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   PhillGiles | Apr 17, 2003 06:34pm | #1

   Do they still make the Milwaukee ? It may be less than the Bosch in your area.

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   Phill Giles

   The Unionville Woodwright

   Unionville, Ontario

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   IMERC | Apr 17, 2003 07:05pm | #2

   I have the Bosch.

   It can be set up to do 4 hinges and 7'0" doors. All metal and forgiving. The scales are accurate. Used it for years and thousands of doors latter, zero promblems. Simple and no options needed.

   I use a small, slightly larger than a trimmer, 3/4 horse router, much easier. Not much power needed.

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   Snort | Apr 18, 2003 05:08am | #3

   The Bosch has got it all over the PC...can't you mail order it with an overnight express?

   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000224KW/qid=1050631396/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1_etk-tools/102-6021547-6295329?v=glance&s=hi&n=228013

   Dang, send me the moola, I'll send to ya.

   40 doors, whatever you get will be earning it's cost<G>

   EliphIno!

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   artacoma | Apr 18, 2003 07:52am | #4

   Thanks I think I'll probably go with Bosch ,can't find a milwaukee. Workin on an idea to get a client to subsidize this purchase but it's gonna take a bit of fine tuning yet ; ) Any other comparable brands I should be lookin at ? Rik

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   IMERC | Apr 18, 2003 09:18am | #5

   NONE!

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   Turtleneck | Apr 18, 2003 04:02pm | #6

   With only 40 doors to hang, that jig is going to cost you $10 per door. Where I'm from the price to hang a door is around $40. That jig is gonna cost you 1/4 of your profit. I hang about 40 doors a month with the heavy duty Bosch jig.

   If I was only going to hang 40 doors I'd make a jig out of a 4"or 5" strip of  3/4" plywood. A plywood jig can easily be used for a couple of hundred doors. Find a door that has already been hinged and make a template that will duplicate those cuts using a 5/8" router bushing and a 1/2" router bit. A standard 3 1/2"hinge with a 1/4" radius is normally set 1 1/8" onto the door and jamb with spacings of  7" from the top 9" to 11" from the bottom and the middle hinge centered between the two.

   If I had $400 to burn I'd spend it on couple of a new routers, I've been eyeballing that new Millwakee with the hand grip. A little bit heavy but that micro adjustment is sending shivers down my spine!

    Turtleneck

   Its not a smile- its a cramp

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   bill_1010 | Apr 18, 2003 04:57pm | #7

   I suggest you think about just laying out the hinges and buying a Lie-Nielsen Butt Mortise plane for about 100bucks.

   With this handplane there are no test cuts, powercords, router noise etc.  Most would be surpised how effective it can be.

   http://www.lie-nielsen.com/tool.html?id=40B&cart=10506741236132

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   steve | Apr 18, 2003 06:10pm | #8

   wow, forty doors 3 hinges each, thats a lot of hand work!!

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   timkline | Apr 18, 2003 06:35pm | #9

   I have the Lie-Nielsen, the Bosch jig and a Hinge Mate. Our company has about 8 of the Bosch jigs and 1 Porter Cable. I looked at the Bosch and the PC side by side, used both, and bought the Bosch. No question a better unit. Not to mention that the Porter Cable case that holds the jig is the biggest, longest, most ridiculous thing you've ever seen. As far as the Lie-Nielsen, a fabulous tool that is suited for a door or two, maybe three at a time. 40 ?  Forget it. Buy the Bosch. The Hinge Mate is also an effective product for doing custom hinging on doors going into existing jambs where the jambs are already cut. I had the Hinge Mate before the Lie-Nielsen. Ever since I got the Lie, I doubt that I ever used the Hinge Mate again. That hand plane is a pleasure to use. Do you have a planer to do your fitting ? We use PC 126's. Perfect door plane that has gotten damn expensive.

   carpenter in transition

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   unTreatedwood | Apr 21, 2003 04:23am | #10

   When I bought the Bosch last fall, I was told by the owner that they were not carrying this item any more because most doors were pre-hung.  He gave me a nice deal and I was happy.  But I was shocked at his statement about no one hanging doors separately any more!!

   Big Bob

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   clampman2 | Apr 21, 2003 04:55am | #11

   I got 35 hits "typing hinge" template from a big discussion we had a while ago if you're interested in more opinions.

   Clampman