Chisel Door Frame

Knowing how to cut a mortise is essential for installing a deadbolt lock.

Chisel door frame.

You ll need to cut a mortise a small shallow recess in the wood of the door and doorjamb for the latchbolt and strike plate to rest. Tap the chisel with a hammer to cut the wood about 1 8 inch deep or to the precise thickness of the hinge leaf. Unfortunately as you will see at th. Then gently tap the back end of the chisel with a hammer or mallet pushing it into the door.

Place the edge of a sharp chisel into any of the mortise outline grooves. Step 4 remove the waste wood with the chisel bevel side down held nearly parallel to the jamb. Fortunately cutting out this mortise isn t nearly as difficult as it sounds. Grasp the chisel blade near the edge with the bevel upward and.

A hinge mortise is the shallow cut made in the edge of a door and the door jamb that mirrors the size and thickness of the door hinge. The plate should be flush with the door edge when inserted into the finished mortise. Using a chisel cut along the outline as deep as the plate is thick. Just a video of mortising the latch strike plate on a door that had been cut down on the edges to make it fit in frame.

Then chisel to the same depth every 1 8 inch between the top and bottom of the plate outline. Tap a chisel into the scored outline. Turn the chisel bevel side down and remove the waste working from the middle out. Arno 467863 solid steel french timber framing slick chisel 35 mm 1 3 8 inch wide x 14 inches long rc 58 60 pvc dipped handles 5 0 out of 5 stars 4 44 99 44.

Move the chisel over and tap again until you ve cut along the entire scored outline. Cutting a door hinge mortise with a chisel. Hold a sharp chisel a 1 inch or 1 1 4 inch chisel works best vertically with the beveled side facing the mortise. Make a series of shallow cuts into the wood with the chisel.

Make the cuts about 1 4 inch apart.