Your fitting of this handle fixed a 5 year old problem for me. I couldn’t work out why when I tightened the door handle the lock would no longer move. After watching this I realised that I had to make a recess for the spring mechanism on the back of the handle - obvious really just hadn’t worked it out until I watched this - so thank you all sorted and now works properly for the first time.
We had our house decorated a couple of years ago, and as well as doing a great job, the decorator put all the socket and switch covers back on with the screws perfectly vertical. I was ridiculously happy with this, but apparently was the only customer who had ever noticed it.
Another great video & a good job well done. A simple tip worth considering when drilling out the mortise for the lock is to drill the top hole followed by the very bottom hole, then drill the holes in between. This way you never end up trying to drill a part hole at the bottom. I think this may have been the reason your forstner bit ran wild! Keep up the good work👍
for doors I use a clamp on jig and appropriate bits to which I then connect a normal drill. It allows setting of depth and produces a nice neat cut particularly along the long edge. I find chiselling the long edge never gave the factory finish I wanted but I guess that depends on your chiselling skills! You were so lucky with that slip..how many times that has happened to me I cannot remember. I felt your pain in the groan....but worked out in the end Phew..
You made a really neat job of this. I like the idea of lining up the slot head screw slots. It’s this close attention to detail that shows that the job has been done by a craftsman who cares. I sometimes come across this feature on antique furniture and joinery and it’s a nice finishing touch.
Lovely. Find hardware fitting quite therapeutic! Also another tip when drilling the lock out keep the flat bit slightly higher than the square top and bottom edge. That way your not spending ages squaring off with a chisel. People forget the radius of the flat bit.
Great work as usual. Good choice of hardware as well. I like that old style hardware with the old skeleton key. Those went out of use here in the US in the early 1900s ish... When we go to Greece the places we stay at use them and the fancy tamper proof modern style keys for the deadbolt. One tip. Paint the wood black behind the trim where the key goes in. It hides the ugliness of the hole drilled in the wood.
Nice video👍 The tape on the drill idea. I used to do that but recently started using a marker pen on the bit. As it spins its easy to see and a little more accurate.
When it comes to the faceplate, I slide the lock in and screw the faceplate in position. I then run my Stanley round the faceplate. Unscrew the lock and you will have a perfect outline to chisel or router out to. The knife blade will have broken the grain to minimise splitting. I do this on my hinges, locks and faceplates.
I would highly recommend a carpenters marking gauge even if a tiny router is used to inlay plates. It literally cuts down the grain dead straight. Nice vid mate
Another great video. I've always been a vertical slotted screw man myself. I reasoned that rain would run off the screws more readily and minimise them rusting, but if I'm honest it's just down to how it looks visually (damned OCD!) Plus I always use stainless steel screws externally, so rust shouldn't be a problem anyway! 🤣
Great Video, as are all of your videos! I have just had an oak front door fitted and the carpenter butchered the mortise joints! I was so tempted before hand to have a go myself and am now kicking myself after watching this. Keep up the good work mate. Very inspiring content that I look forward to each week👍
oh, Tim, I had my hands up in front of my eyes when your drill slipped all over that beautiful piece of oak....thank Buddha you were able to correct it :-)))
Is a lot of work in something as simple as a door lock and more so when want finish and function smooth . I made a measure mistake once on a lovely hardwood door as had the lock upside down when marked handle hole, luckily hole close to centre so the plate covered the oval hole I had make correct that cock up . Job jobbed, real wood looks so much better than even the best upvc ...
Is the handle springing back up ok ? If it’s not, open the door and look at the handles , eye level with latch part . And see if the in line . sometimes the smallest misalignment can cause binding. You can get away with this by backing the screw or two off by a little . Also use a 20 / 25mm flat bit for spindle hole .
I felt the pain when that bit moved across the wood, you struck lucky with where the plate landed. Even if you make a little mistake like that you know it's there and can see it every time you pass. I'm no perfectionist but things like that really wind me up.
