Studhawk saw guides are designed to teach muscle memory in the arm otherwise it takes years to feel what 90 degrees is perpendicularly at the same time in 3d. Square in 2 planes.
Look Listen and FEEL the tool and the materials. Get to know the sound of a tool when it is used correctly. I can tell from the next room if a guy is using his tools correctly - a saw sings, a paintbrush is slapped against the side of the tin to fully load the brush inside the bristles, a hammer also sings when used well as does screwing up screws with a screw gun or trowelling up plaster and many more. So learn to listen to tools and if it sound wrong - they aren't being used correctly.
Yes thankyou - I made the video for the silicon deliberately messy so that viewers realise the tool forms the silicon and it does not matter how badly you caulk in - the silicon tool does the finishing! Thanks Studhawk
Excellent, clear and impressive video. This chap is a real craftsman, I wish he would be the guiding light for all tradesfolk. Well done Michael. I enjoyed this.
Very nice video tutorial, I had to change my bathroom lock from a tubular latch to a mortice lock with privacy handles. Let's just say it was a learning experience, especially using a chisel for the first time. I was definitely heavy-handed with it, lol. I will definitely learn from it and follow your example nextime.Many thanks 😊
A true Pro! Great Info for key shaft line up and especially for me on how to get the perfect depth of the latch to stop door rattle when closed...Thanks for sharing your years of experience!
I'm a woman that likes to try my hand at things. This has being easy and assessable. Guy's a legend "keep the kids from hiding inside or doing naughty things" 😆
You speak like Marco Pierre White. With confidence and like a man who has been doing this for a thousand years. Very reassuring in your directions and wisdom given. Thanks a million!
If you buy a silicon tool and use it wetted with washing up liquid and water you cannot fail to do neat silicon. It really is wrong to try to be neat on application of silicon - rather what you should concentrate on is filling all the gaps fully with silicon or you will be leaving voids underneath neat looking silicon runs - directly out of the gun. If you think this is ok and you prefer it - remember you will be leaving voids underneath the neat looking silicon. So stop trying to do neat silicon directly upon application and concentrate on filling the tile gaps fully before tooling up to a professional finish. Now you too are a professional silicon specialist!!
Shukran - many thanks Salwan. If you want to know how a bathroom should be tiled or to tile it yourself then watch the whole video including the classroom setting out session. The 'setting out' section will tell you what to think of in advance of laying your first tile to start. Once you make the considerations talked about - you will start in the right place - which is vitally important. The 1/4 progressing tile bond is also great for hiding cuts in a small room and folding tiles around corners, which always looks best. Our most watched video is the How to professional Silicon which deliberately is shown messy - so that anyone will realise they can do perfect silicon. Please give us a like and share with your friends and subscribe. I made these videos as an advert for my inventions - The Studhawk Saw Guide Set which is not only for diy'ers but is a new accurate cutting instrument that is amazingly accurate. I also use it to make the shoulders for the half housing on the door frame you watched. If you want to cut skirting boards mitres - then clamp a 2 x 2 block onto the back of the skirting to create a running rail for the Studhawk to cut those deep mitres ( a pencil line will help to saw to ) It is my belief that anyone can learn to do this with the right know how. Many thanks Michael Orwin - Inventor and the guy in the videos!
You forget to mention that it takes a lot longer with two 5 yr olds and a dog barking at every knock of the hammer , LOL......... 4 hours later got the job done . " GREAT VID " mate . Cheers
If you watch the whole tiling video from start to finish - WITH THE SOUND ON you will be able to tile your own bathroom and save yourself a thousand pounds most likely. Thanks for watching and the kind comment. Studhawk
Great video - small negative is that the sound was too echoey. A bit jealous that you are so quick and accurate with the chiselling - I have to use a router.
He makes it look simple. Make no mistake most people will not get this done they will completely bollock it up. People who do this as a profession have a feel for it. You not going to get it done so easily. He should mention get a very good chisel, because a cheap chisel will never get a good job done.
