A cutter for inserting hinges into interior doors. Features of interior doors

In this article, we will consider more quick method inset of the lock in the interior door, in comparison. This method speeds up the work at times, and if you need to install a lock in several doors, then this is what you need.

We start the inset with the marking of the door leaf. I install a lock in an interior door so that the handle of the lock is 900 mm from the bottom of the door. I postpone this size on the door leaf.

I attach the lock to the door and align the hole for the handle with the mark, outline the edges of the lock.

I find the middle of the thickness of the door leaf and draw a line.

I measure the thickness of the part of the lock, which later hides in the door, in my case it is 12 mm. I take a drill with a diameter of 1-2 mm and drill holes from mark to mark on the canvas. I try to keep the holes one after the other.

Then, with the same drill, we drill the holes into the longitudinal groove.

With a chisel we trim the groove for the lock. I didn't have a drill with a diameter of 13-14 mm, so I had to trim it at the end with a router to get a sufficient width of the slot for the lock. But if the drill had the required diameter, then nothing would have to be trimmed, it turned out about the same groove, only with an uneven edge.

We attach the lock and see if it sits well.

If everything is in order, use a knife to mark the pad of the lock on the door leaf.

I attach a lock, it should fit tightly.

I mark the holes for the handle and latch. I attach the lock to the side of the door, align it with the edge of the door and make sure that the edges line up with the edges of the milled groove.

I drill holes for the handle and latch. I use a 20 mm Faustner ledge. Previous post: How to install hinges on an interior door. Cutting in loops with a router.

Fashionable interior trends dictate their own conditions, thanks to which people began to change both entrance and interior door panels more often. At the same time, their replacement is associated with certain costs, the lion's share of which goes to pay the workers who will install the door. DIY installation would be an obvious solution to the problem, but this requires skills and special tool... For example, in order to accurately cut in the locking device, you will need a milling cutter, we will talk about this in more detail later.

What is a cutter, what advantages does it give when installing a lock in a door?

A hand-held milling cutter (popularly just a milling cutter) at one time made it possible to make a breakthrough in woodworking, because with such a tool, complex wood carving can be done practically "on the knee". The advantage of a hand router is its portability. In the day-to-day work of a carpenter, various situations may arise where work needs to be done on site. Previously, it was necessary to either drag the product to the workshop, or use a chisel and, accordingly, get a rougher and more approximate result.

Now you can just take the router with you, bring it to any room, drag it to the roof or to others hard-to-reach places and perform the necessary actions without wasting time. Door installers made their work a lot easier by starting to use hand milling cutter.

Using a suitable cutter, you can cut in the locking device many times faster, saving an additional 30 minutes of time. This is quite significant, considering that it takes a specialist 2 hours to install a turnkey interior door.

It should not be forgotten that before, when the lock was inserted, the craftsmen had to "dig out" a deep groove for it with a chisel. The one who "wielded" the chisel knows how laborious this work can be, how long it takes, not to mention the risk. After all, a chisel from careless movement can jump out and damage the surface of the door leaf. In this case, on the one hand, the master discredits himself, and on the other hand, he will suffer financially, because he will pay for new door out of your pocket.

Varieties of cutters: which ones are useful when installing a locking device?

There are currently a gigantic number of hand router bits. Using them, a nondescript piece of wood in skillful hands turns into ready product right before our eyes. All cutters can be roughly divided into three large groups.

• Edging. They are used for the manufacture of various carved elements on the surface of the material, they are also useful in the manufacture of the edges of products.
• Slotted. They are used for making grooves, indentations, recesses, grooves of any depth on any wooden surfaces.
• Figyria. Designed to create various carvings decorative elements on furniture facades, on the surfaces of door leaves and other products.

To install locks in interior door leaves, you will need a groove cutter of a suitable length. With its help, it costs nothing to cut a perfect recess in the end part of the door leaf. True, difficulty may arise during installation. door hinges, because under them you also need to cut straight grooves. But if you have an overrunning milling cutter at hand, there will be no problems.

