Yesterday, while at the home center to get plumbing supplies, my SO picked out a new lever-style door knob for the bathroom, complaining that the old round knobs that came with the house were getting to be difficult for her to open. I wasn't doing anything this afternoon, so I figured I'd go ahead and change it out really quick.
Turns out the old knobs were not made to the modern standard and the holes in door were way too small, so I got to learn how to bore new door handle holes.
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@prokyonid Challenging work when there are already holes there! But at least they were too small and not too big.
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@cjonthehudson Yeah, it was difficult to get the new hole started, because the centering bit had nothing but empty space to bite into so the hole saw just wanted to walk all over the door face. Fortunately, the backing plate of the new knobs covered most of the scarring.
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@prokyonid Exactly what I'd have been worried about. My solution would have been to try to clamp some plywood in place to give the guidebit something to drill into, but it wouldn't be easy no matter what. Glad it came out well!
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