shoot out between manual and router cutting. Cheers.
Cheers mate, Yes thats the key isnt it, easy to make then its worthwhile. Im not one for spending days making an elaborate jig to do a 2 minute job! lol Ill film the shootout
I just made one of these, so thanks. 👍 I have seen some with a deeper clamping plate and a platform on the other side to support a router but I have a little Bosch 12v router and it works well for stuff like this. Already have the trend template bit. And some knock off Amazon ones too.
As a joiner myself I love jigs and made a few jigs myself but I do like your idea so I will be making your jig we use those Trend router bits if it’s a one off job we just use green router bit you can have them sharpened once but the piece of these bits l just put a new one in
Thanks very much. I ‘knocked up’ a couple of these today to hang some shed doors. Everything was a first. It worked really really well. My only comment is that the cutter radius was a bit different to my hinge corner radii - I thought I’d save a bit of time / not great with chisels. I’d use standard square hinges the next time.
looks good and very simple to make . Dont think it could be used on an old door frame if the Architravings were still in place as the Architravings would interfere with the jig but ideal for the door itself . Great idea , well done .
Excellent video. Well explained. I would personally leave the jig long to be able to clamp it, but I accept you are comfortable without clamps. Thanks!
Brilliant! Thank you very much for the update. Here in Canada we use VIX bits that are self centering for screw holes, our wood seems to grab the drill bit and make the hole less than ideal. Really appreciate the channel, thanks for everything !!
Bearing jigs can be very accurate and can take advantage of smaller diameter bits which can perfectly match smaller curves in hinges or can lead to less chiseling; the biggest issue is ensuring the base plate and bearing are centered with the collet otherwise they can be very inaccurate. I use both depending on the need but like anything else you’ll get out what you put in.
Cheers, ive used bearings alot in joinery manufacture and never used a ring fence until i made one. I like the adjustability! but its easy to get flat spots!
That's genuinely brilliant! And yes, it would certainly be interesting to see the comparison with a hand-chopped version. If you have the time to spare, that is :-).
Awesome video, thanks for sharing. For me this is the best carpentry channel on UA-cam, bar none. Which job site table saw were you using there please?
I swear by using hinges jigs now, I’ve even used my cnc to make up some “posh” ones, I’d been keen to do you challenge of chopping by hand verses using the router.
Chris, if you feel a bit nervous getting yer digits too close to the cutter whilst holding the jig, fire an 18g finish nail into each end of the jig and then trim them back to a millimetre or so exposed... then you can just push the jig against the frame and the nail tips will grab and hold the jig , you will probably not even need to put yer hand on the jig whilst routing and when the jig is not in use the tiny exposed brad ends wont be a hazard either... 😎👍☘️🍺
i have seen lots of these type of hinge jigs over the years, and they work very well, but can be time consuming as you still have to mark and space out your hinge positions. I worked as a 2nd fix carpenter for many years before i retired, and have hung 1000's of doors and nothing beats the trend one piece hinge jig, they only take i few minutes to set and once set can do many doors without re-setting, theres no measuring or marking involved and the jig works on rebated frames or if stops are fixed. the only time i would use your type of jig is if i'm fitting a door into an old frame that and want to match existing cutouts
Thanks, ultimately it doesn't matter, if I'm making joinery in the workshop I'll quite often router frame hinge before assembly. But if a finished door and frame I'd always rout on the door then the frame. Generally I set the door to be a mm or two into the frame
Thanks for this very timely demo as I'm about to hang my first door; it's an internal security type hardwood door. Having watched many YT vids on this I think yours is the best for my needs and I feel confident it's within my capabilities. However.......... I could do with a few pointers from yourself or your viewers; 1. To give a little wiggle room for the hinge at both edges would the thickness of a playing card or 2 either side work - I regularly use cheap playing cards as spacers and they work well!? 2. Should I use the original frame notches to hang the door? 3. If I use the original notches should I pack the screw holes - I normally use a couple of wooden toothpicks to fill holes to allow the screws to bite? 4. If I use the the original notches what is the best way to get an accurate alignment with the door - I have a couple of air bags that will lift the heavy door? Many thanks, Bill _ Hap hazard DIYer!!!