No I disagree - anyone can do perfect silicon if they follow the video - the washing-up liquid mix and the silicon tool do the rest. All you have to do is make sure the silicon tool is wetted in water/wash-up liquid and you are as good as any professional. Cutting the nozzle of the tube to the right size for your joint is all you need to do - but remember to overfill the joint and cut it back to an 8mm profile with the silicon tool. To do that use the corner of the silicon tool that is about 8mm round. Any finer and it doesn't last years.
Thanks, I wasn't too sure about that, I managed to place the locking part into a pre-existing hole of an old door,but made a complete mess of the frame trying to fit the strike plate. Now I know "How to"..... all I have to do is cut out a messed up piece of wood on the frame, somehow plug the gap and try again. If only I had seen this first (****).
Until you can afford a mortiser use a drill bit taped off for depth and use a mortice chisel to clean the mortice out. The Studhawk saw guide will help you to cut the tenons to depth see how to make a door frame.
Apologies for some sound issues in the How To Fit A Mortise Lock and Handles but our videos are not Hollywood productions by any means. Watch the whole video and you will get what was muffled the first time. The principles of chiselling are repeated throughout the video. Thanks for watching
You made it look easy. How long did it take you to do? I tried using a regular drill bit that was 2mm too narrow and postponed it for another day because it took too long for me.
When you open the lock do it gently to ensure the spring doesn't flip out. On noticing how the spring keeps the latch in place - what you need to do is remove it then put the pieces back in the right order after reversing the latch (flip it over) then set the spring against the spring retaining lug. And then gently replace the case and fix the screw. Do it gently because the spring wants to eject the bits under tension. Appy a little logic and you will work it out. Make sure you remove the case plate gently in a horizontal position so it does not explode the pieces outwards when you open the lock or latch case.
Yes but controlling the router is difficult on the edge of the door and carpenters that do use a router use a hinge jig to clamp to the door. Listen to the chisel when you strike it and the same sound for each tap of the hammer cuts to the same depth!! So listen to the chisel and hammer. Only when you can cut a hinge with a chisel should you progress to a router.
If you want to buy a tool for everything or learn the traditional way - its up to you. I could tell people to use a router but that would mean extra expense either buying one or hiring one which would be more than a locksmith almost.
Sounds like an Excellent tip that I have never tried before in 40 years of doing this! If your screws drift slightly or the plate isnt held square the lock mortice can end up being marked out and twisted in the hole. I would say if one is very careful with pinpoint accuracy in using 2 screws and you use a Reiser or Cutter's screw it could well be a very good tip to speed up marking out - WELL SAID MATE I am going to try this - thanks for commenting.
Cut slower with the saw and get a medium or fine tooth saw for a neater cut. Your Studhawk saw guides will give you perfect cuts every time - just don't force the saw - stroke the cut with just the weight of the saw! To do this one has to hold a bit of the weight of the saw off the work. Also start on a pull stroke at a 45 degree downhill angle and let gravity help the cut and cut through the thin side of the wood and don't try to cut it on it's thick edge - it takes much more effort if you do!
So why don't we all buy these jigs - COST! And learning the traditional way with hammer and chisel teaches us the feel of the wood and rising or falling grain in the timber.
I did do exactly that - allow for the lock cover plate. There is a cut in the recording where I actually re-mark the hole but we used this footage anyway - well spotted!
Hope others work that out. My dilemma today is a deep lock chamber that my wife want in the centre (exactly where the tenons are). Not happy about chiselling them out (brand new hemlock door). What you guys think?
This guy makes the chiseling look easy, but that's only because he's using cheap, new construction wood. I have a 104 year old, solid hard-wood door, that wood is (literally) hard-as-nails.
This guy makes it seem a lot of work. If someone wants to charge you £150 for fitting a mortise lock I will do as many as you want at the bargain rate of £145 each
Eastern Europeans want £225 per day but the English that aren't a rip off charge around £150 per day - thats what I pay them currently. So par for the job.
I've always wanted Steve Coogan to tell me how to use a chisel 😊
I wish I was paid what he is!!