Important! If you need to cut a large round hole in the door leaf, for example, to mount a knob handle, you will need a spiral cutter for inserting locks.

Getting ready to install the locking device: select the tool

For correct installation locks in interior door leaves it is important to choose the right tool... It is best to immediately stock up on all the necessary fixtures, tools and accessories before starting installation work. In order to get down to business not to be distracted by the search and purchase of "what was not enough." Therefore, it is advisable to consider the entire list of tools that will be needed to install doors, which is called "turnkey".

1. Construction tape and square are necessary for making measurements in order not to make a mistake when planting the locking device.
2. A simple pencil - its purpose is clear.
3. A slipway - useful in order to fix the canvas on the floor, gaining easier access to its end part.
4. Phillips screwdriver - needed to attach the locking device to the door leaf.
5. Drill - required to drill holes for fasteners.
6. Chisel and hammer - needed to process the edges of the groove.
7. Manual electric milling cutter - it is needed to prepare recesses for cutting locks and grooves for hinges.

Important! It will not be possible to do without a chisel and a hammer, because even a spiral cutter for inserting locks leaves ugly edges, which, however, can be easily brought to mind by the “old-fashioned method”.

Installation process of locks

Having picked up the most necessary tool, you can start installing the door leaf. We will not describe the entire process from beginning to end, since this does not correspond to the topic of the article. Let's talk only about the process of inserting the locking device, breaking it, for the convenience of presentation, into stages.

Summing up, we note that for installing locks in door leaf minimum carpentry skills and suitable tools are required. All the work from start to finish can be done by hand. You need to know not only what tools are required, but also what kind of cutter is needed for a particular stage of work. If you manage to study and prepare all this, then the work will give you pleasure, and the result will bring satisfaction.

Depending on the factor of the location of the door block, the method of opening, as well as on the total active canvases, it is permissible to sort the doors with respect to certain types... For many, external opening doors are familiar, but there are also doors. internal type opening.

Consumer demand

Statistics recent years relative to the demand for door structures designed to enter an apartment, it shows an indicator of growing popularity in metal doors internal opening. This fact of consumer demand is explained by the fact that there are three or even all four entrances to the apartment in high-rise multi-apartment buildings. So one common area of ​​a small square cannot allow the owners to leave their own premises at a time.
The next reason hiding the increased consumer demand for interior doors, is expressed in the comfort of using the opening. If it is permissible to remove the interior doors from the hinges if necessary to bring the overall furniture into the room, then the entrance canvases are quite difficult to dismantle for the same needs.
Internal opening doors allow you to freely use the opening when opening the sash.
As for technical parameters, then the internal doors are somewhat distinguishable from standard designs opening swinging outward, which is in no way similar to interior blocks... The selection of typical blocks should be made especially carefully, since the issue of burglar resistance of typical products is relevant.
Entrance canvases to an apartment or any other building with internally openings are a design with more vulnerable burglar resistance indicators. the sash, which opens from itself, is quite easy to knock out corny with a foot or by applying another slight physical impact. So the doors of the inner opening must be endowed with increased rate resistance and resistance to typical influences.
It should be noted that the vast majority of manufacturers door designs, is not engaged in the manufacture of blocks that open into the apartment. The reason for this is the aforementioned susceptibility to unreliability before knocking out, which each manufacturing company will not risk, in terms of its reputation. Still the leading manufacturers of door slabs entrance group provide the retail consumer with standard manufactured products in an assortment, creating structures, so that, using any tool, the door remains a reliable barrier to unauthorized access to a home or other other premises.

Design features

Not the last role in quality indicators reliability is given installation work, however, when creating a structure, additional safety factors are used, which are achieved through the following indicators:

For typical products, the thickness of the steel sheet in relation to the requirements of GOST standards should even exceed 3 mm.

At the same time, standard entrance doors are endowed with only two or at most three horizontally directed stiffeners, while internal doors are equipped with a combination of vertical and horizontal stiffeners. Thus, a kind, in visual perception, steel mesh from a square profile or from an angular profile, makes it possible to exclude deformations and mechanical damage to the door leaf.

