How To Cut A Lock Into A Door

7 use hammer and chisel to cut a shallow mortise for the latch.

How to cut a lock into a door.

Make a series of closely spaced cuts into the mortise area. Pull the handles apart so the blades open. The outer face of the strike plate should be flush with the edge of the door frame. The depths of the recesses in the door frame must be equal to the lengths of the latch and locking bolt.

Mark the area around the strike plate that you want to install flush with the wood. How to chisel out a door lock plate. Wrap the cardboard template supplied with the lockset around the door s edge. Use a bevel edge chisel and hammer to square the corners of the mortise if the faceplate has square corners.

How to cut a mortise for a deadbolt lock. Put the lock s shackle between the blades of the bolt cutters. This video is about how to fit a door latch and door handle in an interior door. Mark the precise center top to bottom of the bolt.

Tape measure pencil flat drill bit for wo. Using a router attachment remove the wood between the pencil lines drawn on the door edge to create a mortise for the. 4 use a 1 inch hole saw to bore latch hole in door edge. Close the door and look for where the lock bolt or latch bolt contacts the doorjamb.

Make a series of. Measure the thickness of your door before starting and use the marks supplied on the template for a door of that. Tools needed for this job. You usually need a 2 1 4 inch hole saw to install a lockset and a 1 inch spade bit for the barrel assembly but yours.

Trace the outline of the area. Make a cut out for the strike plate make a cut out of about 3 mm deep into which the strike plate fits neatly. Hold the chisel at a low angle to the door parallel to the door s length with the flat side of the chisel against the wood. Measure and mark a line along the center side to side of the jamb strip intersecting the line made in.

6 set latch into hole and mark its outline on door edge. Do the same to the template s edge bore to mark the center of the edge bore on the door. Use the chisel to deepen the outline marks. Tilt the lock to the side so you can easily cut the side of the shackle or the metal clasp that holds the lock together.

Align its centerline with the line drawn in step 2. Be careful not to cut deeper than the hinge thickness. Hold the bolt cutters in a comfortable position near your waist. Lightly tap the chisel with a hammer to remove the waste between each of the cut lines inside the mortise.

This marks the center of the face bore on the door.