First score the edges of your mortise.
Mortise door jamb with chisel.
The hinge mortise allows the hinge to be mounted flush with the jamb and door so the door will close properly.
To cut hinge.
Tap a chisel into the scored outline.
How to mortise hinges on a standard interior door.
Hinge mortises on a door are often cut by machine with a router and straight bit but you can cut mortises by hand using a hammer and chisel as well.
To do a good job cutting mortises the chisel needs to be razor sharp.
Then gently tap the back end of the chisel with a hammer or mallet pushing it into the door.
Doors must be mortised to make hinges fit properly.
Then chisel lines across the mortise using a chisel the same width as the mortise.
You ll need to cut a mortise a small shallow recess in the wood of the door and doorjamb for the latchbolt and strike plate to rest.
While the latch plate and strike plate are the same length the issue is the door stop nailed to the inside of your door jamb will interfere with the top of this tool and not allow you to create the mortise for the strike plate.
Knowing how to cut a mortise is essential for installing a deadbolt lock.
The top of the door should be just slightly more than 1 16 inch below the edge of the rabbet or dado.
They should come up quite easily.
A mortise is a recess or hollow space cut to fit a specific item such as a door hinge or a lock mechanism.
Fortunately cutting out this mortise isn t nearly as difficult as it sounds.
Hold the hinge jamb along the edge of the door and lay out the hinge locations on the jamb.
Using a router attachment remove the wood between the pencil lines drawn on the door edge to create a mortise for the faceplate.
Clean out the mortise until its bottom is smooth and flat and at a depth exactly equal to the thickness of the strike plate.
Finally take the chisel bevel side down and gently tap up through your lines.
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Place the edge of a sharp chisel into any of the mortise outline grooves.
Use a bevel edge chisel and hammer to square the corners of the mortise if the faceplate has square corners.
Test fit the plate as you work to check the mortise depth.
Fit the latch and faceplate into the door.
Mark the mortise locations with a sharp pencil.
Make the lines about 1 8 inch apart.
In other cases a mortise is merely cosmetic.
Mortising for a door hinge allows the hinge to install flush with the surface of the door edge or face.
You can not use this for the strike plate.
