In order to get the hinges in, I super glued the hinge in place using a card scraper for spacing from the side of the case. Once I had the hinge outlined and marked using my marking knife, I knocked the hinge off the wood. Then I used my router, chisels and finally the router plane to remove the wastes. I used this same process to install the knife hinges in the wall cabinet with good result.
Hinge layout.
Cleaning out the hinge mortise.
Hinge in.
Hinge in after glue up.
Mortise for top attachment.
Case glued and square.
Back side of glued case.
Great tip for knife hinges, I’ll have to file that away.
I am impressed. Never have attempted knife hinges for fear of alignment problems.
Using the card scraper as a spacer, centering the hinge piece and using the router to remove the waste is how Marc Spagnolo teaches installation of these and it has worked really well me.