If the interior blocks can be additionally and rather easily removed from the existing gap in the vestibule, then the entrance fabrics are rather difficult to reconstruct in this direction. At the same time, the existing gap in the vestibule opens up more opportunities for unauthorized entry into the building. They get rid of a typical problem in the process of manufacturing a structure in a factory or factory environment, by strengthening the site in the castle zone. Thus, any type of impact, including a mechanical one, is prevented at the root of attempts.

Types of indoor units

Internal door products, as a structure with an opening inwardly to the entrance premises, can be subdivided into different kinds regarding the opening method:

Internal opening constructions can be created from the most various materials, as well as to decorate in completely different ways, similar to the classic products of the entrance group with a standard opening method.

If earlier tools such as a hammer and a chisel were used to install door hinges and locks, today an electric milling cutter is more often used.

You can use a template for cutting hinges and locks - there are several options, due to which it is selected the best option for any individual situation.

Device advantages

Such a device will be convenient for both a professional and home master who decided to install new doors. A device such as a locks cutter will be convenient thanks to:

• The modesty of its size and weight. This device is extremely easy to use;
• The tool is extremely mobile - you can carry it with the help of a case;
• Damage the door leaf, frame or door block in general, it will be difficult than if you use a conventional tool - a hammer and a chisel;
• If you use a specialized tool - a machine, you can eliminate or minimize errors, thereby ensuring the maximum quality and reliable fit of the mounted lock and fixed door hinges.

Designed tool for processing wooden surfaces, in particular for creating edges or grooves. With its help, you can perform as much as possible short time such types of work as insertion and installation of locks into precisely fitted holes, the device of recesses for the hinges (their subsequent installation).

Such a device will be convenient for both doors and window frames, or other similar surfaces (doors to cabinets, cupboards, etc.).

In addition, the router will not only allow you to conveniently install the door hardware, but also round off the edges, you can make neat profiled strips, create beautiful and reliable connections.

Despite the seeming complexity, everyone can easily learn to use a router - nothing like this tool differs from a curly loop, or a drill.

Types and models of such a tool

With the help of a router, you can create almost any profile - both with straight and rounded edges.

A set of several cutters can be purchased for the router, each of which performs a separate function and is designed for a separate type of work:

• Vertical, or otherwise called - submersible. They are intended for a variety of jobs;
• Edging, or edging - will allow high-quality processing of edges and edges. This model is offered with small dimensions and weight;
• Combined models include both of the above options;
• There are also specific models - dowel, lamellar and trimmer.

If you purchase a router for working with door leaves, then you can choose models that can be used to ensure the formation of the desired depth for the hinges. There are also models with which you can embed the lock. The possibility of making finger joints is also offered.

If you are going to purchase a tool such as a milling cutter, you should decide for what types of work it is needed, and with what intensity it will be used.

There are professional models that are more suitable for craftsmen who install doors on a daily basis. A simpler model is suitable for homework.

There are a lot of manufacturers of such devices, so you can choose a model not only in terms of functionality, but also in terms of cost, quality and reliability.

You can save money only if you plan to work with the tool extremely rarely, otherwise it is worth purchasing a professional model, which is not only highly reliable, but also has a wide range of functions.

A cheap model will quickly exhaust its reserve and, accordingly, there will be a need to purchase new instrument.

Application area

As already mentioned, you can use a regular hammer and chisel to install the hinges and locks, but when using them you should be prepared that you will have to spend a lot of time and effort.

Such a device is irreplaceable tool for those who are professionally and daily engaged in the installation of doors.

In order to perform all the necessary actions, the canvas must be fixed vertically, by means of a slipway.

The master must definitely mark the place where the installation of the lock or hinges is planned. The next step is to check - you need to attach the part to the marked area and see how perfect the marking is. The areas of the canvas that go beyond the markings should be covered with masking tape to protect them from damage.

A slot router must be used to complete the required steps.

In any case, a tool such as a router for inserting any type of locks and hinges will be relevant for any apartment or private house. The need to install doors rarely occurs, however, the need to replace the hinges, or to align the door leaf with the frame, can often arise. If you do this on professional level- it is the milling cutter that will allow you to quickly and conveniently complete the entire front of work.