Thank you Michael. Fabulous to watch a craftsman at work with all the tips and wrinkles. Let's see how it turns out when the apprentice has a go!
Studhawk saw guides are designed to teach muscle memory in the arm otherwise it takes years to feel what 90 degrees is perpendicularly at the same time in 3d. Square in 2 planes.
nice work ! after doing a home reno , i can say that this was probably my greatest nemesis ... its not as easy as it looks !
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I just made the same comment. I can do it, and it is hard as hell!
Look Listen and FEEL the tool and the materials. Get to know the sound of a tool when it is used correctly. I can tell from the next room if a guy is using his tools correctly - a saw sings, a paintbrush is slapped against the side of the tin to fully load the brush inside the bristles, a hammer also sings when used well as does screwing up screws with a screw gun or trowelling up plaster and many more. So learn to listen to tools and if it sound wrong - they aren't being used correctly.
100% Professional
Clean work. Amazing results.
That's what I like to see.
You're a genius. Thanks for the video.
Yes thankyou - I made the video for the silicon deliberately messy so that viewers realise the tool forms the silicon and it does not matter how badly you caulk in - the silicon tool does the finishing!
Thanks Studhawk
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Excellent, clear and impressive video. This chap is a real craftsman, I wish he would be the guiding light for all tradesfolk. Well done Michael. I enjoyed this.
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Many thanks!
That’s how I learnt while doing my course, which is good,, but now I do it my way which I prefer. Experience and sharp chisels make perfection. 👍
Very nice video tutorial, I had to change my bathroom lock from a tubular latch to a mortice lock with privacy handles. Let's just say it was a learning experience, especially using a chisel for the first time. I was definitely heavy-handed with it, lol. I will definitely learn from it and follow your example nextime.Many thanks 😊
Great video, who knew this is what Alan Partridge moved onto after his career in TV and Radio?
Aha Ive been rumbled - im getting more views on You Tube than my TV work lol
ha haaaaaaaaa
That’s exactly what I was thinking!! A haaaaa!
Just got an audible advert for Alan Partridge before this video...freaky!!
@@Studhawk you even say Aha... :D great sport
A true Pro! Great Info for key shaft line up and especially for me on how to get the perfect depth of the latch to stop door rattle when closed...Thanks for sharing your years of experience!
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I'm a woman that likes to try my hand at things. This has being easy and assessable. Guy's a legend "keep the kids from hiding inside or doing naughty things" 😆
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Nice job and thanks for uploading, it's so much easier having sharp chisels.
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You speak like Marco Pierre White. With confidence and like a man who has been doing this for a thousand years. Very reassuring in your directions and wisdom given. Thanks a million!
Wow, thank you!
Thank you for this video. The demonstration and guidance has helped me to successfully fit my mortice lock.
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Another paid troll.
Great job you made it look easy, now I'm not so afraid to try!
If you buy a silicon tool and use it wetted with washing up liquid and water you cannot fail to do neat silicon. It really is wrong to try to be neat on application of silicon - rather what you should concentrate on is filling all the gaps fully with silicon or you will be leaving voids underneath neat looking silicon runs - directly out of the gun. If you think this is ok and you prefer it - remember you will be leaving voids underneath the neat looking silicon. So stop trying to do neat silicon directly upon application and concentrate on filling the tile gaps fully before tooling up to a professional finish. Now you too are a professional silicon specialist!!
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Steve Coogan!
Ahar
Knowing me, chiselling you
Aha let me tell you...........lol
Shukran - many thanks Salwan. If you want to know how a bathroom should be tiled or to tile it yourself then watch the whole video including the classroom setting out session. The 'setting out' section will tell you what to think of in advance of laying your first tile to start. Once you make the considerations talked about - you will start in the right place - which is vitally important. The 1/4 progressing tile bond is also great for hiding cuts in a small room and folding tiles around corners, which always looks best. Our most watched video is the How to professional Silicon which deliberately is shown messy - so that anyone will realise they can do perfect silicon. Please give us a like and share with your friends and subscribe. I made these videos as an advert for my inventions - The Studhawk Saw Guide Set which is not only for diy'ers but is a new accurate cutting instrument that is amazingly accurate. I also use it to make the shoulders for the half housing on the door frame you watched. If you want to cut skirting boards mitres - then clamp a 2 x 2 block onto the back of the skirting to create a running rail for the Studhawk to cut those deep mitres ( a pencil line will help to saw to ) It is my belief that anyone can learn to do this with the right know how.
