How To Install Hinges On Cabinet Doors Accurately

Place the hinge on the door and mark the distance from the edge.

How to install hinges on cabinet doors accurately. How to install european hinges. These are european style soft close hidden hinges. In this case we wanted to install the door covering the frames and hence the dimension of the plywood while buying should be measured from frame to frame in this case 2 ft x 1 ft 7 if you have the tool you can cut the plywood yourself. I don t install euro type hinges very often so i don t own specialized tools for it.

Put the hinge on the hinge side of the cabinet door where you marked from the bottom and arrange it so it s in the position it needs to be installed in. How to make inexpensive cabinet doors without a lot of tools. This is the part where you have to move the door and use your own judgment to align the door straight. Use a pencil to mark around the hinge so you know where you need to bore your hole.

If you love my content and would like t. Affix the hinges to the cabinet using a screwdriver. If you attach the hinges to the inside of the cabinet the door will have to be open so having someone hold it while you insert the screws will help a lot. In this video i show a simple low investment way to precisely set these hinges square to the doors that works very well for the small shop that only occasionally installs them.

They come in sizes 3 8 to 1 9 16 depending on the overlay of the door you have in your kitchen and they mount very simply. Have someone help you hang the door.