There's something very satisfying about watching a craftsman at work.....

I don’t know what it is but I find watching the Stanley knifing and chiselling of the mortises extremely cathartic/therapeutic. Great video again Stuart.

How I wish I had paid attention in my wood classes at school. My Dad always put Vaseline on screws going into wood to assist if they had to come out again.

lovely job. Always ten times easier when the missus isn't over your shoulder "You not finished yet. its only a door latch"

Great video, I've been a professional carpenter for over 30 years and the advice and methods here are spot on. Only thing I would suggest is fitting a lock to take a euro cylinder. Much easier and cheaper to change if the key is ever lost.

I've done this so many times - but it was nice to sit back and just watch someone else... and I really loved the very BCUs. I saw the steel tips but I still cringe when I see hammers being used... but I also have to smile at my years-old conditioning... Looking forward to what you deal with in 2022

Excellent video and tutorial .... even after 45yrs in engineering I am learning a lot.

Thank for such great videos. You speak clearly and explain each step.

I find drilling the keyhole and spindle holes before I drill mortice saves the inside of the mortice hole from splitting.

Thank you from S. California 👍. Great job...

Subscribed after 2 minutes

All fuss for nothing use a jig for the job quickly finished and spot on 👍👍

I've watched this video so many times! Thats a work of art!

Thanks for another great video. Would you be able to do a video on how to hang a door. Hope you had a lovely Christmas Day.

Excellent video I’ve been looking for the how to on this for awhile thank you very much.

ITS-Its Too Steep! Got to be the dearest in existence

You are incredible, sir

Great vid . I have hung loads of doors over the years but was looking at you tube to see if I could speed up the process with a router

Excellent video. Thanks

I will probably never do this in my life but I really enjoyed learning about the anatomy of a lock! Informative and relaxing 😅

I live in the United States so we don’t really use Mortis locks and residential on new builds. They’re on older houses but when I’ve installed the regular cylindrical locks, I’ve used a hammer drill and drilled into the brick in basement and put super long screws with anchors so it’s hard to kick the door in because the screws go into the brick or the cinderblock behind the frame.

Found it!… 🤪 Thanks for this, which fits the next stage of my first door hanging, after following your hinge fitting instruction!… 👏🏻

If youre serious about not scratching the lock plates and covers when installing, use a plastic guitar pick, or a fiber jointers pick, or anything plastic and small really.

Proper DIY is an understatement!

Always enjoy your content and never see a dislike on any I've watched. Make all jobs seem so much more approachable and have saved me loads of money completing things myself. Thank you and keep them coming 😊

Thank you. I know why I was messing up now

Excellent video 😁. You're a very through carpenter 😁

excellent channel, im learning alot. Great structure to the videos too, the intro is brill, catchy song, no nonsense. Reminds me of alot of great 90's DIY/ house shows.

It would have been nice to see the closing of the door onto the stick plate to see how the completed job works.

Thank you.

Thank you for all your handy tips. I really find it so helpful.

you the man bro

Great stuff, enjoyed watching that. It is so tempting to use what is in your hand to remove the protective film. I keep an assortment of hardwood, plastic and copper 'things' handy for that purpose; but, it takes discipline to go and get them. However, I worked out that the amount of time I spend arguing with myself to get them is greater than going to get them. :)

When it comes to cleaning off the plastic that gets in the logo, rather than using a blade use toothpicks; their points are sharp enough to lift the plastic out without marking the metal, and cheap as chips so they say.

Such a nice job. I love how precise your hardware fits the mortices. When I try to cut the lines with a Stanley knife I usually run off track!

Thanks Stu, another very helpful video…..hope you and your family had a good christmas. Much love always from South Africa

Beautiful! Love your attention to detail

Great job as usual. Thank you and happy new year.

Super excellent Nice info for others Joo London Uk 🇬🇧

To remove any plastic protection simply use good tape place it on the plastic and pul.slowly

The drilled holes are not center-aligned so for me that defeats the purpose of using a narrower bit to "avoid making a wider..." mortice cavity. When chiseling out the hole you'll get a width the length of how much the furthest holes are apart. Humm. I like the tip for drilling vertically down (using the attached 2x4) though I've seen other (most) videos where people drill on a door that already has been hung (more unconfortable, I think, but a few make their cases for doing it this way). BTW I'm about to intall my first mortise lock so I'm watching a few videos on this. I pick up various hints from most of them.Thanks to all.

Stuart, Thank you very much for this. But sometimes we dont have the luxury of being able to remove the door- which looks like it makes it so much easier. One tip i did learn was to turn the key on the mortise so it stuck out when fitting the mortise lock in. if there were any error it made it so much easier to help get the lock out if it was in too tight. Also I agree with other viewer who suggested that you show viewers also how to reverse the catch if required. Great work- as ever- thanks

Fantastic job Stuart, really interesting and informative…. Your channel is brilliant.

Great video, i always use a Souber DBB Latch and Lock Morticer Jig, wouldn’t be without it.

I use fostner bit for quickly holes

Good job.

I will learn more from you

It might have been helpful to show how to turn the latch of a mortise if it faces the wrong way unless I missed it.

Great job as always! Hope you are having a great Christmas 🎄

Proper job mate, merry Christmas, keep up the good work bud, awesome video again. 🤙🏻

Hi Stuart, would you consider doing a video on the workings and usage of a router, I've never used one and know you're the only bloke who could do an instructional video worth watching. Seasons Greetings From New Zealand.

