How To Shave A Door For Hinges

Draw a line across the top of the door where it touches the frame.

How to shave a door for hinges.

Next open the door and go to the other side of the door. Interesting there is a picture of the one i was referring to cutting a door on the hinges it says up to 1 3 4 inch thick doors. The new plate is welded permanently to the door. Remove the screws holding the hinges to the jamb with a drill driver or.

The cutout section is removed from the vehicle. First he removes the hinges so he can chisel their mortises inch deeper the same amount he will plane from the door s edge. Shut the door until it touches the frame. The door handles are cut out of the vehicle using a wheel saw.

Slide the scribe tool either up or down the door all the way. Plane the edges of the door by working your way from the outside edge toward the center. How to shorten a door without taking it off the hinges. Lay the tarp out so that the door will open over it.

Mark it for shaving. Open the door and make sure it moves freely over the tarp. You ll need to remove the door which you can do by removing the pin in the hinge if your door has a removable one or by unscrewing the hinge from the door. My concerns were getting a good clean cut on those cheap veneer doors since the blade looks pretty mean and not really a find tooth one.

The cutout is measured or traced onto sheet metal which is then cut and fitted over the section where the door handle was removed. How to shave down a door step 1. Remove the door from the jamb. Right where the two piece meet.

Holding a inch chisel vertically in the mortise he hammers a dozen or so parallel inch deep cuts across the width of the mortise and one long cut against its inside edge. Simply grab your can of shaving cream and spray a line of it about 1 inch in diameter directly onto the middle part of the hinge. In today s video i show you how i trimmed and rehung our hollow core spare room door including re setting the hinges and refurbishing the door itself. Do this for all the hinges on your door.

Yep it is called a jam saw.