Take your time so you keep the drill perfectly.
How to cut a door handle hole.
Setting the door handle 1.
Tape the template to the.
Mark the precise center top to bottom of the bolt.
Mark the centers of the holes unpack the installation instructions that came with the lockset and cut out the template with a pair of scissors.
Using a router attachment remove the wood between the pencil lines drawn on the door edge to create a mortise for the faceplate.
Use a bevel edge chisel and hammer to square the corners of the mortise if the faceplate has square corners.
Once the center bit protrudes through the door stop and switch sides.
Chisel out the faceplate outline with a chisel and hammer.
3 bore the doorknob hole through the face of door using a 2 1 8 inch hole saw.
Mark with an x the center spot for the doorknob.
Screw a 2.
This ensures you don t splinter the wood on the face of the door as you blast through drilling from just one side.
Place the template that comes with the lockset on the metal door.
How to cut a hole for a door knob in a metal door 1.
4 use a 1 inch hole saw to bore latch hole in door edge.
Fold the template around the edge of the door at the height you want the knob which is usually in the center of the.
Measure and mark a line along the center side to side of the jamb strip intersecting the line made in.
2 screw hole boring template to door for drilling out the lockset holes.
Continued drilling through the opposite side until you complete the door knob hole in the door.
Trace the handle s faceplate with a pencil.
Place the chisel at a 45 angle and begin to chisel the.
Drill a pilot hole with a inch bit straight through the door.
1 transfer lockset location from old door to edge of new door.
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With the large hole cut it s now time to drill the small 1 inch hole in the edge of the door.
Close the door and look for where the lock bolt or latch bolt contacts the doorjamb.
Fit the latch and faceplate into the door.
Screw the faceplate into the.
Apply firm pressure as you drill the hole into the door making sure the hole saw is flat and not angled as it goes through the door.
How to chisel out a door lock plate.
