Trend Hinge Jigs

[kaseryn]

Is there much between them (a/b/c)?

Looking at picking one up soon. The two part jigs are obviously more portable but is there any trade off for that? Do they all work just as well?

 

[Deleted member 174758]

The metal jigs are more durable than the plastic one. The 2-part needd to be checked for straightness a lot as bumping it can cause it to flex in the middle a bit. Note that these jigs are fixed into the rebate using a pair of 2.5 or 3mm awls so you must be OK with getting a couple of holes there. Not the easiest to.use when hanging new doors in old openings and deffo won't handle door openings under 6ft. Overall goodish. Would buy the 1-piece metal were I to start again down this track

 

[kaseryn]

Good to know.. i was worried about potential weakness and the skeleton one especially looked a bit iffy. I've just started into price work and see i'm wasting my time without all these jigs..

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Can't say that i do a lot of swinging doors that way now - most main/joinery contractors I've worked for have gone down the path of pre-hung door sets in the last 5 to 10 years. One offs i still do by marking out, roughing out the majority of the rècesses with a (laminate) trimmer then finishing with a sharp chisel. The one piece metal jig is definitely better tham the plastic one, but you need a big van to carry it as it is about the same size as a 2m spirit level

 

[kaseryn]

Yeah i've had that on a couple of jobs, much easier but there seems to be money in this for a while. Ordered all the jigs now and lucky enough i still have the trend t4 been gathering dust for years. Laminate/chisel was how i got by this last week so with talk of 8 months work will be nice to get running smoothly with the jigs and make them pay. For the sake of adjustability i went with the non-adaptor type lock jig. Not sure how deep the fittings are on this job but will look at the drill clamp if it seems like it'd speed things up much.