Hi Bill, yes use the existing hinge location, if your hinge is the same size as the existing housing, just make the jig to that size(the width you rip the timber down to) yeah anything to give a little bit of wiggle room. Be careful if routering without clamping the jig, you may be best screeing it to the frame and then filling the screw hole carefully. Aligning the door, I tend to plane the door to fit, then put in the opening and either wedge up to a packer at the top or just mark the hinge points the appropriate offers for the amount the door needs to lift 👍
Awesome! was thinking You could also have the timber from the top of the hinge set at 6" then have the timber from the bottom of the hinge set for 9" 🤔
you can only do one or the other unless you make a jig for each hand of door. i tend to cut both sides to suit the top hinge. but i make the hinges anyway for accuracy.
Hi this looks great and I'm going to make one this weekend. I just wondered whether there needs to be any change made to making one to accommodate a rebated door frame that already has architrave fitted? As presumably the depth won't be correct with the architrave stopping the jig from sitting flush? Thanks in advance
if you make the flat part and rebate it over the door stop before you glue the front lip/fence on itll then sit over the door stop. can also accomodate architrave if you cut the front fence down small enought to just catch the small lip of lining that is left.
@@BradshawJoinery ah that's great, thank you! I saw the rebate part for the door stop but couldn't see how you'd accommodate architrave. Thanks again - I'll send over some 🍺 money!! 👍🏽
Simple idea but outside of your workshop most door frames have architraves are fitted so wouldn't work without making a different jig for every job. I do like it though great for the doors
In my experience the jig is far more accurate than chopping in by hand but in certain situations it is not possible to use the jig so going back to the chisel is needed, by using both you retain the skills. I always wonder if all went to the wall and we had no electricity would the modern day carpenter be able to cope 🤔. Retaining hand tool skills has to be paramount in my honest opinion, even if modern machines can do the job quicker in some case. Great video on how to male a jig your way, and may I say a lot simpler than I make mine however I still have mine so thx for the wisdom it is much appreciated 👍
I reckon i could get by, but id need to buy alot more hand tools. Things like plough planes and rip saws for dimensioning timber i just dont own as they wouldnt get used and i dont have the space.
Very interesting video. I made 2 of these jigs this morning,one like the one you made. For the second one I reversed the timbers,so there's no joint on the face where the router sits
Like it! Gone cordless (dewalt palm) because I simply refuse to pull the corded 1/4" out of the van because Meh! Will use this method although I can chisel locks and hinges rapidly, but if I've got say more than 3 doors = route.
Thanks Ollie - chopping out on hardwood frame in situ is never a quick thing so interesting to see a controlled experiment! How are you getting on with the sash windows video, I’m looking forward to that
Cheers Mate, it'll probably be the next video, Its a big edit, and I want it to be a good one, but also been working 10+hour days 7 days a week so there were a few videos that were easier to do first
I would leave the jig long enough ( I’ve standardised my butts at 150mm down, 225mm up) to set the top hinge from the head of the lining using a 3mm packer. Then the jig would be set flush with the top of the door.
Awesome video on “how to” make a Jig 👍🏻, I planning a door replace throughout the house , realised I’ve got 14 doors to hang 😮🤪 This has made my day 🎉 THANKS Ps have you made or will be making a jig for Lock placement also 🤔???
can we see both manual and router jig methods please ollie will be interesting to see time diff.when your on the job time is money .cheers bud looking forward to the next one
If you’re doing one door then it’ll be quicker by hand, two doors then it’s a debate but more than two doors then build a jig. As for money, always quote for the time it would take you doing the job by hand. (Trad method). 59 year old carpenter
Love the simplicity of it. CA glue doesn't work well for me, though. I get to use it once and throw the rest away. Guess I just don't use it often enough.
Use code afg82746 on temu.to/k/usO3fr7PZuTndRR for the cheapest "Pattern flush trim router bit" I paid £1.98 per item!!!
More money ploughed into "PRC"
You are a very clever man. My tutor told me that, in order to be a good teacher, you need two things: a thorough knowledge of the subject and the ability to impart that knowledge. I have added: the willingness to impart that knowledge. You have it all in spades and, to reuse what may become an overused phrase: yet another day when I go to bed less stupid 🌞
Not stupid, ignorant. Stupid = can’t learn. Ignorant = hasn’t learned, yet. The simple fact that you’re here, with all of us, is proof you’re far from stupid. 😎
Cheers Ray! Hope your well and sleeping less stupidly! :)
My thoughts entirely.
mate this is brilliant as someone who doesn't do a lot of hinges and didn't want to buy a expensive jig this has come in really handy
Oliver, this is the second video in a row that I watched where the young guys taught this old guy a new trick. Thank you from Maine USA
Thankyou Roy, Pleased to hear the old grey matter is improving :D haha
By far the best homemade jig video, thank you sir!