Many thanks Michael Orwin - Inventor and the guy in the videos!
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You forget to mention that it takes a lot longer with two 5 yr olds and a dog barking at every knock of the hammer , LOL......... 4 hours later got the job done . " GREAT VID " mate . Cheers
Thanks . Well filmed & described.
Excellent tutorial.... Does exactly what it says in the title👍
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Thanks for a great educational video🙏
A brilliant demonstration. Thank you.
If you watch the whole tiling video from start to finish - WITH THE SOUND ON you will be able to tile your own bathroom and save yourself a thousand pounds most likely. Thanks for watching and the kind comment.
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A great demonstration.
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Super excellent info
So nice video clip
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Glad you enjoyed it
Great video - small negative is that the sound was too echoey. A bit jealous that you are so quick and accurate with the chiselling - I have to use a router.
Yeah way too echoey
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He makes it look simple. Make no mistake most people will not get this done they will completely bollock it up. People who do this as a profession have a feel for it. You not going to get it done so easily. He should mention get a very good chisel, because a cheap chisel will never get a good job done.
No I disagree - anyone can do perfect silicon if they follow the video - the washing-up liquid mix and the silicon tool do the rest. All you have to do is make sure the silicon tool is wetted in water/wash-up liquid and you are as good as any professional. Cutting the nozzle of the tube to the right size for your joint is all you need to do - but remember to overfill the joint and cut it back to an 8mm profile with the silicon tool. To do that use the corner of the silicon tool that is about 8mm round. Any finer and it doesn't last years.
Thanks, I wasn't too sure about that, I managed to place the locking part into a pre-existing hole of an old door,but made a complete mess of the frame trying to fit the strike plate. Now I know "How to"..... all I have to do is cut out a messed up piece of wood on the frame, somehow plug the gap and try again.
If only I had seen this first (****).
How and where can I get the mortising device to buy?
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Glad I could help
Until you can afford a mortiser use a drill bit taped off for depth and use a mortice chisel to clean the mortice out. The Studhawk saw guide will help you to cut the tenons to depth see how to make a door frame.
@@Studhawk Thanks
Good work 💪.
Is this Warwick Davis's house?
Gray explanation thank you mate
Really helpful thank you very much!
Beautiful work!
Nice work 🏆
Thank you! Cheers!
Top class video.. thanks.
6:02 Even youtube generated subtitles think that this deserves applause.
Apologies for some sound issues in the How To Fit A Mortise Lock and Handles but our videos are not Hollywood productions by any means. Watch the whole video and you will get what was muffled the first time. The principles of chiselling are repeated throughout the video. Thanks for watching
Great work 👍
Great. This is going to help me fix my locks
Good video. First part the sound is bad and would have been better with a voiceover, but thanks for sharing as it reminded me how to fit these.
You made it look easy. How long did it take you to do? I tried using a regular drill bit that was 2mm too narrow and postponed it for another day because it took too long for me.
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Great 👌☺️ I thought I try it out
How did you reverse the latch?
When you open the lock do it gently to ensure the spring doesn't flip out. On noticing how the spring keeps the latch in place - what you need to do is remove it then put the pieces back in the right order after reversing the latch (flip it over) then set the spring against the spring retaining lug. And then gently replace the case and fix the screw. Do it gently because the spring wants to eject the bits under tension. Appy a little logic and you will work it out. Make sure you remove the case plate gently in a horizontal position so it does not explode the pieces outwards when you open the lock or latch case.
Great tips.
