Depending on the location factor door block, opening method, as well as the total number of active leaves, doors can be sorted according to certain types. Many people are accustomed to externally opening entrance doors, but there are also internally opening doors.
Consumer demand
Statistics recent years regarding the demand for door structures intended for entering an apartment, shows an indicator of growing popularity in metal doors internal opening. Explained this fact consumer demand by the fact that in multi-apartment high-rise buildings there are three, or even all four entrances to the apartment. So one common area of a small area cannot allow the owners to leave their own premises at the same time.
Next reason, which hides the increased consumer demand for internal doors, is expressed in the comfort of using the opening. If it is permissible to simply remove the interior doors from their hinges if you need to bring large furniture into the room, then the entrance panels are quite difficult to dismantle for the same needs.
Internal opening doors allow you to freely use the opening when swinging the sash open.
As for technical parameters, then internal doors are somewhat distinguishable from standard structures that open by swinging outward, which is in no way similar to interior units. The selection of standard blocks must be made especially carefully, since the issue of burglary resistance of standard products is relevant.
Entrance panels to an apartment or any other building with internal way openings are a design with more vulnerable burglary resistance indicators. a sash that opens away from you is quite easy to simply knock out with your foot or by using other slight physical force. Thus, internal opening doors should be endowed with an increased level of resistance and resistance to typical impacts.
It is worth noting that the vast majority of manufacturers door designs, does not manufacture blocks that open into the apartment. The reason for this is the above-mentioned exposure to unreliability before knocking out, which every manufacturing company will not risk in terms of its reputation. Still, the leading manufacturers of door slabs entrance group provide the retail consumer with standard products in an assortment, creating designs in such a way that, using any tool, the door remains a reliable barrier to unauthorized access to a home or other premises.
Design Features
Not the least role in the quality indicators of reliability is given to installation work However, when creating a design, additional safety measures are used, which are achieved through the following indicators:
For standard products, the thickness of the steel sheet relative to the requirements of GOST standards should even exceed 3 mm.
At the same time, standard entrance doors are equipped with only two or a maximum of three horizontally directed stiffeners, while internal doors are equipped with a combination of vertical and horizontal stiffeners. Thus, a unique, in visual perception, steel mesh made from a square section profile or corner profile, makes it possible to eliminate deformations and mechanical damage door leaf.
If the interior blocks can be additionally and quite easily eliminated from the existing gap in the vestibule, then the entrance fabrications are quite difficult to reconstruct in this direction. At the same time, the existing gap in the vestibule opens up more opportunities for unauthorized entry into the building. They get rid of a typical problem during the manufacturing process of the structure in factory or factory conditions, by strengthening the site in the locking area. Thus, any type of impact, including a mechanical nature, is prevented in the bud.
Types of indoor units
Internal door products, as a design with an opening into the entrance premises, can be divided into different kinds regarding the opening method:
Designs with an internal opening method can be created from the most various materials, as well as being decorated in completely different ways, similar to the classic entrance group products with a standard opening method.
4.5 /5 (2 )To quickly and accurately cut door hinges best to take advantage manual router. You can also use a hammer and chisels for these purposes, but a router produces better results, especially if there is, for example, a knot or complex wood texture at the insertion site.
Let's look at setting up a router using an example Bosch POF 1400 ace.
It is better to use a small diameter cutter, for example 9.5 mm, so that less material has to be cut into the corners by hand. You can also use a cutter " dovetail"so that you can insert the loop more tightly.
Let's start the setup by adjusting the depth of the cutter. To do this, attach the loop to the sole of the router and extend the cutter to the thickness of the loop.
In order to adjust the position of the sole relative to the cutter, there is a lever on the router body.
To do this, we apply the router to the door so that the cutter is at the hinge contour mark.
Then we press the stop to the edge of the door and fix its position with the wings intended for this.
Within the future groove we make a sample of several mm in order to check the depth of the groove.
