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Mortising in a strike plate by hand

I’m pretty proud of this mortising job. Some rube installed a deadlatch on this door but didn’t install a strikeplate for it. This caused the door to not shut.

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Bjørn Madsen

I am the Seattle locksmith you've been looking for. High Quality work at a reasonable price delivered in a timely fashion. View all posts by Bjørn Madsen

Posted on 2017/06/09Author Bjørn MadsenCategories Blog

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