Some "painters" caulk around them too and that's another no-no - unless you want to do wall repairs around all the switch plates when you repaint.

Are you a wizard?

What I am about to suggest seems even easier. I have used it only 3 times, so act accordingly. It worked well, though! Assuming the old hole is 1-3/4", you start with a 1-3/4" hole saw "cup" (the part with cutting teeth) mounted on its pilot drill bit. Cut a "wheel" out of a scrap piece of wood. Remove the pilot drill (usually about 1/4") and leave the wooden "wheel" in the saw cup. You can hold it inside the cup with screws driven in from the back of the cup (these holes are usually used to push out the "wheel" if it gets stuck; in this case, getting stuck would be ideal!). Push the 1-3/4" cup with "wheel" insert in the old hole you wish to enlarge. It will probably be loose. Wrap a few layers of tape (masking tape works fine) around it until it fits snugly. Use this insert to guide your 2-1/8" hole saw, first one one side until you are about half way through, then the opposite side. Voila...a well-centered enlarged hole. Oh...one more thing. Although I found it easy to hold the cup/"wheel" by pushing from behind, do keep your fingers away from the pilot drill (wear leather gloves if you're worried).

I wasn’t even thinking of using a router for this. I built some bookshelves for a customer and used my circular saw doing multiple passes for each groove. Took forever. I feel like an idiot now!

Thank you! I just bought these pants and couldn't figure this out. No more droopy knee pads

What if you apply a thin coat of oil to the hardware you are trying to attach to the wall? I have a bathroom grab bar to attach with a mounting plate. I think I will cut out a parchment paper gasket and attach it after 24 hrs.

I'm working on the same problem project today, And the way I have it figured, only one side of the hole needs to be enlarged Inward about one quarter to a half inch and that would be the outside face of the door where the keyhole half of the deadbolt has the Indented side that sticks out and would fit right in the new hole.

You don't have a clue about electricity and are going to burn someone's house down. Wall plates keep sparks and flame from exiting the electrical box. They aren't for decoration and need to be flush to the wall for safety!

Your advice is inaccurate and dangerous. The wall plate is designed to keep sparks from jumping out and igniting carpet and other combustible materials. Also, if an electrical fire starts inside the box, the wall plate keeps the fire from spreading out of the wall and can help starve the fire of oxygen.

The step you missed is to mark the exact diameter of the router plate so you know for certain it's aligned on the line you marked on the workpiece.

Brilliant work around. I did buy a ryobi jig but I can't use it because of some decorative moulding so I'm going to try this!

I been wearing these pants for 13 years. Best work pants on the market. I have the same as you and also the black and 3 pair of the fire rated. The 1600 model are the best. I have the new gel pads which are awesome.

Thank you, thank you, for your video. I have a front metal door, and I have the same problem with an old small deadbolt. I replace it with a new Kwikset Montara lockset. I watch your video step by step and it work perfectly. Thanks for people like you are willing to help the average guy like me to save hundreds of dollars from buying a new door, and trying to wing it by myself, and end up damaging the metal door like you said.

Great video. Clear directions with no BS. Awesome. Thanks so much.

Great job but please stagger the joints....Subbed

I like that. Thanks for the video.

Is this video sponsored by the government 🤔 cause you have over analyzed the crap out of a simple task 😢😢

I compared it with other ways on KZbin. This is much better since it will not go wrong. I did it exactly as this video and it worked perfectly. One thing to remember is that your power drill has to have enough power. Initially, I used a regular home cordless power drill, it almost hurt my fingers since the wood is hard and kicked back. Later, I used a more powerful corded power drill, making the work easier and smoother.

Nice! I was looking at a bunch of different manifold solutions. The rest of them require me to be a pro with crafting wood solutions and to have a bunch of cool tools... that I don't have. Your solution seems to be more realistic. I'm not crazy about the blast gate solutions though, these are the kind that get clogged up and won't close. As I understand it, the solution to this is to cut the plastic end off of the opposite side from the handle. Also, is there a reason you installed them at the tool and not at the manifold? Seems like you'd lose suction with them all at the tool. But since I haven't built one, I'm not sure.

Genius

Hey, what if you are cutting on a curved line like an arched top door?

Just what we needed. Worked like a charm. Thanks!!

Can you make your shopvac and tablesaw turn on and off with one switch? Thank you for your generosity, by the way. It's blokes like you that restore my faith in humanity!

Will this process work on a metal facing wood core door?

Thank you this is the best router guiding your router video I have seen I don’t think even I could screw this system up which I normally do most times I have do routing

Theres not a professional painter on the planet that waits 3 days before installing cover plates. Next day TOPS

I tried to install the new smart door lock today and it was found that the deadbolt was too small to fix. Thank you for the instruction that I need to enlarge the deadbolt hole so that my new smart lock can be installed.

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Will there be tear out or chip off in the melamine board?

14mins of talk before I get to see anything

You have a good personality for this stuff. Pleasant. Thanks for the advice

Thank you!!!

Great video...

I have looked all over youtube for this exact video....thank you!

We had both satellite and cable for the internet installed when we moved in. The livingroom coax was connected to the satellite dish and one of the bedrooms has the coax that the internet is connected with. I would like to figure out how to change the livingroom coax back to the cable internet instead of having to have our modem in a bedroom.

I have a couple pairs and I love them. But yes, my wallet falls out extremely easily. I have to carry it in the left leg cargo pouch. Fits perfectly and I don't notice it.

Just used this….worked out great. Thanks for the video. 👍👍👍

Genius. Works great

Thanks!

Thanks very much for this video. It was very informative and easy to understand.

If the hole is small enough, you can nest two hole saws in the threaded part and the smaller hole saw will center and guide the bigger hole saw in

This video saved my life today. Thank you so much 👌

I forgot to go a snoitch longer and went a skosh instead.

Is there a specific type of nail I should use? One of my baseboards came loose and I want to make sure I do it right so it doesn’t happen again anytime soon lol

Thank God for your example. On the last guy, he had Car bomb commercials on its site. Thanks for your info

Great video thanks. I have a problem in that the offset for the new knob is bigger than the offset for the old. So I can’t use the ‘old’ size hole saw. I’m thinking if I clamp plywood both sides, measure the offset I need, then just use an ordinary drill bit at that midpoint to make my pilot holes before using the new larger size hole saw. What do you think?

Thanks heaps Jeremy. I learned a lot and I'm grateful 🙏

Thank you for this video been wanting to try their products for a good minute now and you've helped me make up my mind AND given me a place to get them here in the US !

I just purchased an ELFW7637AT washer and the cold water leaked inside the unit on the 1st run. Now I have to wait for 3 weeks for a repair person. #FAIL

This is exactly what happens to me. Thanks for the video