Fit the latch and faceplate into the door.
How to drill a door for a mortise lock.
Use a 7 8 inch spade bit to drill two partially overlapping 5 8 inch deep holes centered above and below the midpoint inset.
The brace is a u shaped steel hand tool that has a wood cap on one end and a bit chuck on the other.
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Use a bevel edge chisel and hammer to square the corners of the mortise if the faceplate has square corners.
Trace the outline of the area.
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.
Push the keep on and mark a pencil line all the way round the hole inside for the latch.
You want to drill part way into one side of the door stop and then start to drill from the other side.
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.
Square up the sides of the mortise with a chisel if necessary.
Remove the keep and drill a 16mm hole about 10mm deep.
Step 11 install the strike plate photo by david carmack.
Hold the strike plate over the mortise and score its outline with a utility knife.
This ensures you don t splinter the wood on the face of the door as you blast through drilling from just one side.
Mark the area around the strike plate that you want to install flush with the wood.
How to cut a mortise for a deadbolt lock.
With the large hole cut it s now time to drill the small 1 inch hole in the edge of the door.
Use the chisel to deepen the outline marks.
It will show you how you can drill out the stump of a mortice lock allowing you to get past the lock entirely.
Use the 10mm chisel to square the hole up cutting at the top and bottom first.
It is not a difficult procedure and all you really need is a power drill with the appropriate bits and maybe.
In the early days the pocket was cut out using a brace and bit.
Carefully remove the timber inside the lines using the same technique as for the door latch.
Transfer the positions of the top and bottom of the mortise lock body to the edge of the door.