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How to make a door lock hole bigger.
To enlarge an existing hole.
Jam a wood plug into the existing hole haha show how to drill a hole.
Cut two scraps of 1 2 or thicker plywood making them several inches larger than the hole.
Set the pilot bit on the intersecting centerlines and bore clean.
The last thing you want to use is a jigsaw.
Place a second plywood block behind the door and clamp the parts together as illustrated.
Why won t that new doorknob fit in your old door.
Enlarging the lockset hole in a door can be difficult since there s nothing to guide the pilot bit.
This is a common problem when drilling a larger hole in a door for a new deadbolt or lockset.
Draw a center line on the plywood and mark setback of the hole from one edge of the plywood.
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.
Then mark centerlines on the plywood block.
Lay the block on the door and align the two sets of center marks.
Instead of paying big bucks for a new door wi.
All you need is an idea how to drill a hole in the door for new hardware on a old door.
When enlarging a lockset hole mark the centerlines of the old hole on the door.
Cut two pieces of scrap plywood several inches larger than the diameter of the hole.
Because there s a new larger standard size for doorknobs.
To solve this problem.
Need to drill a new hole really close to the original one.