To do this, put a loop in it and check it. We adjust if necessary. That is, we increase or decrease the immersion depth of the cutter.
We carefully make a sample of the upper edge of the future groove; the parallel stop will not let us go further than the side line, and the ends must be drawn extremely carefully. You can even leave a little material and then trim it with a chisel.
In the same way, we remove the lower part of the loop, and then boldly, leaning on the side stop, connect the top and them. When removing the upper part, it is more convenient to look from above, as if holding the router to your chest and leaning over it. And when the lower one and everything else, it’s more convenient to look at it point-blank, holding the router on outstretched, slightly bent arms.
Within the boundaries of the made contour, we smoothly move the router up and down, removing everything unnecessary.
The sample from the cutter produces rounded corners.
We cut them with a knife or chisel to a right angle.
If necessary, trim the ends further.
The groove is ready, you can insert the loop.
Now let's talk about how to adjust the depth of the cutter for inserting a loop in a box beam.
In this case, the door leaf is two millimeters wider than the quarter of the frame. In the photo, the box connected by the letter G lies on the door, and the door protrudes 2 mm from the plane.
Therefore, the rip fence needs to be moved 2 mm relative to the setting with which we cut the groove on the door. The hinge on the box must be pulled out, otherwise the door will “bite” a quarter and will not be able to close.
We place the router on the box parallel to the plane of the quarter and extend the cutter to the surface of the quarter.
Using a depth limiter, here it is in the photo,
measure the thickness of the loop and tighten the lamb.
Every person wants his interior door to be installed beautifully and without damage, and therefore it is always worth contacting professionals who know their business, even if it is a little more expensive, but there is confidence in the quality of the work.
If we talk about methods for inserting locks, then we can distinguish 2 main approaches. This is professional, using high-precision electric tools, and artisanal, using a hammer and chisel.
In both cases, you will need approximately the following list of tools:
- Manual router, attachment for cutting locks;
- Hammer;
- Chisels of different sizes;
- Flat and Phillips screwdrivers;
- Drill or screwdriver;
- Set of feather drills for wood;
- Roulette.
High rpm of the cutter will make recesses for the lock without damaging the door covering. A hammer is mainly needed for the artisanal method, but it can also be useful for a professional approach.
You will have to use chisels to cut out a place for the lock to fit, but with this tool you can easily damage the door covering and worsen the appearance.
Flathead and Phillips screwdrivers will be needed to tighten the screws that hold the lock and the handle itself. It is recommended to use them, since when tightening with a screwdriver, there is a high probability of damaging the door covering. Using a drill or screwdriver, you can easily, and most importantly accurately, following the drawing, make a deep mounting hole for the lock and for the handle. A set of feather drills for wood is installed on a drill or screwdriver. A tape measure is necessary for measurements so as not to make a mistake when fitting the lock.
Types of cutters for cutting locks
A milling machine is a device for door frames and leaves that will ensure high accuracy of landing recesses. Nowadays, there are simply a huge number of different cutters for a hand router. All of them can be divided into 3 groups - edge, groove and figurine.
Namely:
- Edge– used in the manufacture of product edges, as well as for various carved elements on the material.
- Grooved– with their help they make grooves, recesses, recesses, grooves on wooden products.
- Curvy– are intended for creating decorative cut elements on the facades of furniture and doors.
If we look in more detail, we can identify 9 commonly used milling cutters. Straight slot router designed for processing straight grooves, and in combination with a copy sleeve, can be used for figured and straight parts according to a template. Dumbbell V-groove routers are designed for decorative carving or as a moving guide.
The structural groove router is designed for the production of dovetail or U-shaped groove joints. The milling cutter for miro-tenon splicing is used for joining long sheets along the length.
Shaped groove cutters are used for shaped side grooves in surfaces.
Straight edge phrases are used in work using homemade templates. Cutters with edge and disk shapes are used when making rebates and are characterized by high accuracy. Curved edge cutters are used to process the edges of panels, façade frames and baseboards. Milling cutters horizontal type used to decorate milled edges.
