Door hinge jig
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Having taken a look at the installation guide on YouTube, they appear to use a proprietary (i.e. expensive) drilling jig. I would imagine that they have protected their design by copyright, so the only way I can see to reduce thd cost of a drilling jig is to make your own.
18mm plywood for the jig body, 2 x 1in planed softwood for the fence, drilling on a drill press of some description (to ensure that the template holes are perpendicular to the faces) and a couple of soft faced QR cramps (e.g. Irwin quick release clamps) to hold the jig in place whilst you drill the holes once you've made the jig. Setting out the jig requires a reasonsble quality combination square (e.g Bahco CS series or better).
This is a common problem for joiners fitting low volume specialised hardware to wooden doors (e.g. pocket-type finger pulls, etc) and home made plywood jigs are often good for up to 50 or 60 doors, especially where the OEM jigs are priced somewhere near the price of platinum ingots
18mm plywood for the jig body, 2 x 1in planed softwood for the fence, drilling on a drill press of some description (to ensure that the template holes are perpendicular to the faces) and a couple of soft faced QR cramps (e.g. Irwin quick release clamps) to hold the jig in place whilst you drill the holes once you've made the jig. Setting out the jig requires a reasonsble quality combination square (e.g Bahco CS series or better).
This is a common problem for joiners fitting low volume specialised hardware to wooden doors (e.g. pocket-type finger pulls, etc) and home made plywood jigs are often good for up to 50 or 60 doors, especially where the OEM jigs are priced somewhere near the price of platinum ingots
@JobAndKnock
Thanks for the response. I don't have a drill press I'm afraid. I was thinking about closing the door, taking off one hinge at a time, attach new hinge onto the frame, then line up the flap to the leaf, drill and screw. Good idea ? bad idea ?
Thanks for the response. I don't have a drill press I'm afraid. I was thinking about closing the door, taking off one hinge at a time, attach new hinge onto the frame, then line up the flap to the leaf, drill and screw. Good idea ? bad idea ?
I'll take some measurements of mine a post them up, maybe you could knock something up out of some thin ply of mdf
Here you go, the only holes you need to drill are for the pegs @4mm, don't drill the screw holes but use self drilling screws
My pleasure, for years I used to do them free hand and you were looking at an hour per hinge but with this you can do all 3 in an hour.
centralise the door in the frame in width and height, mark a pencil line onto the frame so you get your door back in the same place, do one hinge at a time, I usually do top, bottom and middle, when removing the top hinge the door will lean over so this is where your pencil marks come in handy, I use pump bags/wedges to pump the door back over then use the jig to drill the dowel holes and the hard works done, repeat for the bottom and the middle should be held in place so is the easy one
centralise the door in the frame in width and height, mark a pencil line onto the frame so you get your door back in the same place, do one hinge at a time, I usually do top, bottom and middle, when removing the top hinge the door will lean over so this is where your pencil marks come in handy, I use pump bags/wedges to pump the door back over then use the jig to drill the dowel holes and the hard works done, repeat for the bottom and the middle should be held in place so is the easy one
22mm to the centre of the pin