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Great job
Thanks
Ca you cut the main lock hole with a router?
Yes but controlling the router is difficult on the edge of the door and carpenters that do use a router use a hinge jig to clamp to the door. Listen to the chisel when you strike it and the same sound for each tap of the hammer cuts to the same depth!! So listen to the chisel and hammer. Only when you can cut a hinge with a chisel should you progress to a router.
That was pretty gangster how you just walked away without vacuuming up that wood mess
Nice and neat work , excellent
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ty just did it
just Awesome!
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There are special tools for this. You can have it done in 5mins and very precise.
hi Brantz yes frustrating watching this video so time consuming
If you want to buy a tool for everything or learn the traditional way - its up to you. I could tell people to use a router but that would mean extra expense either buying one or hiring one which would be more than a locksmith almost.
Good job
two screws hold it for scribing round it.
Sounds like an Excellent tip that I have never tried before in 40 years of doing this! If your screws drift slightly or the plate isnt held square the lock mortice can end up being marked out and twisted in the hole. I would say if one is very careful with pinpoint accuracy in using 2 screws and you use a Reiser or Cutter's screw it could well be a very good tip to speed up marking out - WELL SAID MATE I am going to try this - thanks for commenting.
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Superb
Thank you I will give this a try 🔑
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When I do my wooden work then my cutting is not well😞😞😞
Cut slower with the saw and get a medium or fine tooth saw for a neater cut. Your Studhawk saw guides will give you perfect cuts every time - just don't force the saw - stroke the cut with just the weight of the saw! To do this one has to hold a bit of the weight of the saw off the work. Also start on a pull stroke at a 45 degree downhill angle and let gravity help the cut and cut through the thin side of the wood and don't try to cut it on it's thick edge - it takes much more effort if you do!
Good vid. However I can't help but think, a gold latch and silver handle just shouldn't be put together
Just an example and i wasn't going to buy a new lock in silver just to look good on a demonstration video was I?
How many keys come with a standard mortice lock, anyone????
2
Or just use a souber lock jig, takes 1/4 of the time.
So why don't we all buy these jigs - COST! And learning the traditional way with hammer and chisel teaches us the feel of the wood and rising or falling grain in the timber.
You made one fundamental mistake., when marking keyhole - you should have brought markings 1mm back, to allow for depth of plate., in my opinion.
I did do exactly that - allow for the lock cover plate. There is a cut in the recording where I actually re-mark the hole but we used this footage anyway - well spotted!
Hope others work that out. My dilemma today is a deep lock chamber that my wife want in the centre (exactly where the tenons are). Not happy about chiselling them out (brand new hemlock door). What you guys think?
“Lovely stuff”
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I thought the handle and lock was way too low, then saw at the end it was a cupboard 😀
This guy makes the chiseling look easy, but that's only because he's using cheap, new construction wood. I have a 104 year old, solid hard-wood door, that wood is (literally) hard-as-nails.
Try to get used to feeling the rise and fall of the grain and then which way to chisel.
It's no wonder tradesmen want £150 to this seems like a lot of work.
This guy makes it seem a lot of work. If someone wants to charge you £150 for fitting a mortise lock I will do as many as you want at the bargain rate of £145 each
Eastern Europeans want £225 per day but the English that aren't a rip off charge around £150 per day - thats what I pay them currently. So par for the job.
Back of the net !
Many thanks
'Trade expert Michael'...really? Can anyone let me know what all the marking out was for on the front face of the door please?
To show the audience what is what - obviously don't leave marks on timber to be varnished but a rubber will remove them - simple not a problem!!
Faceplates meaning a metal cast to put around the busted shit
Pro
Can't tell what he is saying
Turn the volume on and up to hear the commentary - surprisingly 80% of viewers try to watch videos without the sound turned on!
@@Studhawk No, it's your mic mate. It's picking up more reverb than your speech so it's hard to understand what you're saying
horrible audio recording
Finally found a video but unfortunately British accents
Turn on the subtitles.
Good work 💪.