How to cut hinges into a door with a router: instructions
As noted above, it is better to entrust the matter to a professional, but if you are determined to make the hinges in the door with a phraser yourself, then these instructions will be relevant. First you need to decide which side of the door will be the front, and on which side the hinges will be located. It is advisable to mark the door so that you do not realize later that they are screwed on the wrong side.
Having decided on the location:
- We attach the hinge to the door;
- We outline with a simple pencil;
- Afterwards, we carefully process the resulting office with a chisel.
The latter is necessary to avoid cracks and damage to the door that may occur during rotation of the cutter. Most important point– setting the immersion depth and parallel stop on a manual router. The long edge should be milled from top to bottom. The upper and lower contour lines should be processed within a couple of millimeters, and then cut down with a chisel. This is necessary to avoid damage to the door.
The distances from the upper and lower edges of the door to the hinges should be chosen from 17 to 22 cm.
Next, apply a loop and screw it on. We apply the timber in the letter “G”, make an allowance for the gap between the door and the frame and measure the location of the hinges. We move on to milling the door frame - we leave the oral stop on the router, specify the depth of immersion of the cutter and do everything exactly as for the door. After all, we screw the hinges with the door to the door frame.
The process of inserting the hinges itself can take several hours. If you do not have complete confidence in your abilities and the ability to use a hand router, then it is better to turn to professionals, or extreme case call a friend who will help with inserting the hinges.
Using templates for inserting hinges and locks
Templates can make the task of installing them much easier. You can make such templates yourself or buy them from hardware store. Making the template will not take much time.
To make it you will need:
- Board thickness from 20 mm, length from 40 mm;
- Wood fiber tiles measuring 100x100 mm;
- Small wooden beam;
- Rail with a length of 150 mm;
- Drill, jigsaw;
- Fasteners and wing bolts.
A cut of the required size is made on the fiberboard, and 6 square parallel holes are drilled (3 on each side). We make another hole in the center measuring 140x70. A block is attached to one of the edges of the slats, which will serve as a limiter. Next, you should attach the strip with the bar to the tile with self-tapping screws. We cut out 3 overlays from the board - one for vertical fastening and 2 of the same size for horizontal fastening. In each tab, 2 parallel cuts are made, this will allow you to adjust the size of the holes. The covers are attached to the MDF board.
The template is ready, it should be clarified that all the above dimensions are relative and do not have to be followed.
Using templates for inserting hinges and locks is very easy. To do this, you need to fix the door to the floor. Next, we decide on the side where the loops will be located and apply preliminary markings. We apply a template in the place where the hinges should be installed. The chamfer is removed using a manual phraser. The depth of the chamfer should be equal to the thickness of the loop.
How to use a router for cutting locks (video)
When installing hinges and other fittings on the door leaf yourself, you must follow safety precautions. With the right approach and following all the recommendations described above, you will get beautiful doors for many years.
What is a router for cutting locks and hinges?
What features and advantages does such equipment have?
How are these products different, and what are they?
What are milling cutters and what are they for?
Today, milling cutters for cutting locks and hinges can easily be called a special, unique group of hand tools.
Products in this group are specialized tools that are intended for manual production.
Majority similar products They are distinguished by a very original technical solution, as well as an enviable practical device that greatly facilitates the process of inserting hinges and locks.
And this is not to mention the reliability and durability of almost all such milling cutters.
On the modern tool market today you can find unique developments, for example, a milling cutter for inserting locks and hinges, which can replace a full-fledged workshop drilling and mortising machine.
With all this, such products are distinguished by a high degree of mobility, which makes it relevant to insert locks with their help directly at the installation site of the doors.
Various types of routers
A worthy purchase for the tool kit of absolutely any door manufacturer or master installer will be another special milling cutter for inserting locks and hinges - a model that is designed for milling in door frames and the doors themselves have samples for hinges.
