Chisel Door Frame

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Chisel door frame. 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. Make a series of shallow cuts into the wood with the chisel. Knowing how to cut a mortise is essential for installing a deadbolt lock. Unfortunately as you will see at th.

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. Hold the chisel parallel to the door. Fortunately cutting out this mortise isn t nearly as difficult as it sounds. Using a sharp 1 inch wide chisel cut a series of parallel lines into the jamb about 1 4 inch apart staying within the scored lines and holding the chisel perpendicular to the wood.

Place the edge of a sharp chisel into any of the mortise outline grooves. Then gently tap the back end of the chisel with a hammer or mallet pushing it into the door. Make the cuts about 1 4 inch apart. Grasp the chisel blade near the edge with the bevel upward and.

Cutting a door hinge mortise with a chisel. Then chisel to the same depth every 1 8 inch between the top and bottom of the plate outline. Hold a sharp chisel a 1 inch or 1 1 4 inch chisel works best vertically with the beveled side facing the mortise. Tap the chisel with a hammer to cut the wood about 1 8 inch deep or to the precise thickness of the hinge leaf.

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. Step 4 remove the waste wood with the chisel bevel side down held nearly parallel to the jamb. Turn the chisel bevel side down and remove the waste working from the middle out.

Tap a chisel into the scored outline.