See pic attached. Can I go ahead and enlarge the mortise in this door and use this mortise lock? Or will the mortise be too large and weaken the door too much?
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why not...
how thick is the door...
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......and how thick is the lock?
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Door is 1-3/4" thick. The mortise for the lock would be 3/4".
3/4" mortise in 1-3/4" door?.......don't see any problem with that!
Bore and chip at will.
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dunno...
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Go ahead. That's the kind of door that those locks were designed for.
Just be careful not to mortise too deep.
Shouldn't be a problem as long as the mortise is just big eough for the lock, but not too loose. The lock essentially replaces the wood you remove for the mortise and will replace the strength supplied by the wood you remove.
Work carefully, get a good fit, and you should be fine.
Thanks, all. Sounds like it's pretty unanimous to go for it. The door is solid White Oak, so I've got that going for me.I just have never installed a mortise lock that is so large compared to the stile that it's being mortised into. It's a really nice piece of hardware, though.
Is (Are?) there any holes, etc already in the door? If you can, it might be a good plan to do a test mortise (or two) on some scrap before you assault the good stuff. Messing up some scrap is no biggie, but messing up a white oak door might cause you to say things that your mother wouldn't approve of. - lol
your placement is good also. i've seen alot of placement that is pretty close to the rail,and down the road raise's a problem .
Ask me how I know to keep out of the mortise and tenon joint between the rail and stile of these types of doors...
No disrespect intended, just an observation.Did you make the door? I've installed alot of yale mortise locks.With doors the tenon is larger than the rail itself, odd granted but just a minor passing thought. I take it this a four or more panel door?
Yes, usually the stiles are wide enough for a full mortise lock. If I recall 4 - 9/16" is the depth of most locks. If you have 3/8" or more left of the stile then it is safe to mortise the door.The width is almost always 15/16" or less, so this won't matter even in a 1-3/8 " door.
mike