Then mark centerlines on the plywood block.
How to make a door lock hole bigger.
The last thing you want to use is a jigsaw.
Have a door out of alignment due to settling.
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.
The hole diameters are 2 and 1 8 inch and 1 inch respectively.
Why won t that new doorknob fit in your old door.
All you need is an idea how to drill a hole in the door for new hardware on a old door.
Set the pilot bit on the intersecting centerlines and bore clean.
Because there s a new larger standard size for doorknobs.
Cut two scraps of 1 2 or thicker plywood making them several inches larger than the hole.
When enlarging a lockset hole mark the centerlines of the old hole on the door.
Mark the centerline of the existing hole on the edge of the door.
The stripped hole repair kit from king s original ha.
To enlarge an existing hole.
Need to drill a new hole really close to the original one.
Cut two pieces of scrap plywood several inches larger than the diameter of the hole.
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.
Place a second plywood block behind the door and clamp the parts together as illustrated.
Jam a wood plug into the existing hole haha show how to drill a hole.
Enlarging the lockset hole in a door can be difficult since there s nothing to guide the pilot bit.