Tonight I finally took out the hinges and was wondering if I should putty or just paint, when inspiration struck… I traced one of the hinges, put the tracing into Friggin’, scanned the shape, made an outline (can’t cut bitmaps), adjusted the size to match the actual hinge, and…
A successful test cardboard Dutchman. Went back in, copied and pasted a few times, switched over to some chipboard the right thickness, and poof! Six Dutchmen!
Tomorrow they’ll get a coat of matching paint and some double-stick tape (You never know - I might need to re-hang those doors someday!) and - as they say - Bob’s your uncle!
Only if they put his doors back in. There are some rules of thumb for hinge and knob/latch placement but they’re not standardized. When buying new doors it’s better to go with blanks that don’t have precut hinge or door knob holes. Then you can router out the door to match the existing casing. Otherwise it’s likely something won’t line up & you’ll be filling & routering/chiseling out the casing/frame which is not nearly as easy.
Just finished replacing several doors. The router template kit was the best purchase. None of the hinge or knob locations (or even # of hinges) on available replacement doors matched my existing ones. Just got door slabs and routered to match the frames.
