Making cabinets/wardrobes on site I always cut these with a drill. Any quicker, better way of doing it? I had considered making a template for the router.
I would use a drill. You could use one of these :- http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/sp-45-4937-47540-veritas-hinge-boring-jig.asp?iCategoryID1=4937
I mark centre with a centre punch & plunge with router using a wealden tools 35mm cutter.....takes seconds.... ....and the mouth full of mdf is just a little breakfast bonus....
I am somewhat mystified, don't most doors come predrilled ? And if you are making your own, obviously you have a workshop, so you would drill them in the workshop. I would never contemplate doing this job on site, I do it in the workshop using a pedestal drill, and a fence clamped to give the correct offset.
My "workshop" is an offcut on saw horses, I use a punch and a cordless drill with a 35mm cutter at 22mm from the edge, usually 100mm down from the ends.
trend make a blumb hinge cutter for the router for £30 worth it if you got loads todo on site in my opinion.
i i have an air powered machine that cuts botch hinge holes out at the same time and also pilots the screws holes but on site i still use a forftner i.e for intergrated wahing machines lee 102.5 from top or bottom and 22mm in
nitpicking, I know, but I have found that 21 mm backset works better than 22 mm, at least for the hinges I use , which are invariably Screwfix' s cheapest Salice hinges, a bargain at just over £ 1.00 a pair if you buy ten or more.
I always use Blum hinges from a local merchant but had wondered about the quality of the Screwfix ones...
I use a trend 35mm cutter in my router, which works well on site with dust extraction. Does anyone know if trend still make a hinge cutter specifically for a router, they all say they are for pillar drills only, including the one I'm currently using in my router.
I use a trend 35mm cutter in my router, which works well on site with dust extraction. Does anyone know if trend still make a hinge cutter specifically for a router, they all say they are for pillar drills only, including the one I'm currently using in my router. Thought I should maybe be the one to answer this one: click here to find the range of router hinge bits, http://www.trend-uk.com/en/UK/productlist/4/137/Router%20Hinge%20Bits.html Please do not use any tooling in your router that is not specifically designed to be used in a router. A drill would generally operate at 3000 rpm, whereas a router could be 30,000 rpm. You are taking a substantial risk ! HTH andy@trend