Simple Hinge Jig For Your Router In Just 5 Minutes 

Want to learn something - Then watch this guy. He is smart, efficient, and a perfectionist. He does it right, down to the knife vs pencil, and the Vix bit to put the hinge screws in dead center. He also makes a nice easy to learn video too. Great Job - Thank You

I am a beginner woodworker who got stuck on a big project and hit a dead end. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and for giving me the confidence and insights to move forward.

Thank you very much for passing on the knowledge. Only because gem of a pros like you we amateur DIYer's can even think about attempting something like this. God Bless....!

Thanks Tommy, this video has just blown wide open the mysteries of door hanging, especially hanging a door with 3 bloody hinges lol. Well done mate

I had this video saved for a long time. I've had 3 doors to install since September 2023. I finally bought a table saw with a view to making this jig. Definitely a must have tool for making this jig. Today, July 25,2024, I installed my first door. Never done this before. Five minute jig my arse 😂.

Very handy jig sure beats a hammer and chisel thanks Tommy

Brilliant video.!!! Your perfect examples and execution of these tips is the dogs bollox.

Your an excellent teacher Tommy thanks very much for sharing

Hi Tommy great video very well explained . Thank you

Great video Tommy very well explained and demonstrated

From now on my hinges are going to perfectly like yours.Thanks for sharing.

Best explanation to the layman that I have seen on these jigs, thank you.

Best and clearest explanation on RU-vid. Thank you!

Nice work, like the hinge jig.

Excellent explanation Tommy, great video as always.

You make things easy with your common sense approach. People must say Why didn't I think of that? all the time! Please keep making videos to make the average woodworker much better! Erin go bragh!

Very nice thanks my friend. I m jarnail Singh From uk

hi tommy your video was very informative like the flag i am 100 percent irish tom tierney thanks again for video .

I've made and used this type of jig for a while. This guy's explanation of the process in making one is really excellent and SO easy to follow. And I had no idea you could use the same jig on the face of the frame. Who would have thought. This is going to save me so much time. Thank you!!

You had me loving the video from your accent alone! Great job! I'm going to make one now...

Thanks Tommy. Great video. These kind of jigs are so useful. Thanks for sharing. I am enjoying your channel.

Good stuff as always, it’s a thumbs up from me

Great video as usual Tommy very informative. John

Very handy jig thanks

Absolute legend mate. This is exactly what I needed. Explained everything. I haven't much experience with routers, and I couldn't quite understand what bit to use and how to use it. This was perfect and you taught me an ingenious way of making a jig, which was way simpler and more accurate than how I was going to do it. 👍😊

Thanks Tommy great video as always. I should be careful what I say because when i watched your spindle moulder video I said I'd never own one and I've just been given one and I've started restoring it. Its an elektra and It hasn't been used in over 30 years. I'm going to rewatch that video. Thanks again Tommy, cheers mate

Very well done Tommy.

Well done Tommy, this is so informative and very well explained and it will save me heaps of time in the long run

Very detailed video and very useful jig thanks Tommy

Excellent video, very simple and effective jig.

Good evening Tommy as usual a very informative video, very well explained. Great for time saving and accuracy especially the multi point jig.

Excellent video with great instructions. Much appreciated!

Nice one Tommy. Great little time saver. 👍

Very accurate way of working, know wood well, as he takes small portions out which stop breaking the edges 3 hinge jig is a great idea

As always a great video.

Thanks Tommy, just what I was looking for! I have been struggling trying to make a guide bush jig so this looks like the answer. I am going to try and make one tomorrow, wish me luck.

Hi just subscribed today after watching a couple of your videos, really impressed at the no fuss detail you go to, very well explained and captivating, well done sir.

In my 50 plus years of woodworking, I’ve made hundreds of hinge jigs. However, the whole thing was revolutionised when routers became affordable (I can remember when routers cost thousands and I earned £20 a week). I have refined how I make mine - firstly I cut a length of the MDF (or whatever) the length of the hinge (say 100mm); accuracy here is crucial which is why l like my method in that you can fettle the piece of MDF to be exactly that 100mm. Then take 2 further cuts of the MDF and join then at right angle to the 100mm piece to mimic the width of the ears of hinge. I join these with dominos or pocket screws. That’s where my method joins this method. Again, the advantages I’ve gained is that certainty of the length of the hinge (100mm), the width of the hinge and the dead right angle between the 3 pieces. Once the 4th piece is attached (which I cut less than 150mm long so that I can still get that 6”, 9” and centre spacing on 3 hinges) I use a couple of quick clamps to attach the jig to the door or the door jamb. If I am doing this to a door jamb already with the door stops on, I prise off the door stops to ensure my jig sits properly. I often end up having to use a router bit with a longer cut to ensure my router bit is sufficiently inside the router collet. I hope I’ve been able to explain my method well enough for you to understand it’s construction. If I’m careful, the jig lasts and lasts but usually I make a new jig whenever I’m using different makes of hinges just to get that real accuracy.