Excellently done! That jig is more precise than any I have seen.
Hi Ollie
When we spoke last the other week
you was telling me about this one mate
Iv made A few of them now all different sizes.
all this week I’ve been fitting fire doors with 4” hinge ,three on each door
I can’t tell you just how much time this jig has saved me
Thanks mate 🪚👍
Brilliant matey, that's what I like to hear 🙏 😍
I watch your videos religiously and not once have I not been blown away with a simple but highly effective method to do anything
Cheers Frankie! :)
Made your previous hinge jig and used it to fit 11 new doors in old linings. Worked a treat. Thanks for all your information. Making things easier for me. Cheers Jim
Nice one Jim, So the comments telling me it would never work in real life, despite doing so myself all the time, are wrong!? haha Thanks for the feedback! :)
@@BradshawJoinery You showed just one hinge installed. I say that your method is inadequate to get 3 (or even2) hinges installed on a door and jamb because you will not get the spacing of the mortises close enough. You need a jig that does all three mortises without repositioning and then use the same jig on the door slab and on the jamb. Also, it is not unusual for the hinges themselves to be not identical.
@@pauleohl i use thes jigs literally daily on 3 sometimes 4 hinge doors and never have a problem. Since it cuts exactly to the edge of the jig you just clamp the jig to your marks and it's perfect.
Always make the jig .5mm bigger. Aslong as the housing is neat a slight oversize isn't noticeable... And yeah check more than one hinge if not all for size..
Love this, really useful. I’ve never thought about using a flush trim bit. You could make things even quicker by using radius hinges. Also, double-sided tape is your friend, use it to hold the jig in place on the doorframe.
Aww man, this is genius. I have a practical exam in a couple of weeks & been racking my brains on how I'm going to make a home made Jig. Thanks so much
Hi from the USA. Love your video. This is simplest & easiest to make DIY hinge jig I've seen on UA-cam. No fancy, and for me, unnecessary extras to add. All my doors are the same. I left one end long enough to measure down from the top of the jamb and other end long to measure from the bottom. Just added tabs to both ends to account for top & bottom clearances on the door itself. Works a treat. I didn't get the idea though until I watched the way you made your jig. I might make a video and place it on UA-cam to show how I did with full credit to you for giving me the idea. You have a new subscriber. Thanks!
Thankyou very much! I genuinely dont think it can be bettered. mmaybe tweaks to add funtionality, but if you needed a quick jig to chop a plate or hinge in, its just so darn easy... Thanks for the sub
Brilliant little jig. Much better than the one I've been using. I particularly like the rebate for fitting on a frame with the check already fitted. Thanks for sharing.
I love the simplicity of this jig, it's brilliant. One variation I made for a pair of very wide gate hinges that I needed to rebate into a fence post (don't ask 😂🤣😂) was that I didn't cut a complete slot in the stop, I used a rabbeting router bit to create a recess in the stop to allow the profile router bit to reach the end of the post I was rebating whilst still retaining solid (2 sided) support for the router base across the whole width of the rebate.
For a DIYer I feel it's much, much easier to get a decent finish when fitting hinges by using a jig and router rather than a chisel, and this has to be the easiest way of making a jig there can be, so many thanks 👍.
Excellent presentation and very thorough. I needed to mortise out a chest and lid for hinges and this is perfect.
I don’t do much with wood doors. I’m actually a Glazier for 30 years. We do as much with aluminum frames and doors as glass. I’m 30 minutes away from NYC. I landed a side job installing wood door slabs in old openings and your videos helped big. Although I used the ryobi door kit. Which worked ok, but was a bit too small for the hinges I was using. I got paid, so I must have done a good job. Thanks again.
Thankyou Edward! Interesting to hear feedback from around the world. I want to travel NYC in next few years.
Absolutely loved this, to a point that i made a full version to do three hinges at a time following your method..cheers 😊
I made one a while back to do the 3 hinges really quick
I can't believe how quick and simple this jig is to make,i spent ages making and refining my jig that i use at work.
yeah absolultley. Its great for any object you want to router in. I use the technique all the time.
Excellent video, simple to follow and extremely well narrated!