Great video,learnt a lot, thanks.

You have absolutely read my mind!! Just started watching your channel (and subscribed!) About 3 or 4 weeks ago due to buying a new house and intending to do 95% of the work myself - but I couldn't find a video on this, only the one on adjusting the latch/receiver... Brilliant, thank you and keep up the good work, definitely my top DIY channel 👍🏼

A little bit of blu tak will see that plastic off without scratches.

12:19 that's one hell of a donkeys hind leg on the brick work, I probably won't have noticed if the door frame hadn't of moved when the plate was offered up

I like your channel, neet tips. And the loft shoot was really nice 👍🏻 Mary Christmas and happy new years

On some doors you don’t have a. choice where to put the lock, I’m thinking of internal flush doors.

Another informative and enjoyable watch, many thanks! I'd add one small point about doors, many of the 'light weight' interior doors have very limited amounts of structural wood into which to fit hinges and locks, close attention is required to the labeling on the doors the ensure locks are mounted in the right place.

You can get mortise locks with normal cylinders ie ruko, abloy etc as well

I just did this… took me about 12 hours. It’s pretty though!

Really nice and fine work mate. We use a lock mortiser machine that saves a lot of time.

Despite all my previous claims I've never used a router so would apprciate something about that, sometime. And maybe something about sharpening chisels - to get the cobwebs out of my brain... Have a good 2022.

Bloody hell you had me panicking for a minute then Stuart. Glad your carrying on, I absolutely love the professionalism of your videos mixed with just the right amount of humour. On a final note and it's just a suggestion how about enlisting the Mrs as camera operator, sound and lighting, bet you get a no. All the best for the new year mate looking forward to more vids in 2022

Quick question, in you're electrical and and boiler videos are you actually qualified todo them?

Merry Christmas Stuart! Any chance of your best door hanging tips video? Enjoying my Christmas present: DeWalt XR chainsaw!! Have you a link to those chisels? (PS Found the link) Cheers and here’s to a DIY New Year!

I'm not a carpenter but fixed a few recently. Hanged a complete door from scratch few years ago. My God never again. I was exhausted afterwards. I did it by myself. A plain wooden door. I cut everything out and did the hinges. Put two high security deadlocks on it as well. On my own property this was. To save a ton of chiseling , in my opinion you really need the 20 and 21 drill bits. I could find a 21 though. The recommended 19 and 20 makes for a lot of very awkward chiseling and noisy banging. I found. Btw is this such a tool yet as an electric Chisel because omg would this make things easier. Lol. Also they should make the hole in the lock body on the frame much bigger. Because it takes some skill and experience to line it up properly with the lock in the door. A few millimetres out and your stuffed lol. It won't lock

.Fitted literally hundreds of locks and can't fault the fit on that one. I'd be tempted to take look at the fit of that frame though @ 12:00 its flexing under finger pressure and it doesn't appear to be sealed.

thanks stuart for this! may i ask what the carry tool was you used to help you carry the door? is it good for carrying sheets of ply etc?

Enjoying your channel, one suggestion , sure you are aware of this. if you can fix a longer screw into the strike plate side or in to one of the hinge holes it makes the door more secure to forced entry, easier to do on a wood framed building

did you try putting tape over the plastic protector to lift it up? or maybe a toothpick that wouldn't scratch the metal?

Hello, What kind of handles did you use for this lock? Thanks

Bit of help please: Have a mortgage lock on a shed, but the key just broke off in it. Took off the face plate on the inside but can get it to open.

Great video! You should consider fitting an overhead door closer, they are very useful pieces of kit.

NOOICE!!!!

Hello Stuart, Happy festive Holidays and Happy New year. Great video. Hopefully, I will be doing this job in the new year. Great tips and skills. I need to buy the chisel set, please advise me which one shall I buy? God bless you. Best wishes from Leicester, ENGLAND. Ahmed

Do you have a link to the door handle please? Thanks

You push a push broom

Hi , how do I remove an existing mortice lock, cheers

More great tips, I really like the clamp a verticle piece timber to help the straight drilling! Stupid question: drilling a pilot hole, then starting the screw of with electric screwdriver, why do you finish that screw manually? (if the question makes sense!!) Ohh and merry Christmas Stuart

Strange notice while filming left handle before finishing filming right handle door?! Lol 🤣

Is there are reason you did you not use a euro lock?

Merry Christmas Stuart. I guess you’re saving the table saw revealing until New Year… Or 100k subs… sure one of the big suppliers have cottoned on to your cracking channel by now and are looking for a nice bit of **gifted** presentation. Felt sure this was gonna be your Xmas special ;-) Either way keep up the good work, best DIY channel out there, really enjoyed the last year or so. All the best for 2022 and can’t wait for more fab content

May I know the background music? thanks~

The spring went on mine yesterday for the handle .. is it replaceable....happy Christmas btw fella

Loving watching your content, great channel been a sub some some time now and enjoy the notifications! My next job is hand made build in wardrobes. Any chance of a video on that please?! Iv never attempted them before 😕 help...

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ITS the tool company that don'thonour their special offers. I ordered a Makita cordless drill set and they refused to honour their own special offer!!!!

Good video as always :D Like how you taped out "MacBook pro" on your mac, so as not to advertise haha

its almost like surgery .......

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Those musical snippets that you've interspersed throughout your video no relevance to your personality. A very professional man executing a very professional job with some stupid soundtrack that would be better to suited to a hack video 😂

I have one word to say: Meticulous!