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Yes, for one offs. You obviously need to transfer the positions of the honges from the original casing/lining/frame, and for that 3 no. Winbags (or the Chinese copies of them) and some 3mm packers are invaluable.Ok. So basically take fence off and free hand the hinge recess?!
There isn't really much of an alternative to the Trend in the UK market since Bosch withdrew their product a number of years back and for multiple same size doors in new installs they are pretty good, however they have their down sides: they won't handle short or exceptionally tall doors without modification, they absolutely must be used with a plunge router(which requires a 12mm diameter cutter and a 16mm guide bush), they (in common with any long, fixed jig) don't cope well with warped doors or warped casings/linings/frames and finally they don't lend themselves to doing half a job such as transferring hinge positions from, say, an existing door casing to a new door, especially if the top or bottom hinges are not in the limited range of adjustment of the jig. There are alternatives such as the Virutex hinge jigs or hinge routers which if anything are more versatile (partly because they can accommodate hinge templates for odd shaped hinges) - but these alternatives are far more costly.And do u recommend a jog other than Trend?
BTW my experience of Trend jigs has been with the older design "industrial", aluminium body versions, both 2-piece and single piece. I have not used the more recent low cost phenolic plastic model
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