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