Chisel Door Frame For Lock

The plate should be flush with the door edge when inserted into the finished mortise.

Chisel door frame for lock.

The lock jig also suits face plates on a 1 inch mortice latch. Fortunately cutting out this mortise isn t nearly as difficult as it sounds. Fit the latch and faceplate into the door. Knowing how to cut a mortise is essential for installing a deadbolt lock.

This lock installation tool is made to be used on doors 34 mm to 58 mm thick. Mark the precise centre top to bottom of the bolt onto the inside edge of the jamb using a pencil. Chiseling a recess called a mortise for a door lock plate is one of those jobs that s very simple in theory but also very easy to mess up. Close the door and look for where the lock bolt or latch bolt contacts the door jamb.

You ll need to cut a mortise a small shallow recess in the wood of the door and doorjamb for the latchbolt and strike plate to rest. Use a bevel edge chisel and hammer to square the corners of the mortise if the faceplate has square corners. Here i fit one using some basic hand tools and an electric drill. Chisel out the recess for the rectangular faceplate by inserting the bolt latch set into the door and marking the profile of the faceplate onto the door edge.

Using a router attachment remove the wood between the pencil lines drawn on the door edge to create a mortise for the faceplate. Chisel a recess for the faceplate. Turn the chisel upside down and repeat at the bottom again keeping just inside the lines. It s an easy job that only takes a.

Use a combination square to transfer this centre mark across the face of the jamb onto the flat strip between the inside edge of the jamb and the door stop. Chisel to remove enough material to allow the faceplate to be flush with the door edge usually about 3 16 in. Now using the same technique for chopping out the hinge remove the timber inside being careful to cut only as deep as the face plate is. Then chisel to the same depth every 1 8 inch between the top and bottom of the plate outline.

Using a chisel cut along the outline as deep as the plate is thick. Use a sharp 1 in. The worthless handymen at our apartment never installed a strike plate for our front deadbolt. Turn the chisel bevel side down and remove the waste working from the middle out.

Trend s lock jig uses a set of interchangeable templates and with a router will cut the mortise and face plate recess for popular door locks. Example of how to use a bevel edged chisel to create hinge slots on a beech wood door.