Lovely job, love the videos, doing something very similar myself but this project it seriously looks like the frame and door are the wrong way around.. what are your thoughts? I don’t mean to be critical but it just looks wrong
It’s a reversible frame and door so could be either. In our case it’s a porch so very little space to swing three doors from such a small room. This side of the house has always had an outward opening door anyway.
Haha you definitely put a buzz in the comment section with vertical and horizontal 🤣🤣 ...... you are worse than my kids with giving me a heart attack... even advance warning didn’t spare me from the deep gasp and flinching 😜
I can tell from this video that my locksmith didnt charge me near enough for all the work he did on my front door last week. I had no idea it was this involved.
This is a great job, you are so meticulous, puts me to shame. Horizontal vs Vertical, I had always thought the slots should run with the grain of the wood surrounding.
@@danielburton5468 It's completely subjective. As a time served Carpenter and now a Senior Coordinator for a 5 Star Housebuilder, I can confirm that it can be either way.
Your fitting of this handle fixed a 5 year old problem for me. I couldn’t work out why when I tightened the door handle the lock would no longer move. After watching this I realised that I had to make a recess for the spring mechanism on the back of the handle - obvious really just hadn’t worked it out until I watched this - so thank you all sorted and now works properly for the first time.
We had our house decorated a couple of years ago, and as well as doing a great job, the decorator put all the socket and switch covers back on with the screws perfectly vertical. I was ridiculously happy with this, but apparently was the only customer who had ever noticed it.
Another great video & a good job well done. A simple tip worth considering when drilling out the mortise for the lock is to drill the top hole followed by the very bottom hole, then drill the holes in between. This way you never end up trying to drill a part hole at the bottom. I think this may have been the reason your forstner bit ran wild! Keep up the good work👍
It is exactly the reason. Great tip. 👍
for doors I use a clamp on jig and appropriate bits to which I then connect a normal drill. It allows setting of depth and produces a nice neat cut particularly along the long edge. I find chiselling the long edge never gave the factory finish I wanted but I guess that depends on your chiselling skills! You were so lucky with that slip..how many times that has happened to me I cannot remember. I felt your pain in the groan....but worked out in the end Phew..
You made a really neat job of this. I like the idea of lining up the slot head screw slots. It’s this close attention to detail that shows that the job has been done by a craftsman who cares. I sometimes come across this feature on antique furniture and joinery and it’s a nice finishing touch.
Nicely done and respect for not editing the mistake of using the Forster bit
I might have cut the audio a little short on that clip though! 😳
No ones perfect
Lovely. Find hardware fitting quite therapeutic! Also another tip when drilling the lock out keep the flat bit slightly higher than the square top and bottom edge. That way your not spending ages squaring off with a chisel. People forget the radius of the flat bit.
Great work as usual. Good choice of hardware as well. I like that old style hardware with the old skeleton key. Those went out of use here in the US in the early 1900s ish... When we go to Greece the places we stay at use them and the fancy tamper proof modern style keys for the deadbolt.
One tip. Paint the wood black behind the trim where the key goes in. It hides the ugliness of the hole drilled in the wood.
This channel is great 👍
Nice video👍 The tape on the drill idea. I used to do that but recently started using a marker pen on the bit. As it spins its easy to see and a little more accurate.
Really good stuff.
So glad you used a good and secure lock as well!
When it comes to the faceplate, I slide the lock in and screw the faceplate in position. I then run my Stanley round the faceplate. Unscrew the lock and you will have a perfect outline to chisel or router out to. The knife blade will have broken the grain to minimise splitting. I do this on my hinges, locks and faceplates.
I would highly recommend a carpenters marking gauge even if a tiny router is used to inlay plates. It literally cuts down the grain dead straight. Nice vid mate
A cutting gauge is preferable.
Main test is on a hot day!
Great workmanship love your videos! There's so good to watch with a cup of tea.
