In contrast to the American cylinder, the European cylinder typically has no tail piece and in order to accommodate different door thicknesses, an entire new locking cylinder must be manufactured and fitted to the locking system. The mortise may include a deadbolt and other latching mechanisms as determined by the manufacturer or user of the locking system. The locking system typically drives a bolt into a door jamb (not shown) thus locking the door. A flat tail piece extends from behind the mechanism of the American cylinder lock and extends into a mortise receiver which is coupled to the internal locking system. It generally is small and mounts from behind the door hardware. The American cylinder lock is widely used in the United States as a standard cylinder lock. The European cylinder is also referred to as the Profile cylinder. One such system is referred to as the American cylinder and the other system is referred to as the European cylinder.
#MORTISE LOCK CONVERSION KIT WINDOWS#
Windows and door markets typically have two primary main locking cylinders used to secure the windows and doors in a locked position.
#MORTISE LOCK CONVERSION KIT HOW TO#
I would appreciate any suggestions here on how to proceed, if this is the best way, etc.This disclosure relates generally to door locking systems, and more particularly to a mortise conversion kit configured for use with a door locking system. I am afraid of damaging the door, so given the non-uniformity of the inside pocket I am now thinking of filling in the pocket with wood filler (either Minwax or 3M Bondo or Famowood) and then drilling out the 2 1/8" circle with a hole saw. I tried to fill one with a wooden block cut to those dimensions ( ) but the internal pocket isn't uniform and I couldn't squeeze in the block, even with a lot of sanding. The mortise pockets are approx 4" by 3.25" by 3/4". I prefer the solid knob-to-knob connection of cylindrical locks. I understand mortise locks could potentially be more secure but these are internal locks, some on closets, so security isn't an issue. I want to convert these locks to conventional cylindrical locks (already changed a non-mortise glass knob lock to Schlage using a Milwaukee lock installation kit). As it is, some of the knobs don't work properly but the required ones (bathrooms etc) do work for now. These are somewhat dangerous as if the set screw gets loose, or the knobs loosen from the shaft, one could get locked in or out as the knobs would just turn without moving the latch. Our home has a few inside doors with old glass knob mortise locks. Used a lot of toothpicks to fill in the bottom portion of the pocket as the dowel was slightly shorter than the pocket and I wanted the pocket top to be as much dowel as possible. Used 1/2 by 4 blocks cut to 3" lengths as they were about 1/2" by 3.5" by 3" finished and slightly smaller than the mortise pockets. I ended up using Famowood Natural wood filler. I followed the YouTube video mentioned in the original post and the suggestion by /u/TsuDhoNimh2 to use a lot of wood filler. When you want to carry a 17’ kayak inside a 6’ wide teardrop camper.Įdit: I converted 8 doors from mortise to cylinder, have 4 more to go so figured I would edit my post for posterity. My wife said she could never tell if I was on a call in our home office.Ī parcel box I made so any parcels can be left somewhere safe if I'm outįound this cool stick.
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