"C" wrote in message
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Any good suggestions for cutting the hinge mortises or should I just use
the tried and true hammer and chisel? I sometimes find out about time- or
effort-saving tool =after= I've done the job. With as many doors as I
need
to replace, I'd like to find out about it before I begin.

Thanks for all of the good info!

C



Well they make several things. One is a router template you set to your
hinge spacing and clamp it to the door then rout out the mortise for all the
hinges at once.

They also make the same kind of thing to do one at a time, and a hinge
marking chisel. That has a 3 sided chisel you set and it marks the outline
of the mortise and the depth.

But if all you are trying to accomplish is to delete a gap you might want to
consider other options. They make a door bottom that will slip over the
bottom edge of the door. Also you might want to just add a strip of wood to
the bottom and repaint the doors. Another option is to consider a pre-hung
door. All you do is strip out the old casing and plumb and level the new
one and everything fits, assuming you can plumb them.

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Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.