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Cabinet door hinge router bit question

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bryansong
I'm making a couple of cabinets and need a router bit for the hinges. I want to use the same kind of hinges to match my old cabinets and I'll need to have a router bit.
This image is the kind of hinge and bit I think I need. Also, is there an easy jig I can get to go with this kind of bit? If so, what do you recommend?

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Stick486
got part numbers???
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Stick486
bigger pictures???
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bryansong
No information yet, I'll have to check that out. And that picture was just from Google Images of the style of hinge I have on the existing cabinets.
I'll work on it.
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Stick486
link me...
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bryansong
Stick486 said:
link me...
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My kitchen cabinets have a 3/8 inset but Rockler doesn't carry those, only 1/4" or 1/2".

I think I'll go with Amazon 3/8" inset

https://www.amazon.com/Amerock-BPR8...keywords=double+demountable+hinge+3/8+overlay

Or Rockler's 1/2" inset

Double Demountable Hinges | Rockler Woodworking and Hardware


Wouldn't the router bit be the same for either?
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Stick486
up spiral cutter for the cut in a plunge based trim router...
you are making a small mortise that wants straight walls and not radiused...
make a clamp on stop which is nothing more than piece of ply cut to look like a ''U'' w/ the legs far enough apart to accommodate the router and length of cut...
add a leg to the ''U'' to form a ''T'' to facilitate better clamping and if you add a gusset for strength and stability to it you'll be ahead in the game..

the cut out for the stop...
make the throat a lot smaller.. and while you are at, make it a slot and not an open throat..
use a guide bushing on your router and let the router ride on top of the stop... now the router will be less likely to ''rock/tip'' as you cut...
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Stick486
this what you want???

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Stick486 said:
up spiral cutter for the cut in a plunge based trim router...
you are making a small mortise that wants straight walls and not radiused...
make a clamp on stop which is nothing more than piece of ply cut to look like a ''U'' w/ the legs far enough apart to accommodate the router and length of cut...
add a leg to the ''U'' to form a ''T'' to facilitate better clamping and if you add a gusset for strength and stability to it you'll be ahead in the game..

the cut out for the stop...
make the throat a lot smaller.. and while you are at, make it a slot and not an open throat..
use a guide bushing on your router and let the router ride on top of the stop... now the router will be less likely to ''rock/tip'' as you cut...
Click to expand...


Thanks! It will be a while before I get to the stage in my project before I'm actually cutting, I'm just getting ready.
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What I made and used...

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Be sure to practice on some scrap before the real thing.
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