Thanks, I must hang 20 reproduction shutters on ten windows on a house built in the mid 1800's. This will definitely save me time! I saw some other instructional videos but loved the simplicity of this one. 👍 Built the jig tonight, will start using it tomorrow!
Nice one Ollie ! router jig every time I’ve got router jigs going back decades cant bear to get rid of them, I’ve got a couple for a helical staircase i made 25 years ago, I’ll never use them again but i think they are a thing of beauty 🥴🤭
Nice one Jim, Its definitley quicker and more repeatable accuracy IMO. I bet the staircase looked lovely if the jigs are beautiful!
Jim, its not a jig anymore... its a memento.. 😉
😎👍☘️🍺
Thank you for this video, I just completed making my jig and cutting the Mortise for my hinges. I was very apprehensive about this job, but you made it easy for me. Thank you.
Nice work! Glad it helped! 👌
When I was making fire doors in 1997 i made all my jigs from MDF. That was 26 years ago the bloke I was working with was making jigs well before me. But we never had social media back then, so really all these videos on jig making are prehistoric 😂😂
Haha prettty much. Its all handed down info, but the method of glueing the jig to make the shape is a great innovation
Made your jig today to use on 7 hardwood doors, used to do the hybrid thing but realised you're not as quick as either chisel or router. Made the obvious mistake of glueing the final piece to the underside of the jig, just like you were about to and stopped. Made 3 in total as the second one was about 1 mil out and I could see too much leaf. However, after buggering about for about an hour, it finally clicked and I even clamp the jig to the door and leave it there while I chisel out the radius that was left.
Thanks a lot, saved me going to RC for basically the same thing
Hi - interesting video, and I use a small jig for hinging single doors - however a chippy I had on my first build ( 10 doors - all the same size and height ) brought in a nice straight piece of carcasing timber made a jig with 2x hinge positions, chopped it to the exact length of the door and put a screw in the top of the jig set 4mm up. Here is the key. The same jig is used on the frame and the door. You level the top of the jig with the top of the door, and on the frame the screw datums with the underside of the head ( top of the frame ) - hence both routed hinge pockets align exactly. He did 8x doors in a day ( plus chopping out for the locks/latches. Gives you CNC accuracy since the Centre to Centre measurement uses the same jib - Boom. Massive time saver.
Thats super clever. Removes any potential issues from "offering up the door" and marking..
Very clever, made this jig and it works perfectly. Much neater than chiselling out. Now not so daunted to do thew 7 doors O have planned as a DIYer. THANK YOU, sooo helpful.
Brilliant news Ross, how did they go?
Thanks mate. Very good and straightforward video 👍
Thanks for the vid Oliver. I had 4 doors to hang and made your hinge jig from the previous video which worked fantastically with nice tight results, thank you. The superglue assembly really surprised me too. Used the latch jig also which was a bit trickier as the hole needed for the latch body was only 1mm smaller than the latch plate. I’ll look forward to the hand vs router challenge !
Brilliant, thankyou Alex! I will do the hand vs router video, Im intrigued! haha
Made this after it taking me about an hour to cut my first hinge slot by hand. It worked brilliantly on all 7 doors.
Very good video. You certainly knows what you are doing and have done it several times. Totally agree about your last statement that if you are doing more than 1-2 hinges it is faster and more accurate with a router, but sometimes it "feels" like it takes too long to set up the router so then I chop with a chisel 😅 I'm planning on buying a few cheap router that are set up and ready to go for only one operation each.
I always use a piece of 4" x 1" wood, cut out all THREE hinge shapes carefully with a jig saw, i use that for the door and frame, use small screws to hold it in place and router all 3 hinges - perfect every time and really quick ( keep the jig flush with the top of the door but then use a 2mm shim in the top of the door frame/lining)
YOu could do a similar method with your 4x1 but just glue the parts to it around the hinges.... much quicker and perfect cutouts.
Thank you for the brilliant video. Will be doing some door work soon and this will make the job much easier.
Absolutely genius mate
Thankyou
Now you post this 😂 after I've just put the hinges on the toy box I've made for my nieces kids. So pleased to see you glue up the wrong face thought it was only me 🐶 at 68 I'm allowed to do this & just learning. Just discovered routers (thought they were for the internet).
Haha Cheers Norm! Lol at the routers, but how do you pronounce it?!
Made one and used it today. Diamond. Thank you BJ!
