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Installing Hinges on Door 1
1. Refer to the Door 1 Diagram to mark drilling locations for
the hinge cup holes and mounting screw holes on the door.
2. Using a 35mm Forstner bit, drill a hole 11mm deep for the
hinge cup, taking care to keep the bit as square as possible
to the door.
Note: For fast, easy and accurate location and drilling of
hinge cup holes, we recommend using the JIG IT Deluxe
Concealed Hinge Drilling System (53420, sold separately)
along with a Rockler 35mm Long-Shank Forstner Bit (10117,
sold separately). For those using a drill press, a dedicated
JIG IT setup block is available (58223, sold separately).
3. Drill pilot holes for the screws, taking care not to drill all
the way through the door.
4. Position the hinge cup in the hole and use the included
screws to secure in place.
5. Repeat Steps 2-4 at other hinge location(s).
Installing Mounting Plates On Face Frame
1. Refer to Face Frame Diagram to mark drilling locations
for the hinge plate mounting screws on the inside edge
of the face frame.
2. Drill pilot holes for the mounting screws.
Note: For fast, easy and accurate location and drilling of
mounting plate pilot holes, we recommend using the “Cabinet”
side of JIG IT Hinge Plate Template E (55909, sold separately)
along with a Rockler/Insty-Drive #6 Self-Centering Bit (68991,
sold separately).
3. Extend the centerline from the inside edge of the face
frame across the front of the face frame.
4. Clamp a sacrificial piece of the same thickness edge to
edge on the face frame at the mounting location and
extend the centerline onto the sacrificial piece.
5. Center the tip of a 35mm Forstner bit on the centerline
and the intersection of the pieces, then drill a hole all the
way through, taking care to keep the bit as square as
possible to the face frame. Fig. 1.
Note: Clamp an additional sacrificial piece behind the face
frame to prevent tear-out.
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contact our Technical Support Department at 1-800-260-9663
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6. Remove the sacrificial pieces and use the included screws
to install the recessed mounting plate.
7. Repeat Steps 1-6 at other hinge location(s).
Installing Mounting Plates on Door 2
1. Refer to the Door 2 Diagram to mark drilling locations for
the hinge plates (or use “Door” side of Plate Template E.)
2. Drill pilot holes for the mounting screws, taking care not to
drill all the way through.
3. Use the included screws to secure the mounting plates
onto Door 2.
4. Mount the doors by clipping the hinge arms onto the
mounting plates.
Face
Frame
Sacrifical
Pieces
Centerline
Center
Mark
Fig. 1
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
JIG IT®Deluxe Concealed
Hinge Drilling Jig
53420
JIG IT®Template E
Door Hinge Jig
55909
JIG IT®4mm Hinge Cup
Drill Press Drilling Jig
58233