With the help of this power tool, the process of adding loops can be greatly accelerated and simplified, and not to mention the higher quality and accuracy of processing.
By the way, such a tool even makes it possible to use independently made, unique templates.
Thus, the use of such a router becomes possible for most door hinges in their widest range of standard sizes.
The only modification that will need to be made after using such a router is cutting out the corners. For this purpose, you can use a regular chisel.
Milling cutters for wooden products without sealant
There are tools on the modern market for construction and repair and milling cutters that allow you to work with wooden windows or doors in which a seal was not originally provided, but there is a need for it.
Such models, due to their special design, which includes a side stop and replaceable guide rails, make it easy to select grooves for the seal even on already installed windows and doors.
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What router is used for cutting hinges and locks?
If you need to install a handle-latch on a new interior door or embed a full-fledged lock into it, you can save on calling a technician if you have basic skills in working with tools. The main thing is to follow the prescribed sequence of actions and work extremely carefully so as not to spoil the appearance of the door. We’ll talk about how to fit a lock into an interior door correctly in this article.
Tools and materials
To mortise the lock, we need to prepare the following tool:
- tape measure, pencil and carpenter's square;
- screwdrivers or screwdriver with a set of bits;
- electric drill, wood drills (6 mm and feather) + suitable crowns in two sizes;
- chisel and hammer;
- chisel or hand router.
note: There are special kits on sale for inserting locks, which include drills and crowns of suitable sizes.
Preparatory stage
The installation technology depends on the configuration of the selected lock.
The easiest way is to embed a handle - a latch, under the compact mechanism of which it is easy to drill a hole of a suitable diameter. Inserting a lock with a handle and a cylinder (or a rotary lock) is a more complex process, since you will have to work on the socket at the end of the door and make two holes in the door leaf - for the handle and the cylinder.
Before cutting the lock into new door without fittings, it is important to correctly determine the installation height of the handle. If the door is made of wood, there are no technical restrictions, you can choose any comfortable height. Frame door more capricious: in order not to damage the structure, the handle should be mounted at the location of the transverse beam, which is usually located at a height of 90 - 100 cm from the lower edge of the canvas.
As a rule, the lock is cut into an already hung door leaf, but this can be done in advance, before installing the door system. If the lock socket is to be cut using a hand-held electric router, the door leaf should be securely fixed in a horizontal position with the processed end facing up.
Handle insert - latches
First, let's look at how to install the handle-latch. First of all, marking should be done. Having decided on the height of the handle, place the lock mechanism on the door leaf flush with the edge, circle it, mark with a pencil the place where the eyelet is located - this is where you will need to drill a hole for the handle pin.
Using a carpenter's square, the horizontal lines of the lock's outline on the door must be transferred to the end of the door. Using a tape measure, find the middle of the horizontal lines at the end and draw a vertical line with a pencil. The middle of this axis is the center of the future hole for the lock mechanism. You can do it easier and use the door mechanism itself to mark the location of the handles.
Having completed the markings, drill a hole in the door leaf for the handle using a crown mounted on a drill with a diameter of 6 mm.
Important! To avoid chipping and other damage to the decorative layer, drilling is performed with a crown on both sides. When the end of the pilot drill goes through the door and the crown is about halfway through the door, start drilling on the other side of the door, inserting the drill into the hole. The size of the crown is selected in such a way that nothing interferes with the lock mechanism’s normal functioning, while the hole must be completely covered with decorative overlays of the handle-latch.
At the end of the door, a hole for the latch is drilled with a feather drill of a suitable size or a small crown. If necessary, the recess can be expanded with a chisel.
Then insert the latch mechanism into the hole in the end and trace the outline of the strip. It must be installed flush with the surface, so you will have to make a recess under it using a chisel. For a veneered door, the veneer layer is first removed in the marked place.
Next, the handle-latch is installed. The mechanism is inserted into the hole and secured to the end with standard fasteners using a screwdriver or screwdriver. The handle should be disassembled according to the diagram provided by the manufacturer.