Love to see a video where you chop a hinge by hand and using the router jig.
I will look for the oppourtunity!
Great idea fir a jig and simple to boot. I'd definitely give that a go if I have to hang a door in future. I'd be up for watching a shoot out between manual and router cutting. Cheers.
Cheers mate, Yes thats the key isnt it, easy to make then its worthwhile. Im not one for spending days making an elaborate jig to do a 2 minute job! lol Ill film the shootout
Great little jig and outcome is awesome.
Yes definitely do a comparison of hand cutting in and making jig as a race is always great fun👍👍👍
Gorilla black tape is your friend for holding the jig to anything, saves loads of time.
Will have a look thankyou
Saved me buying a trend hinge jig .. legend!
Thanks Westley. Although Trend won't be happy they support the channel 🤣🤣👍
brilliant vid. I always hated fitting hinges but i think i might actually start enjoying it now 😀
Nice to hear Felix. This method for making jigs is the dream
I just made one of these, so thanks. 👍 I have seen some with a deeper clamping plate and a platform on the other side to support a router but I have a little Bosch 12v router and it works well for stuff like this. Already have the trend template bit. And some knock off Amazon ones too.
As a joiner myself I love jigs and made a few jigs myself but I do like your idea so I will be making your jig we use those Trend router bits if it’s a one off job we just use green router bit you can have them sharpened once but the piece of these bits l just put a new one in
Thanks very much. I ‘knocked up’ a couple of these today to hang some shed doors. Everything was a first. It worked really really well. My only comment is that the cutter radius was a bit different to my hinge corner radii - I thought I’d save a bit of time / not great with chisels. I’d use standard square hinges the next time.
Yeah radius hinges are horrid to adjust and never seem to sit nicely. Great work
Absolutely love this idea and will be putting it into practice this coming weekend. Great video.
Thankyou! Its brilliant and so adaptable for any jig ! Enjoy
Done and dusted, made the fitting of 4inch butts so much easier on 12 internal spey ply fire check doors. Thank you.
looks good and very simple to make . Dont think it could be used on an old door frame if the Architravings were still in place as the Architravings would interfere with the jig but ideal for the door itself . Great idea , well done .
yes, just cut the jig down so it sits on the small lip left can even cut it around stops/rebates
Excellent video. Well explained. I would personally leave the jig long to be able to clamp it, but I accept you are comfortable without clamps. Thanks!
if you look at the last hing jig video, i did a bit more detail on clamping the jig and the relief cut that helps with that
Brilliant! Thank you very much for the update.
Here in Canada we use VIX bits that are self centering for screw holes, our wood seems to grab the drill bit and make the hole less than ideal.
Really appreciate the channel, thanks for everything !!
Cheers matey, i had a look at the bits, they look good!
Good job on the jig, they work very well for interior and exterior jambs
Yes, Great little things!
Awesome demonstration 👍
You could make that jig in 5 minutes I think I would struggle to make it in 55 minutes. Very good video.
Cheers John, Yeah i made one today and timed it, it is possible!
Brilliant. Thanks. I'll have to get one of those router bits now. Might actually look forward to the next door hanging😀
Cheers Paul, the bits are brilliant for many tasks and pretty much live in my router.
Bearing jigs can be very accurate and can take advantage of smaller diameter bits which can perfectly match smaller curves in hinges or can lead to less chiseling; the biggest issue is ensuring the base plate and bearing are centered with the collet otherwise they can be very inaccurate. I use both depending on the need but like anything else you’ll get out what you put in.
Cheers, ive used bearings alot in joinery manufacture and never used a ring fence until i made one. I like the adjustability! but its easy to get flat spots!
Great video Ollie, very simple
Thanks Doug!! :)
That's genuinely brilliant! And yes, it would certainly be interesting to see the comparison with a hand-chopped version. If you have the time to spare, that is :-).
HI, i did this video, its on my channel
Awesome video, thanks for sharing.
For me this is the best carpentry channel on UA-cam, bar none.
Which job site table saw were you using there please?
Thankyou Ian! :) I use the Flexvolt Dewalt saw. Fantastic for onsite trimming/fitting work. No good for ripping down multiple lengths of timber
I swear by using hinges jigs now, I’ve even used my cnc to make up some “posh” ones, I’d been keen to do you challenge of chopping by hand verses using the router.
Nice one, They are the way to almost guarantee sucess!
