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How to make a door lock hole bigger.
Cut two scraps of 1 2 or thicker plywood making them several inches larger than the hole.
Why won t that new doorknob fit in your old door.
Mark the centerline of the existing hole on the edge of the door.
Need to drill a new hole really close to the original one.
Instead of paying big bucks for a new door wi.
Draw a center line on the plywood and mark setback of the hole from one edge of the plywood.
This is a common problem when drilling a larger hole in a door for a new deadbolt or lockset.
Cut two pieces of scrap plywood several inches larger than the diameter of the hole.
Jam a wood plug into the existing hole haha show how to drill a hole.
Lay the block on the door and align the two sets of center marks.
Then mark centerlines on the plywood block.
You need two different hole saws to create the perfectly round holes in the face of the door and the smaller hole in the edge of the door.
The hole diameters are 2 and 1 8 inch and 1 inch respectively.
Set the pilot bit on the intersecting centerlines and bore clean.
Enlarging the lockset hole in a door can be difficult since there s nothing to guide the pilot bit.
Have a door out of alignment due to settling.
Place a second plywood block behind the door and clamp the parts together as illustrated.
All you need is an idea how to drill a hole in the door for new hardware on a old door.
To enlarge an existing hole.
When enlarging a lockset hole mark the centerlines of the old hole on the door.