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Tossed together a holder for the drills with some 3D printed mounts for extra batteries. Might spend the next month just making holders for stuff 😂

The middle of the finger pull/lock mechanism gets recessed into the door, while the plate overlays the door, standing proud. But I like to recess the 1/16" face plate as well, where the whole thing is flush with the door. It not only looks better, but if your pocket door frame is tight, this keeps the plate from getting scratched on the frame, when opening and closing. Every Carpenter needs to keep a tube of lipstick handy. After I mount the lock mechanism, then I take the lipstick and cover the strike face with it. Then I close the door, turn the strike knob and the lipstick sticks to the jamb where the strike hits it. No guessing where the strike plate needs to be attached. The lipstick locates it perfectly.

The way the old guys did them in the past is how I do them now. I make a series of holes, close together with a 5/8" x 6" auger bit. Then clean up between holes with different size chisels. It's a lot of work, but it's the only way I know of short of buying the mortiser. Lots of care is needed as the auger bit can easily wander off coarse, and can end up coming out of the side of the door. Or the bit goes too deep and rips through the inset panel of the door. Mostly what happens is the auger bit splits the door apart. That's why I clamp pieces of wood on each side of the door to prevent this. I've also learned to drill the first inch of all the holes with a forstner bit. These are much easier to control. Then the auger bit has guide hole to help it drill straight. Luckily I only have to do these once a year or so. The last house I did these on had 17 of them. I feel lucky this one only has two.

Still have the catch plate on the jamb to motise, and mortise the pulls on each side of the locket, but the worst is done. Thankfully only one more of these to do.

Not sure I posted enough pics to describe what I was trying to convey. The router leaves rounded corners, but this nifty little spring loaded corner chisel squares them up in a couple taps of the hammer.

I really enjoyed this set this morning. Added albums to my listening queue

Output transistors are MJE15032G/15033G, extra insulation is needed. Size of the heatsink is 200x62x40mm, ~50°C with 120ma bias. It could handle more heat but I need larger heatsink for GRLV. The nichicon kz cap (Ø:12mm) is too big so one has to lying down. Edit: one more pic added

Steve, If you want, look into whether or not someone has designed a jig that can be 3d printed to help you out. You've got multiple friends with printers, you know. 😉 A quick search (5 seconds) says maybe. https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=lockset&page=1&type=things&sort=relevant

Not sure how I missed this - a belated "Happy Birthday!" Nate.

All the mortises are cut so beginning the tenon process tonight. Also got the back, ugly half, of the bench top glued up except for the Birds Eye maple that will be the visible side the bench top.

I use a bureau to store some of my stereo cables. One drawer each for IC's, speaker cable, and power cords. Cleaned out my speaker cable drawer, as well as consolidated some cables I had in my closet.... This - plus 2 other sets not in pic - is extra....Jesuit Christmas, I'm a hoarder! 🙄😄

Repair time.. Yep the 1965 Ford Falcon needed some help after 400523 miles. disassemble Well there's your problem... Head gasket said 'see ya' after 100,000 miles or so. So cylinders 3-4 were buddy breathing. So after a lot of cleaning and a trip to the local O'Reilly's, I was able to get it all put back together before the shop closed. drove home just fine.

I'll be so happy when all lock manufacturers stop making the old style mortise locksets. These are such a PITA! We have better technology today, but these are becoming trendy. There's a specific tool that clasps onto the edge of a door and mortises these locks, but it's about $1,300. I just don't do them often enough to justify the outlay. So for now it's forstner bits, auger bits and chisels.