Awesome vid. Just getting into routering so this will come in very handy 👍👍
Thanks Chris. Its a great technique for making any router jig with them cutters.
Chris, if you feel a bit nervous getting yer digits too close to the cutter whilst holding the jig, fire an 18g finish nail into each end of the jig and then trim them back to a millimetre or so exposed... then you can just push the jig against the frame and the nail tips will grab and hold the jig , you will probably not even need to put yer hand on the jig whilst routing and when the jig is not in use the tiny exposed brad ends wont be a hazard either...
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brilliant thanks for taking the time to produce this tutorial.
Cheers Steve!
i have seen lots of these type of hinge jigs over the years, and they work very well, but can be time consuming as you still have to mark and space out your hinge positions. I worked as a 2nd fix carpenter for many years before i retired, and have hung 1000's of doors and nothing beats the trend one piece hinge jig, they only take i few minutes to set and once set can do many doors without re-setting, theres no measuring or marking involved and the jig works on rebated frames or if stops are fixed. the only time i would use your type of jig is if i'm fitting a door into an old frame that and want to match existing cutouts
Nice idea to rebate the jig- will be using that. Thanks
Nice one James! It makes life easy thats for sure. Bigger stops use a thicker material for the jig
Brilliant video. Would you route and install all hinges on the door first and transfer to the frame or vice versa?
Thanks, ultimately it doesn't matter, if I'm making joinery in the workshop I'll quite often router frame hinge before assembly. But if a finished door and frame I'd always rout on the door then the frame. Generally I set the door to be a mm or two into the frame
Thanks for this very timely demo as I'm about to hang my first door; it's an internal security type hardwood door. Having watched many YT vids on this I think yours is the best for my needs and I feel confident it's within my capabilities. However..........
I could do with a few pointers from yourself or your viewers;
1. To give a little wiggle room for the hinge at both edges would the thickness of a playing card or 2 either side work - I regularly use cheap playing cards as spacers and they work well!?
2. Should I use the original frame notches to hang the door?
3. If I use the original notches should I pack the screw holes - I normally use a couple of wooden toothpicks to fill holes to allow the screws to bite?
4. If I use the the original notches what is the best way to get an accurate alignment with the door - I have a couple of air bags that will lift the heavy door?
Many thanks, Bill _ Hap hazard DIYer!!!
Hi Bill, yes use the existing hinge location, if your hinge is the same size as the existing housing, just make the jig to that size(the width you rip the timber down to) yeah anything to give a little bit of wiggle room. Be careful if routering without clamping the jig, you may be best screeing it to the frame and then filling the screw hole carefully.
Aligning the door, I tend to plane the door to fit, then put in the opening and either wedge up to a packer at the top or just mark the hinge points the appropriate offers for the amount the door needs to lift 👍
great video and a simple great jig,in your opinion is the glue enough without any screws ?
Yeah absolutely. I'd only pus screws in if you are really heavy handed. I've not had one break up yet. Ever
Very nice thanks. I like your work.
Thankyou, appreciate it
Great video. Exactly what I was looking for 👍
Excellent video tutorial! Thank you
No problem, thankyou
Use a Vix bit to center the screws. Plus it works on lots of other things too.
Awesome! was thinking You could also have the timber from the top of the hinge set at 6" then have the timber from the bottom of the hinge set for 9" 🤔
you can only do one or the other unless you make a jig for each hand of door. i tend to cut both sides to suit the top hinge. but i make the hinges anyway for accuracy.
Hi this looks great and I'm going to make one this weekend. I just wondered whether there needs to be any change made to making one to accommodate a rebated door frame that already has architrave fitted? As presumably the depth won't be correct with the architrave stopping the jig from sitting flush? Thanks in advance
if you make the flat part and rebate it over the door stop before you glue the front lip/fence on itll then sit over the door stop. can also accomodate architrave if you cut the front fence down small enought to just catch the small lip of lining that is left.
@@BradshawJoinery ah that's great, thank you! I saw the rebate part for the door stop but couldn't see how you'd accommodate architrave. Thanks again - I'll send over some 🍺 money!! 👍🏽
Excellent, I've got one door to replace and didn't want to buy a $100 jig here in NZ.
I have just done a video on an updated version of this that's easier to make 👍
Great vid, what about existing arcatrave ? This would need rebating also I take it
Yeah you can cut it down to sit on a 2/3mm lip if necessary
Nice work thank you
Wonderful ,I've been hanging doors last few days ,had my table saw ,18mm mdf with me as well...only if I had seen this sooner hahahaha
Haha always the way! Next time...!
