Buy Hinge Mate HM-1100W Door Hinge Template IIHinge Mate HM-1100W Door Hinge Template II Product Description:
- Door hinge template; 5-inch maximum hinge capacity; 1-3/4-inch maximum jam thickness
- Accurately set hinges in minutes; doors, strike plates, boxes, or edge routing projects
- Made of durable, lightweight anodized aluminum
- Includes 1/2-inch diameter bit with top bearing
- 4.65-pounds; handy storage case included
Product Description
Lets you accurately set hinges in minutes. Use it for doors, strike plates, boxes, or other edge routing projects. For hinges 1" - 5" long on stock up to 1-3/4" thick. Precision made of extruded aluminum with built-in clamps, hinge setting gauge, plus scales and guide pins for door and jamb mortising. Includes special 1/2" dia. carbide bit with top bearing, and storage case.
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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful.
There's a catch
By Michael
There aren't that many professional grade models to choose from. For a hundred dollars less then the Porta Cable & Bosch, this is is a good pick. If you have a stick or can use a tape measure, you don't need the three hinge erector set type template contraption. Solid Aluminum construction is great. It's the only model I found that clamps to the door. The others you have to nail in which is the last thing I want to do to a new door. For a few dollars more or in place of the 1/4" radius bit provided with a 1/4" shank, the Hinge-Mate should include a bit for 5/8" radius hinges. All I seem to see are 5/8" radius hinges and Amazon doesn't carry the bit. The catch is the 5/8" radius bit only comes with a 1/2" shank. A smaller router with a 1/4" collet is more than enough to route the door but you need to get yourself a big router to accomodate the 1/2" shank. I called DC Precision tools and there is no plan or other accessory offered to make a 5/8" radius with the bit provided nor are there plans to make a 5/8" radius bit with a 1/4" shank.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
After several years of professional use
By Gregory A. Barnicoat
This tool, while having the potential to be a mainstay of every professional Door Guy, has a few shortcomings. The advantages of this tool over the others are no small things. It is designed to clamp to the door not nail to it (for prefinished doors such as plastic laminate or glossy stain grade this is huge). Adjusting to a hinge size is as simple as loosening one finger tight screw and sliding the unit tight on the hinge, then tightening the screw. Setting the height of the template for each hinge on the door is simple and more accurate than most of the competitors products also (because the solid aluminum template contacts the high edge of the door instead of being a small post in the center of the template about 1/4" away from the door edge). I have even customized mine so that I can cut just about any type of hardware that mortices into the edge of a door.On the other side of the coin, the first thing I noticed is that the template does not cut at a bevel. It only cuts at a 90 degree angle to the face of the door. So your hinge will have to be deep on the high edge of the door to be flush in the back. The screw clamps can wear out if you over tighten them because the template that they penetrate is only aluminum. Also the bases of the screw clamps can mar some of the more delicate finishes which requires some precautionary measures (tape).All of this said, I would still recommend this tool for anyone that wants to do a little work to build a multi-use template. I have used mine for Hinges, Manual and Automatic Flushbolt, Strike Plates, Roller Latches, Fire Bolts, Center Hung Pivots, Offset Pivots, Concealed Closers, and even Mortice Locks among others. You will want to start with a piece of aluminum angle 3/4 by 3/4 by 1/8 inch thick that you attach to the top front edge of the template to get a bevel.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Everything I was looking for in a Hinge Template
By Barry G. Nedoba
I purchased this item a couple of years ago and didn't get around to using it until late March of this year. It did a fantastic job. The only problem I noted was the same as others have commented on: the lack of the 5/8" radius bit to rout the curved corners of my hinges. However, I had previously purchased the Porter Cable $25 plastic template (which did not work well at all) and I was able to use the appopriate radius curved pieces of that template with this one. Would recommend this product to anyone who has a significant number of doors that need to have hinges mortised. As noted by others, this will not work for mortising the door frame but I didn't need that feature.
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