How to chisel out a door lock plate.
How cut into door for locks.
Close the door and look for where the lock bolt or latch bolt contacts the doorjamb.
You want to drill part way into one side of the door stop and then start to drill from the other side.
Make a series of closely spaced cuts into the mortise area.
This ensures you don t splinter the wood on the face of the door as you blast through drilling from just one side.
Create the mortise step 4.
The outer face of the strike plate should be flush with the edge of the door frame.
Open the door halfway and tap two shims one from each side between the floor and the door bottom to hold it steady.
Mark the precise center top to bottom of the bolt.
Remove door latch step 2.
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Then gently tap the back end of the chisel with a hammer or mallet pushing it into the door.
Make a cut out of about 3 mm deep into which the strike plate fits neatly.
With the large hole cut it s now time to drill the small 1 inch hole in the edge of the door.
How to cut a mortise for a deadbolt lock.
Cut the faceplate step 3.
Trace the outline of the area.
Screw the faceplate into place.
With a square extend this mark across the door s edge and 3 inches onto one face.
Use the chisel to deepen the outline marks.
Tap a chisel into the scored outline.
Measure up from the finish floor 36 inches or the height of other knobs in the house and mark the door s edge.
Make a series of.
Place the edge of a sharp chisel into any of the mortise outline grooves.
Make a cut out for the strike plate.
Mark the area around the strike plate that you want to install flush with the wood.
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