personalt

I have three pocket doors that I am installing on a job. I am fairly good with the chisel but these doors are compressed wood inside and they don't chisel well.

I was thinking to template this out in plywood and use a router but is there anything else of should think of?

sk071077

I don't know what kind of hardware your using but I use a jig saw to cut out for pocket door hardware.

JumboJack

I would use a router for sure.

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Either a templete and full sized router or freehand with a a rotozip and plunge base and take little bites.

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JumboJack

Now that I think about it.A Dremel w/ a router bit works great too....

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personalt

I like the rotozip idea. I have a beefy drywall one just need to check the collet(sp) size to make sure it will take a router bit. But I guess I find a dremmel bit otherwise.

Since these are already hung I like the smaller tool idea. T

The router would have been a little harder to hold to a hung door. That reminds me of a job where we had to punch out some bricks about for a vent about 4 feet of the ground. I didnt have my hammer drill there that day and my big guy says 'No problem' and take the jackhammer and lifts it up and holds it sideways like a hammer drill..

loneframer

On mortised in hardware I use a forstner bit in a cordless drill to get out the bulk, then fine tune with a sharp chisel. There is a little bit of a learning curve. Don't try to drill holes too close together or the bit will walk into previous hole. Once the bulk of material is removed, the remainder chisels away fairly easily.

Celtic

Which hardware for the pull:
A)


or

B)


or "other"?

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loneframer

The ones I use are only visible on the edge of the door, mortised in about 2' deep, then a finger pull sets in a shallow dado 2 3/8 back to center. It's about 1" wide x 2 1/2 tall. Same concept as option 2 but looks more high end.

Forry

So you can't lock the door?

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loneframer

The ones with locks have a mechanism that is integral with the fingerpull.

Forry

I don't get it, do you have a pic? Is the lockable one only visible from the door edge?

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personalt

Like this one
http://www.doorhardwareplus.com/deco...Satin%20Nickel

The metal on the one I have is real thick so there is no chance to even just drill out the middle section. In order to not look stupid I really need to recess the whole thing.

loneframer

I found something similar at house of antique hardware, mortised box with brass fingerpulls, I don't recall the ones I installed being that big, but I could be wrong, it was years ago. The mortised passage pulls we used were johnson, much simpler to install, but not as easy as the edge notched models. Fingerpulls are a pain too.

irockwithdirt

Think I'd use a paddle bit to make 2 holes then connect them with a jig saw or even utility knife. Problem U'll have will be that low density wood crap they put in the solid portion where lockset goes prolly won't hold screws. I've used a little silicone to help, or other times chiseled out a portion of that soft wood crap and guled a wood block between the masonite skins.