Simple idea but outside of your workshop most door frames have architraves are fitted so wouldn't work without making a different jig for every job. I do like it though great for the doors
It works with architrave, asking as there is a few mm of lining/frame showing just cut the jig down to register on that lip. I use it all the time👍
question. what was the spray he used just before applying the glue?
Good job man👏
Thankyou!
All good man start hard at it I see sorry been busy
Busy Busy Busy my friend 7 days a week, replying to comments at midnight on a sunday lol
In my experience the jig is far more accurate than chopping in by hand but in certain situations it is not possible to use the jig so going back to the chisel is needed, by using both you retain the skills.
I always wonder if all went to the wall and we had no electricity would the modern day carpenter be able to cope 🤔.
Retaining hand tool skills has to be paramount in my honest opinion, even if modern machines can do the job quicker in some case.
Great video on how to male a jig your way, and may I say a lot simpler than I make mine however I still have mine so thx for the wisdom it is much appreciated 👍
I reckon i could get by, but id need to buy alot more hand tools. Things like plough planes and rip saws for dimensioning timber i just dont own as they wouldnt get used and i dont have the space.
Thank you. I’m going to make a heap of different ones to suit all situations
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Thankyou! It works for all templates
Very interesting video. I made 2 of these jigs this morning,one like the one you made. For the second one I reversed the timbers,so there's no joint on the face where the router sits
Ahh fair enough, Glad the video has helped!
Great video. Have you done video for door handle with catch and a handle with mortice lock. Cheers Doug.
I havent, I made a video on the mortice plate jig somewhere
Very nice jig I will make one like that
Wealden Tool Company in the UK do a nice version of that router bit and many others. Really good quality too IMHO.
Wealdon are great yeah!
Awesomely simple, thanks for sharing!
No worries, thankyou 👍
Like it! Gone cordless (dewalt palm) because I simply refuse to pull the corded 1/4" out of the van because Meh! Will use this method although I can chisel locks and hinges rapidly, but if I've got say more than 3 doors = route.
Excellent informative Video
Cheers Ben
Thanks Ollie - chopping out on hardwood frame in situ is never a quick thing so interesting to see a controlled experiment! How are you getting on with the sash windows video, I’m looking forward to that
Cheers Mate, it'll probably be the next video, Its a big edit, and I want it to be a good one, but also been working 10+hour days 7 days a week so there were a few videos that were easier to do first
What a brilliant informative video, thanks
Cheers Mark. Glad its helped you out
I would leave the jig long enough ( I’ve standardised my butts at 150mm down, 225mm up) to set the top hinge from the head of the lining using a 3mm packer. Then the jig would be set flush with the top of the door.
Yeah, the joy of them is they are adaptable and easy to work with! Thanks
Awesome video on “how to” make a Jig 👍🏻, I planning a door replace throughout the house , realised I’ve got 14 doors to hang 😮🤪 This has made my day 🎉 THANKS
Ps have you made or will be making a jig for Lock placement also 🤔???
yeah lock jug is just he same. literally glue blocks around the lock. add a fence and locate it. really easy and perfect results.
Fantastic video thank you
Cheers Anthony :)
can we see both manual and router jig methods please ollie will be interesting to see time diff.when your on the job time is money .cheers bud looking forward to the next one
If you’re doing one door then it’ll be quicker by hand, two doors then it’s a debate but more than two doors then build a jig. As for money, always quote for the time it would take you doing the job by hand. (Trad method). 59 year old carpenter
Cheers matey, i will do the comparison video soon! Im intrigued by it too.
Love the simplicity of it. CA glue doesn't work well for me, though. I get to use it once and throw the rest away. Guess I just don't use it often enough.
Make sure you blow air through the nozzle (empty it ) then clean before putting lid back on. Seems to last then,
Brilliant! Thanks so much.
Great jig for square hinges, however, what if you have a 5/8" radius hinge?
Try to find a top bearing cutter with same radius
Cute that you said “easy”.
Brilliant vid! Thanks
Thankyou john!
@@BradshawJoinery tried it last weekend - worked an absolute treat. Looks great! (If I do say so myself)
I had a thought of making the length of it for the correct hinge space on the frame. Top and bottom. Boom.