Howdy,
"How hard can it be?" I figured. Unfortunately I came to learn the hard way that the bore sizes on my/8" thick interior doors are weird in my 1970-built home:
1.75" diameter handle bore, (center of which is a 2 3/8" setback) 7/8" on the bolt bore. Door is 1 3/8" thick.
Anyone know of any inexpensive replacement handles designed to drop into these without having to drill out the existing doors?
Modern door handle sets available everywhere seemingly have a template for a 2 1/8" bore or more--and everyone considers them standard. While some of these can handle the little 7/8" size bolt bore I have, some require a full 1". The problem I have is that when inserting the bolt, it can't be inserted all teh way because the relatively small handle bore isn't big enough to allow the bolt to come all the way in. The medial of the handle bore is 3.25" from the door edge, and most bolts need 3.5" of depth to fit, even with setback adjusted for the minimum.
I wouldn't be so opposed to drilling if I knew of a tool that could easily enlarge and center an existing bore (seeing as a standard hole saw has nothing to center on).
Thoughts, aside from replacing all the doors? :-) Is there a handy hole saw designed for the duty I need here? Or would doing this require putting something temporarily in the hole to center a standard bit?
-- Todd H.