Need help with a jig

[John Pratt]

I am installing a 36" piano hinge on a 40" chest and I need a little help with creating a jig for the mortise. I normally use no-mortise hinges for this kind of thing, but this time I want to go a different route. I am not steady enough to freehand this.

John

[Joe Scharle]

Most hinge mortising jigs should work; mine does. Just keep sliding the jig along in increments.

[Jamie Buxton]

Router with an edge guide. If required, square up ends with a chisel.

[Rod Sheridan]

Hi, a marking gauge followed by a utility knife or a wide chisel will outline the mortice.

Then a minute with a router plane would clean it out, after all, you're only going 1 or 2 mm deep at the most.

Regards, Rod.

[John Pratt]

Rod - I hadn't thought of that. I am the oposite of the Neander guys. If there is a power tool that will do the job, that is where I usually go first (except for a few meanial tasks that I like to do by hand). This might be a good job for the Stanley #92 and some sharp chisels.

[Rick Markham]

John, in the time it would take you to set up your router with an edge guide and get everything adjusted you could have both mortises cut with your stanley #92 and your chisels ;)

The "revival" of hand tools and their use is because many tasks can and are far more efficient than their powertool counterparts. :D