And for todays f### up!
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24mm bit , pin a thin bit of ply over so you can centre it again.
assuming you are using a spade bit
i personally think you will have to fully fill the hole and start again iff you cant find a smaller latch
otherwise before you have got more than 10mm in it will go berserk creating a triangular hole
i personally think you will have to fully fill the hole and start again iff you cant find a smaller latch
otherwise before you have got more than 10mm in it will go berserk creating a triangular hole
Use a 23mm drill bit for steel. With care it should do nicely. Reduced shank drills are available for well under a tenner.
22mm drill bit is std for tubular latches
you could drill through a bit of 50 x 50 timber, screw it to the door with the hole in line with the one youve drilled, then drill through, it should guide it enough to drill through
there is a bodge way to try: drill it with a 22mm bit with the drill going backwards
you could drill through a bit of 50 x 50 timber, screw it to the door with the hole in line with the one youve drilled, then drill through, it should guide it enough to drill through
there is a bodge way to try: drill it with a 22mm bit with the drill going backwards
Dont beat yourself up over it, your missus can do that
Use a 24mm hole cutter over a 9mm piece of ply pinned over the hole to centre the guiding bit of the harbour.
Once at the desired depth, the extra bits will probably fall off, otherwise remove them with a small chisel.
You'll be then left with a 24mm hole.
For future reference: always keep a caliper handy when doing any job.
People laugh at me and call me Mr millimetre, but I don't like spending a day on a 5 minute job, so I measure things despite the "instructions".
Once at the desired depth, the extra bits will probably fall off, otherwise remove them with a small chisel.
You'll be then left with a 24mm hole.
For future reference: always keep a caliper handy when doing any job.
People laugh at me and call me Mr millimetre, but I don't like spending a day on a 5 minute job, so I measure things despite the "instructions".
You could just use a chisel, chisel a bit out of the bottom and a bit out of the top and the latch will slip in.
Blacksmiths drill did the trick... Little bit of breakout, but that'll be covered when I chisel out the front plate bit...
Disaster averted....
Disaster averted....
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