Make a series of closely spaced cuts into the mortise area.
How to drill a door for a mortise lock.
That s what this video is here for.
How to cut a mortise for a deadbolt lock.
Create the mortise using a router attachment remove the wood between the pencil lines drawn on the door edge to create a mortise for the faceplate.
Push the keep on and mark a pencil line all the way round the hole inside for the latch.
Mark the area around the strike plate that you want to install flush with the wood.
Step 11 install the strike plate photo by david carmack.
Use the 10mm chisel to square the hole up cutting at the top and bottom first.
In the early days the pocket was cut out using a brace and bit.
Use the chisel to deepen the outline marks.
With the large hole cut it s now time to drill the small 1 inch hole in the edge of the door.
You want to drill part way into one side of the door stop and then start to drill from the other side.
Trace the outline of the area.
Make a series of.
It will show you how you can drill out the stump of a mortice lock allowing you to get past the lock entirely.
Fit the latch and faceplate into the door.
Square up the sides of the mortise with a chisel if necessary.
To install a mortise lock into a wood or composite door requires a pocket drilled into the edge of the door with the centerline of the door prep at 39 3 16 above the finished floor.
Use a 7 8 inch spade bit to drill two partially overlapping 5 8 inch deep holes centered above and below the midpoint inset.
Carefully remove the timber inside the lines using the same technique as for the door latch.
It is not a difficult procedure and all you really need is a power drill with the appropriate bits and maybe.
Use a bevel edge chisel and hammer to square the corners of the mortise if the faceplate has square corners.
Drill the holes for the spindle and keyhole make the spindle hole at least as big as the spindle boss of the lock for the keyhole drill the top hole and cut out the shape using a thin pad saw.
Remove the keep and drill a 16mm hole about 10mm deep.
The brace is a u shaped steel hand tool that has a wood cap on one end and a bit chuck on the other.
Hold the strike plate over the mortise and score its outline with a utility knife.