hinge installation – She Works Wood & Leather

Installing Euro Hinges

Here’s a quick blow by blow.

Locate the hinges on the inside of the face frame.

Transfer lines to the door.

Bring the lines around the front of the door to locate the jig.

Install the hinge base using the center line on the hinge.

Install the bracket.

Use the lines on the door to locate the jig.

Drill out the waste.

Install the hinge cups.

Trim the door to fit using hand planes. Use card scrapers to create uniform space at the bottom and top of the door.

Doors in!

I did a step by step of the hinge installation for anyone whose interested .. and .. so I don’t forget how I did it. I used card scrapers on all for sides to create the proper spacing. The card scraper just happens to be the same thickness as the hinge washer.

The pre-trim perfect fit. Just a bit too big all around.

Card scrapers create the perfect spacing. Card scrapers all around.

Dummy marks so I don’t put the hinges in backwards.

Initial hinge spacing using a card scraper.

Why use the card scraper? .. because its the same size as the hinge washer.

Locating the hinge front to back using the combinations square.

Placing the hinge and super gluing in place.

Using the hinge to set the router depth.

Bottom hinge in.

Top hinge in.

And here’s the door installed with spacing.

Bedside table – Hinges in and case glued up

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.