Tommy, Greetings from Somerset (Where the cider apples grow). Excellent tuition and commentary. Found you by chance. Now to see what else you have done. Bob (Weston super Mare)

Spot on pal no bull no crap music

Thank you very much for your great video. It's always important to us knowing the basics of how to make a hinge jig. Cheers👍🙏

Now I will make one for myself. Thanks for professional instruction!

This guy's accent is awesome, !

I was looking for a tutorial exactly like this one. Thank you 🙏 ..!

I listened even more because of his accent too man good luck to you ❤️

Thank you again Mr. Tommy for an exceptional video. Very clever, very clear and very accurate jig. I will give it a try as soon as I possible can.

Great Tommy, used very similar setups over the years. It would be worth mentioning that if you use this exact set up ( which is great) you need to be mindful to add a spacer on the frame equal to the clearance you want on the door ( 2.2-3 mm depending where it’s going👍🏻) With the big triple or quad obviously that would only be at the top 😜

Thanks Tommy I like the tips on getting the table saw cuts so accurate..

Just brilliant, great detail 🤩

I love your sled! And thanks for a great tutorial, from the USA!

Excellent video and a pleasure to watch. Thanks for sharing :)

professional tutor., thank you.

Thanks for the tutorial, I just need to make your table saw sled now😆

Brilliant!! Thanks for sharing

Best video I seen! Very well explained and shown! Thank you for your help you're legend

Pure genius!

Very interesting. Never thought to use the router in that orientation. Thanks, or is it Tanks for sharing.😃

That was a fantastic video, very informative and clear. Thanks.

Nice video good idea very useful. Thank you!!

Very nice thanks.

Excellent video Tommy. You have given me the confidence to have a go at cutting hinge slots out with a router jig. Simple to make and simple to use, Accurate every time. What could be better? Thank you sir.

Your one clever cookie, excellent tutorial 👏👏👏

Wow that is easier to make that i thought...thankyou Tommy

Hi Tommy, brilliant video; crystal clear and very well presented. Thank you for taking the time to make it.

Just perfect, thanks

Thanks Tommy this was an absolute cracking video so well explained and you made it so simple it gives me some confidence to try this myself cheers 👍🏻

Very usefull!!! Thanks for your time and skill share

Love the accent good video buddy 👍

Nice instruction and great jig! Thank you!

The Irish have always been highly skilled at at least 3 of the following 4: Fighting, swearing, smoking, drinking. Looks like I'm gonna have to add-in hinge cutting, too?

Great tutorial and jig thanks 🙏

Very, very helpful. Thank you for posting.

You make it look so simple.👍and a follow. I'm currently installing 100mm hinges on doors and frames where there was previously 85mm. Doors weren't a problem as they were easy to work with, plus I borrowed a jig and router off a friend. Any tips for doing the hinges on the frame with the doorstop still in place? I found the first 2 a nightmare and I have 4 more to do and they're currently on the long finger.

Tanks a million. Great explanation. Loved the video

Just found your channel Tommy excellent and well explained 👏

Bloody marvellous

Good Idea Like It Great Video

Great video Tommy. Gave me a few ideas.

Hi Tommy Was wondering about plunging with a regular straight bit in a router. I was going to use one for morticing but realised that there was no cutter in the center of the bit, am I missing something or are these bits unsuitable for plunge cutting. Great video as always. Thanks, Cillian

Excellent tutorial. Very useful indeed. Many thanks. 👏👏👍😀

Brilliant... thank you

Enjoyed your video. Cheers, Scotty

Brilliant 👍

lovely thanks

great allan

What a brilliant video 📹👌

I would add though, it’s important not to forget how to use a a hammer and chisel, as I found out recently on a site that had zero power, so had to use hand tools. I quickly sharpened my chisels and on I went…

Spot on. Keep 'er lit Bro!

Brilliant

👍👍👍.Thank you

Great video Tommy. Really liked the cross cut sled. Any chance you can do a video on how to make it

Great job! Did you do a video on how to build that beautiful table saw sled?

Gotta get the "tickness" of the hinge correct

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So I take it you still have to chisel a recess in the door jamb?

Bit confused why when cutting out the section on the table saw you set the stop but you didn't move the jog to that stop. (probably by the width of the blade. Can you please explain?. The time on video was around 6:06

Most DIYers won't have a table saw. Can you use the router or a circular saw to fashion the jig?

The problem is most of the doors i am fitting in the rentals have an architrave stuck on the frame so these jigs do not work as the face of the frame is interrupted by the architrave.

Router 9:46

Hello mate, all good but I don’t have the table saw like you so how should it the groove out’?