Great attention to detail with the horizontal screws. That makes me happy :)
Great video. Clear and praise. Easy to follow. Thank you 😊
Another great video. I've always been a vertical slotted screw man myself. I reasoned that rain would run off the screws more readily and minimise them rusting, but if I'm honest it's just down to how it looks visually (damned OCD!) Plus I always use stainless steel screws externally, so rust shouldn't be a problem anyway! 🤣
I was told its vertical because back in the day handles got painted and runs off the screw better so you can unscrew easier.
@@dalemoore11 Good point, perhaps that's where I get the vertical screw thing from 😊
Great Video, as are all of your videos! I have just had an oak front door fitted and the carpenter butchered the mortise joints! I was so tempted before hand to have a go myself and am now kicking myself after watching this. Keep up the good work mate. Very inspiring content that I look forward to each week👍
By butchering the mortice joints do you mean he morticed into the lock rail for the door lock?
oh, Tim, I had my hands up in front of my eyes when your drill slipped all over that beautiful piece of oak....thank Buddha you were able to correct it :-)))
I’m a 45 degree kind of guy. I wish I saw this last year before I did mine. Great vid I need one of those self centre drills they look awesome.
Is a lot of work in something as simple as a door lock and more so when want finish and function smooth .
I made a measure mistake once on a lovely hardwood door as had the lock upside down when marked handle hole, luckily hole close to centre so the plate covered the oval hole I had make correct that cock up .
Job jobbed, real wood looks so much better than even the best upvc ...
Beautiful job Tim!
working late at night tiring need a lot concentrating to do to avoid mistakes door looking good.
This video helped a lot, thanks. I should have followed the steps better 😆but it still worked out okay.
Great Video 👏👏👌🏻👍
I’m definitely a vertical screw person, with the grain.
Is the handle springing back up ok ? If it’s not, open the door and look at the handles , eye level with latch part . And see if the in line . sometimes the smallest misalignment can cause binding. You can get away with this by backing the screw or two off by a little .
Also use a 20 / 25mm flat bit for spindle hole .
Tim you did good and it all fits .
That's a work of art!
I'd be applying to all the top manufactures for there tools so you can test them and advertise them too.
Great job!
Looking good fella
What tape do you use for your work like the green one you’ve used on this video
Incredible
I felt the pain when that bit moved across the wood, you struck lucky with where the plate landed. Even if you make a little mistake like that you know it's there and can see it every time you pass. I'm no perfectionist but things like that really wind me up.
Lovely job, love the videos, doing something very similar myself but this project it seriously looks like the frame and door are the wrong way around.. what are your thoughts? I don’t mean to be critical but it just looks wrong
It’s a reversible frame and door so could be either. In our case it’s a porch so very little space to swing three doors from such a small room. This side of the house has always had an outward opening door anyway.
What you fitting to stop the door being flung open too far?
Are you expecting the door to swell? I used the UV oil on an external door and found it still swelled up.
Haha you definitely put a buzz in the comment section with vertical and horizontal 🤣🤣 ...... you are worse than my kids with giving me a heart attack... even advance warning didn’t spare me from the deep gasp and flinching 😜
I can tell from this video that my locksmith didnt charge me near enough for all the work he did on my front door last week. I had no idea it was this involved.
I’m sure when you do it every day and have the jigs, that it is a good bit quicker but it does take longer than you think.
4:59 omg
Yes, an easy job, but you do have to take your time as the door itself ain't cheap!
This is a great job, you are so meticulous, puts me to shame. Horizontal vs Vertical, I had always thought the slots should run with the grain of the wood surrounding.
Nice job. My wife hates not having jobs completed. 😉
Your neighbours must be jealous and annoyed that your home is looking beautiful and there's are looking old.lol
I have done very similar with Woodglut designs.
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8:11, the mark of a REAL CARPENTER!!!
Not really screws should be dressed vertically
@@danielburton5468 It's completely subjective. As a time served Carpenter and now a Senior Coordinator for a 5 Star Housebuilder, I can confirm that it can be either way.
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