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Jim Elbrecht

0600, wrote:

On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:56:23 -0500, Jim Elbrecht
wrote:

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Personally I never understood why they make hinges with round corners
anyhow....

So a router bit will do all the work. No chisel necessary.

Jim

Ok, I understand now. That's ALL they are made for then. I have a
router but I've always chiseled them by hand. Just seems like too
much work to use a router and get it straight. This ten means that to
do the job by hand, DO NOT use round cornered hinges.

For a door every few years I would stick with square hinges and a
*good*, *sharp* chisel. If you're looking at 2-3 doors on a job,
spend some time shopping for a hinge template for that router.

It takes some care to set up- [and all are not created equal]- but
when you finally fire it up and everything fits perfectly, they are
worth it.

Jim