If you use a router, you still need a chisel to finish the corners.

If you are having difficulty with a chisel, don't be so eager to blame the wood, just go sharpen your chisel and use it properly.

Never argue with Milt, or Zeke, about anything to do with doors, widows, or wood in general.

Hand tools have their uses but I'd rather use the technology that's out there, when I can. The finished product WILL be better. It's not a sin to abandon some of the "old ways".

If you want to avoid all of this, buy pre-hung doors from now on.

JR

Just curious, seemed like something that would be made.

Not if you buy round corner butts.

Hey, Neanderthals, "butts" are what we finish carpenters call hinges.

I still have a set of butt markers around here somewhere.

http://www.hardwarestore.com/media/p...5_front200.jpghttp://hand-tools.hardwarestore.com/21-408-scribers-and-butt-markers/butt-marker-614435.aspx

I've seen hinges of this type (the leaves pass one another) but I can't tell you a make. I too have hung a great many doors and for the average guy, a Dremel with a hinge jig is probably the best. Matching the depth of your mortise to the thickness of your hinge is required otherwise the door will bind when approaching the jamb. I'm assuming that this jig only has one template so proper placement is critical for success, so take all measurements from one place ( ie. the top of the door or top of the jamb) (don't forget to either subtract the desired door top clearance or place a shim the correct thickness on the top of the jamb and measure from there) If the hinges have squared corners you'll also have to have a sharp chisel to square off the mortise. Good luck

It's just called a no mortise hinge.

One type of many:

http://s7.cdn.hardwareandtools.net/i...id=200&hei=200

This is true, and I figured you'd bring that up, but I assumed that a guy that bought a cheap door also bought a cheap hinge... with square corners.

JR