How To Make A Door Handle Hole

Tape the template to the door and mark the centers of the lockset and barrel hole by making an indentation with the tip of a spade bit.

How to make a door handle hole.

Note that the template offers two possibilities for the barrel hole one for a 1 3 8 inch door and one for a 1 3 4 inch door. I searched to see if someone made a wooden dowel the right size that could be cut down. This technique can be used to enlarge other holes as well including faucet holes on a kitchen countertop. I d use the square on the edge of the door to make sure the line was at a 90 degree angle with the edge of the door.

X research source if your latch hardware doesn t sit flush with the edge of the door you may need to cut a shallow mortise for it by chiseling out the area around it. Set the latch of the door handle into its hole and make marks to show where the faceplate will be located. Close the door tightly and let go of the knob. Then use the template to guide where you drill your holes in the door.

Too bad they don t make door plugs or a hole saw just the right size to make your own. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. How to cut a hole for a door knob in a metal door. Turn the door over remove the plywood disk from the hole saw and use the hole saw to drill through the other side of the door until the two holes meet.

Use masking tape to secure the door handle kit s template to the door at this spot. With any luck a metal door custom made to fit your entryway will arrive with a hole already furnished for the lockset the correct term for a. With so many using old doors to make other things out of anymore there would be a market for either one. Turn the knob and hold it to keep the bolt retracted.

Choose the mark that corresponds to the door width. Watch this video to find out more. The bolt will make a pencil mark on the doorjamb. Align the edge of the strike plate s hole just to the door side of the mark and proceed with scoring around the strike plate.