Although the device is convenient in operation, certain experience and knowledge is required to work with it, why not everyone acquires a router.

In order to have an idea of ​​how to embed a lock into an interior door, you need to know its design and types.

Depending on the type of fastening, there are overhead and mortise locks. Overhead models, due to the outdated design, are practically not used anymore. It is very easy to install such a lock correctly, since for normal work it is only required to provide the latch with the entrance to the counter plate. In this case, the main part of the castle is outside.

It is much more difficult to insert the lock into the interior door, because the entire mechanism must be introduced into the canvas.

Locking tongues can have the following types of fixation:

• magnetic - the metal tongue is attracted by the magnet, while the spring completely blocks its movement;
• roller - fixation is carried out due to a moving roller and a spring;
• the latch is a standard mechanism that locks the latch thanks to the tongue.

In addition, a lock can be installed in the door, as for front door... Such a lock can be: lever, cylinder or disk.

Required tool

To install a lock in an interior door with your own hands was easy, you need to prepare a certain tool:

• pencil;
• hammer;
• drill;
• chisel;
• Phillips screwdriver
• drill for metal or wood;
• chisel;
• bit;
• cutters of such a diameter, which should be the slots for the latch and handle.

When the entire tool is prepared, you can proceed to the rest of the preparatory and installation work with your own hands.

Do-it-yourself lock insert

Before inserting the lock into the interior door, it is necessary to mark where it will be located. Usually matched optimal height for all residents of the apartment, but it is better if everyone door handles will be located at the same height.

When the place for the castle has been chosen, the next step is to do it yourself, which is done in this way:

• the lock case is applied to the surface of the door (from the side) and circled to outline the place for the hole;
• choose a drill 1-1.5 mm larger than the thickness of the lock case, and drill a hole for the lock. The holes run perpendicular to the end of the door and are placed so that the distance is the same on each side;
• a chisel with a hammer prepares a hole for the lock with your own hands;
• the lock is inserted into the hole. At the same time, he should not hang out and easily enter;
• make a deepening with a chisel along the contour of the lock with their own hands so that the lock plate lies flush;
• we prepare the holes for the door handle and the core of the key, after which they need to be installed and fastened with screws using the appropriate tool.

Some models of locks for interior doors have a position lock on one of the handles. Therefore, when installing such a lock, you need to pay attention that this locking mechanism is located with inside door leaf.

Installing the door latch handle

To secure door handle latch at the door, you need to perform the following actions:

• install decorative overlays and attach them with self-tapping screws;
• fix a rod that has a square or hexagonal section. A rod will connect the door handles on both sides of the door;
• close the door to correctly mark the position of the latch for the lock;
• measure the length of the tongue and mark it on the door frame;
• to the marks indicated with a pencil, attach a receiving pad and circle it with a pencil;
• along the indicated contour, using the necessary tool, holes are drilled, and the chisel is given the necessary shape for seat overlays;
• the pad is installed on the prepared place and fastened with self-tapping screws;
• the door lock is opened and closed to check if it functions correctly.

Cutters for inserting locks into interior doors

To install the lock in the door leaf quickly and efficiently, you can use a router.

First, the door is fastened in a vertical position so that during all work not to hold it, after which the place for the location of the lock is marked.

Installing a patch lock

The installation of overhead locks has long been a thing of the past, but still, such locks are sometimes used, especially when mortise lock breaks down, and there is no way to embed a new one. In this case, it is better to choose a new lock that is the same size as the old mortise lock.

When the lock is installed with your own hands, you must perform the following actions:

• a lock pattern is applied to the door and the locations of the holes for the fasteners and the cylinder are marked, after which the necessary indentations are made;
• on outside the door is fixed in the prepared hole with a cylinder and a ring for fixing, and from the inside - a mounting plate;
• the locking latch is released, after which the connecting rod is aligned with the slot;
• a recess is made on the box end for the striker;
• the striker plate is attached to the door frame.