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Old 02-11-2006, 01:01 AM
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Swinging door....

IF it swings shut, either pull the top hinge out or set the bottom hinge in. To make it 'perfect', just crack the door a bit from open so as to check the plumb. The other position would be at 90 degrees open. Check that for plumb and adjust accordingly. Some glued up toothpicks work well for this. Jam them in the holes so you can reset the hinge screws. By the way, there's a neat tooll to help get the screw holes centered. It's a spring loaded pointed plunger that's inside a sleeve. The end of the sleeve is tapered to fit in the hinge screw hole. By hammer tapping that plunger you indent the wood perfect every time. If the holes are really buggered up, drill them out to a 1/4 or 3/8 size, glue up some dowel rod and stick them in there. After it sets up, shave them flush with the wood and you can start all over with where you want those screws to be without a previous hole misguiding them.
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