Increase security and privacy in your home by replacing doors without damaging the door or jamb with the HingeMate350™. By routing matching mortises for hinges, strike plates, and latch plates into the door and jamb, you won’t have to tear a hole in the wall just to hang a better wooden door.
Steel Template Frame
- Durable steel frame with adjustable cams allow for 1-3/4” and 1-3/8” door settings
- Can be mounted to both the door and jamb
1/2” Router Bit Included
- Tip made of durable tungsten carbide
- Router bit with ball bearing eliminates the need for a bushing
Corner Chisel Included
- Hardened steel, self-aligning chisel required to mortise 90° hinges, strikes and latches
Hinge Bit Included
- Pre-drill perfectly centered holes for proper alignment of hinges with this spring-loaded, self-centering drill bit
Templates
- Contains templates needed to rout hinge, strike plate, and latch plate mortises
- Rotate template to achieve 5/8” radius or 1/4″ radius
*Use Corner Chisel to achieve square corners.
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This set consists of steel template frame which needs to be screwed onto the doors with two screws which are a part of this set. The frame has two knobs which allow the jig to be used with 1-3/4 and 1-3/8 thickness doors. There are 8 plates for different size and types of hinges as well as latches. Plates are made of a plastic which appears to be of a good quality. After selecting the plate matching your hinges and/or your latch you push it into the frame. This creates a template. In this set you will also find a router bit with 1/4″ shank. Bit has a ball bearing which rides on the template. All you have to do is to set the depth of cut with a router and route the groove in the doors. Template can be removed now and hinge or a latch placed in the groove. This set also contains a #8 (9/64″) drill bit which allows you to pre-drill holes for the screws which will hold the hinges or a latch on the doors. There is one more useful tool in this set – corner chisel. If you are using square hinges you need to use it to cut the round corners made by the router bit. Very useful addition!
All parts are made of adequate materials (mostly metal except for plates) and seems to be able to last for many projects. The manuals are written in easy to follow matter in English, French and Spanish. There are also numerous drawings which illustrate what to do step by step. This set makes hanging doors quite an easy task even for someone who never have done it before.
(verified owner)
Great templates, and jigs. My only complaint would be to have metal templates.
(verified owner)
easy, clean, very handy
(verified owner)
I had a a few new doors to set up throughout the house and this hingemate kit worked great. Just like advertised
(verified owner)
Very handy mortise kit. Sometimes the inserts are reluctant to seat properly in the metal holder.
Just purchased and used the hinge mate 350. The jig performed well but seems to me that something could be devised to clamp the jig to the door and frame rather than having to screw into the material. Additionally the inclusion or availability of a storage box/bag would be ideal. No way can I get it back in the package the way it came out for storage
(verified owner)
I was amazed how quickly my order was processed, shipped and delivered. I work as I had hope and gave me a professional look when I was done.
(verified owner)
Works well. For the hinges, a router with a large base works best. For the strike plate, a small router is easier to handle.
(verified owner)
HINGEMATE 350 PERFORMED PERFECTLY. ALL OF TOOLS, BIT, CUTTER TEMPLATES & EVEN THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE CLEAR AND EASY TO USE. SOMETHING ALWAYS GOES WRONG WHEN DOING A PROJECT THIS BIG BUT THIS MADE AN EASY AND SMOOTH PART OF THIS JOB. I LOVE YOUR PRODUCTS AND THANK YOU,
SR PETERS
(verified owner)
Once you get the concept,, it the best tool ever. Replaced 8 interior doors,,, first one took a while,, the other 7 absolutely greased lightning. Well worth the learning curve.
(verified owner)
The kit worked well. The ONLY thing I don’t like is that I have to screw it to the door. This created more work to fill the hole. Not a big issue, but this could very easily be a clamp on device.