Pay attention to the location of the latch tongue and the handle on which the door closing button is provided. After installing the decorative trims, pass the pin through the hole in the latch mechanism and secure the handles by tightening them with screws (in some cases, additional holes must be drilled for the tightening screws). Make sure the lock-latch is functioning properly.
At the final stage, a strike plate is installed on the door frame to secure the latch tongue. Carefully closing the door with the latch exposed, mark the location for the hole. Using a chisel, make a recess, attach and trace the contour of the striker - you will also need to make a cut under it in order to install it flush. Secure the bar with standard self-tapping screws.
Insertion of the mechanism with the “larva”
Installation door lock with the “larva” is performed according to the same scheme. After marking the end, using a suitable size feather drill a vertical row of holes should be made with a minimum spacing from each other.
Using a chisel, remove the jumpers and prepare a neat nest of the required size. In the door leaf (drill with a crown on both sides), make holes for the handle and cylinder (or rotary key) of the lock. Next, using a chisel, a sample is made for the lock bar, the mechanism and handles are installed, and the back bar is mounted.
If you have the skill to work with a hand router, you can make nests and cuts for planks with this tool, obtaining perfectly even recesses. It is necessary to work with a chisel and chisel extremely carefully, especially when cutting out curves, so that the door with a lock looks aesthetically pleasing.
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Selection and rules for using a hinge router
Drilling holes with a manual wood router - master class
Neat holes with walls strictly perpendicular to the surface are a task that can be easily accomplished using a hand router. Let's look at the technology for drilling professional-quality holes using an inexpensive groove cutter, copying bushings and simple device- a homemade template.
A device for drilling holes with a hand router - how to calculate and make a template
Install the copying sleeve in the base of the milling machine and tighten the fixing screws.
Prepare the piece flat plywood slightly thicker than the protruding flange.
Measure the outer diameter of the ring with a caliper.
Calculate the diameter of the template hole using the formula below.
Calculation principle
For example, there is a 16 mm straight cutter and a 30 mm diameter copy sleeve. It is required to make vertical holes for round bench stops with a diameter of 21 mm. Substituting the values into the formula, we find the size of the circle cut out in the template:
- D = 21 + 30 – 16 = 35 (mm).
Mark the plywood and make a hole with a drill bit of the appropriate diameter.
Sand the edges and surfaces with sandpaper.
Use one piece of plywood for several templates at once. Just don’t forget to label the holes, indicating the caliber of the cutter used and the diameter of the circle being cut.
How to cut a hole with a hand router
Place the template along the markings and secure with a clamp. Install milling machine into the working area, move the “head” of the tool down until the cutter contacts the surface and clamp the lock lever.
By rotating the wheel, lower the depth stop until it stops at the bottom step of the position support.
Read the desired routing depth on the scale and tighten the thumb stop.
Release the lock and lift the tool body. By turning the turret support, set the depth of the first pass.
Start the hand router, after gaining speed, press the body all the way and lock the position. Cut the material by moving the tool smoothly along the plane being processed, first around the circumference and then in the center. Having completed the passage, remove the raised side with sandpaper if there is fiberboard on the surface.
Release the router body and set the next cutting depth.
Repeat the operations until the hole is completely removed.
If there is no sawdust removal system, use a vacuum cleaner to clean working area, excluding milling defects.
How to make holes for furniture hinges with a router
Overhead hinges are located at a certain distance from the edge of the panel.
To select a blind hole for a cup with a hand router, it is more convenient to use a device (template) with a stop bar, which facilitates positioning on the furniture board.
Drawing of a template for inserting a furniture hinge.
The template is designed for inserting a standard loop with a cup with a diameter of 35 mm. For products with other installation dimensions, you should calculate the diameter of the hole and determine the position of the stop according to the distance from the middle of the loop to the edge of the panel.
Cut out the pieces of the fixture from plywood and secure the strip with glue and small nails.
