Fitting doors & door furniture..

[kaseryn]

How do most of you guys tool doors for fixing and accepting furniture.. routers.. with jigs?, manual with drills etc?

 

[gregers]

i dont own a jig,so all of mine are done the old fashioned way of hatchet or axe.

 

[kaseryn]

You know what you can do with that hatchet! .. Any more .. perhaps less rustically inspired responses?

 

[speed]

i do hinges with hammer and chisel
locks/latches with a flat bit in a corded drill

 

[Chukka63]

drills and chisels for me but then im a brickie by trade and dont do enough doors to warrant jigs n router.

 

[big-all]

jigs are not worth it till you get to door 3

spade bits mab bits
hinge chisel 3 mins if it goes well 10 mins if not lol

 

[big-all]

jigs are not worth it till you get to door 3

spade bits mab bits
hinge chisel 3 mins if it goes well 10 mins if not lol

 

[kaseryn]

Thanks.. whats a mab bit? Also.. whats the standard height/centre for locks/handles?

 

[big-all]

sorry mad bits
http://www.toolstation.com/documents/search/index.html?searchstr=mad+bits&submit=Go

lock central not in the mid rail as it will weaken any tennons

top hinge 6" down bottom 9 up third central

 

[speed]

std height is 1000mm to the spindle

 

[gregers]

if im doing a few then i will set my router up and use that and then use my corner chisel on the rounds.if its new linings and frames,then i use a measuring rod as well.
if its just a couple then its hammer and chisels for me.

 

[kaseryn]

thanks for all the replies lads.. perfectly clear