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17th Jan 2010, 10:52 PM
| | Novice | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sydney
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| |  Fitting new door handles
Hi all,
Just wondering what the best method would be to bore out a existing hole on a door to fit new handles? The hole saw and bore drill will not work as there is no pilot hole for the drill to fit into so it will most likely just skid over the place.
The old door handles used a much smaller hole and the latch hole is a few mm smaller too. The latch hole I was going to just use a file as its only a few mm.
Any ideas? Thanks |
17th Jan 2010, 10:56 PM
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remove each door, and lay on covered saw stools. Cut larger hole out will jig saw (masking tape on sole plate of jiggy saw to stop scratching paint), and latch hole chisel out with 6mm chisel once re hung  |
18th Jan 2010, 07:52 AM
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Drill hole (right size for handle) in piece of scrap plywood, clamp this to door and drill away. Hole saw will stay in place |
18th Jan 2010, 11:40 AM
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Drill hole (right size for handle) in piece of scrap plywood, clamp this to door and drill away. Hole saw will stay in place
Now that's worth remembering....cheers Cherub |
18th Jan 2010, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by cherub65  Drill hole (right size for handle) in piece of scrap plywood, clamp this to door and drill away. Hole saw will stay in place | awesome tip  |
18th Jan 2010, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by cherub65 Drill hole (right size for handle) in piece of scrap plywood, clamp this to door and drill away. Hole saw will stay in place | 
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18th Jan 2010, 03:01 PM
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Use a center pop to mark the hole , start with a small drill
Use brad point drills ( easiest method )
or as Cherub said some scrap
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10th Feb 2010, 09:45 PM
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nice work cherub. i'll remember that for the next time i stuff up with me hole saw! |
10th Feb 2010, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by cherub65 Drill hole (right size for handle) in piece of scrap plywood, clamp this to door and drill away. Hole saw will stay in place | I keep a guide in my toolbox just for this, I use a block on the edge to maintain a 60mm backset (note some locks are 70mm) | |
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