To make a hole, secure the template to furniture panel, resting the bottom bar against the end. Set the routing depth on the tool to 11.5 mm and cut the recess in several passes.
In order to have an idea of how to embed a lock into an interior door, you need to know its design and types.
Depending on the type of fastening, locks can be overhead or mortise. Overhead models, due to their outdated design, are practically no longer used. It is very simple to install such a lock correctly, since for normal operation it is only necessary to ensure that the latch enters the strike plate. The main part of the castle is located outside.
It is much more difficult to insert a lock into an interior door, because the entire mechanism must be embedded in the door leaf.
Locking tongues can have the following types of fixation:
- magnetic - the metal tongue is attracted by a magnet, while the spring completely blocks its movement;
- roller – fixation is carried out due to a moving roller and a spring;
- halyard - this is a standard mechanism that secures the latch thanks to a tongue.
In addition, a lock can be installed on the door, both for front door. Such a lock can be: lever, cylinder or disk.
Necessary tool
To make installing a lock on an interior door with your own hands easy, you need to prepare a certain tool:
- pencil;
- hammer;
- drill;
- chisel;
- Phillips screwdriver;
- drill for metal or wood;
- chisel;
- bit;
- cutters of the same diameter as the slots for the latch and handle.
When all the tools are prepared, you can move on to the rest of the preparatory and installation work yourself.
DIY lock mortise
Before inserting a lock into an interior door, it is necessary to note where it will be located. Usually selected optimal height for all residents of the apartment, but it’s better if everyone door handles will be located at the same height.
When a place for the lock has been chosen, the next step is to install it yourself, which is done as follows:
- the lock body is applied to the surface of the door (on the side) and traced to mark the location for the hole;
- choose a drill 1-1.5 mm larger than the thickness of the lock body, and drill a hole for the lock. The holes run perpendicular to the end of the door and are placed so that the distance is the same on each side;
- using a chisel and hammer to prepare a hole for the lock with your own hands;
- the lock is inserted into the hole. At the same time, it should not dangle and fit easily;
- make a recess with a chisel along the contour of the lock with your own hands so that the lock plate lies flush;
- We prepare holes for the door handle and the key core, after which they need to be placed and secured with screws using the appropriate tool.
Some models of locks for interior doors have a position lock on one of the handles. Therefore, when installing such a lock, you need to pay attention so that this locking mechanism is located with inside door leaf.
Installing a door latch handle
To secure the door handle-latch in the door, you need to perform the following steps:
- install decorative overlays and attach them with self-tapping screws;
- fix the rod, which has a square or hexagonal cross-section. The rod will connect the door handles on both sides of the door;
- close the door to correctly mark the position of the lock tongue;
- measure the length of the tongue and mark it on the door frame;
- Attach the receiving pad to the marks marked with a pencil and trace it with a pencil;
- along the specified contour using necessary tool, holes are drilled, and the necessary shape is given with a chisel seat overlays;
- the overlay is installed on the prepared place and secured with self-tapping screws;
- The door lock is opened and closed to check whether it is functioning correctly.
Cutters for inserting locks into interior doors
To install a lock in the canvas interior door It was done quickly and efficiently, you can use a router.
First, the door is secured in a vertical position so as not to hold it during all work, after which a location for the lock is marked.
Installing a rim lock
The installation of rim locks has long been a thing of the past, but such locks are still sometimes used, especially when mortise lock It breaks and there is no way to install a new one. In this case, it is better to choose a new lock of the same size as the old mortise one.
When installing the lock yourself, you must perform the following steps:
- a lock template is applied to the door and the locations of the holes for fasteners and the cylinder are marked, after which the necessary recesses are made;
- on the outside of the door, a cylinder and a ring for fixation are fixed into the prepared hole, and on the inside - an installation plate;
- the locking bolt is released, after which the connecting rod is aligned with the slot;
- a recess is made at the box end for the locking plate;
- the strike plate is attached to the door frame.
