Mount Doors Easily And Accurately | Basics of Building DIY

[Music] you've seen that building doors is really easy what can be intimidating though is actually mounting the doors to your project there are lots of kinds of hinges available and it can be tough to sort through all the choices Plus installing the hinges correctly really scares people because if you don't the doors won't work or fit properly but once again it doesn't have to be hard if you go about it the right way on this project we used concealed hinges they fit in behind the door and what's nice is they don't show once the door is installed plus they're adjustable and they work really well they can be challenging to install though because they have to fit into a deep hole that you drill in the back of the door and you need to position them correctly to make sure that they're straight and that the door will fit right thankfully there's an option that makes it easier once again with the jig a concealed hinge dig guides a drill bit that will allow you to drill that hole straight and accurately to the right depth without needing a drill press or other fancy tools it's really easy to use it sets the right offset so you know that the hinge will be located the correct distance in and it has a measuring scale so you can determine how far from the end you want your hinge to be usually 2 to 3 inches from the end is fine so just position the jig and clamp it down at the same time and clamping the door to the work surface so it won't move around then put the bit in your drill when you lock the guide into the jig it holds everything in place and ensures that you'll drill straight and to the right depth [Music] so it's really easy to drill that large hole but you also need two holes for the screws that will mount the hinge so you can drill those at the same time now just pop the jig off and move to the other end of the door once again going three inches from the end and clamping the jig to the door and the door to the work surface don't forget to do those hinge holes for the mounting screws so though it looked messy while it was being done look at that perfectly clean hole for the hinge Cup and properly positioned holes for the mounting screws now I know the hinges will drop in in just the right place and I'll be able to mount it to the cabinet successfully it'll fit right and work right so if the hinge is installed I'm ready to hang my doors mounting the hinges onto the doors is half the job the other half is mounting the doors on to your project there's no jig for this but there are some tips that will make it easier these hinges mount on the edge of the face frame and the doors overhang the opening in this case by a half-inch at the top and the bottom so I'm going to take the multi mark set to a half inch and just make a reference mark here it doesn't even have to be perfect I'm just gonna use it to eyeball the location so now I can hold the door in place and line it up with that half inch mark there's adjustment built into the hinges so I don't have to worry about getting it exact make sure it's in place and I'll mark locations for pilot holes for the hinge mounting screws and then I can drill the pilot holes now bring the door into place get around where I can see that hole like to get both screws kind of started get myself approximately lined up and then drive the screws in raise this one just a hair and that gets the basic installation done you can see that the door swings just like it's supposed to and it's it's nice and straight so if that done can move on and mount the second door so when I close the doors yep you can see there's some difference in the height here this one's sitting a little bit low that's okay though because there's adjustment built into the hinges you just open the door and loosen the mounting screws and then slide this one up and tighten it back down may have to move this door down just a little bit as well now everything's nice and even there thing I love about these hinges is not only can you adjust the position of the mounting screws but there are additional adjustments like this one that sets how far in or out the door sits and this one that adjusts how close or far away it sits from the cabinet so with all those adjustments you can really fine-tune your doors and make them fit great with the doors installed there's just one last piece of hardware to add and that's the decorative knobs or poles that you're gonna use should be easy since it's just drill a hole and mount the knob but this part can still be intimidating because this is the hardware that shows and if it's positioned wrong it's gonna throw off the look your project now we're gonna go ahead and install it now on the unfinished cabinet that's a great tip for building I like to get all the hardware installed drill the holes and everything before I stain and finish that way I can sand out any rough spots and then I don't have to worry about messing up my finished project so to install the knob you need to make sure that it's centered on the width of the style and then decide how far up or down you want to locate it if you're not centering it a good choice is to put it right in line with the lower edge of this rail so if I had to mark all of that out by hand and try to drill that hole that'd be tough especially when I need to repeat it on the other side thankfully once again there's a jig this cabinet hardware jig has a drill guide to drill a straight hole plus it has measuring scales and a fence built in so I've set that to position the whole half the distance across the style and I can use the measuring scale and the centering mark to line it right up with the bottom edge of the rail then all I have to do is clamp it in place and drill the hole now it's a nice straight hole it's positioned just where I want it and you can see it when I install the knob it's in just the right place great but now I need to do the exact same thing over here once again with the jig it's no problem because all the measurements are set put the fence against the edge set the zero mark and clamp it down this is the kind of rough spot on the back of the hole here that I'm talking about that I'll sand all of it out before I apply the finish but for now put the mounting screw in and spin on the knob and you can see those are perfectly aligned and ready to go you you

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Length: 10min 39sec (639 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 18 2018