Disston E0101959 Blu-Mol Door Latch Mortise Tool

This tool makes the process of lock installation soooo much easier. The gouge is sharp and went easily into the wood. The side cutter to remove the wood worked so well that I was really surprised. It's a really useful very reasonably priced tool. Well worth it.

Does exactly what it claims to do and does it well. Fair price and well made. If you are intalling a door knob and need to cut the latch are in, this is a time saver you will want

This worked very well. It cut a perfect outline of the bolt plate that fit exactly. The built in plane to remove the material inside that outline didn’t work that great but it could have been the material of the door I had. I used a wood chisel to clean it up.

This was the first time I used something like this to dig out the channel for the door knob thingy. It works well but it took me a while to figure it out. There are no moving parts so the blades for digging , you just press it in and move the whole thing manually. It did the job well overall. Just weird and no instructions. If I had another to do I think it would be easier now that I know how to use it. Overall , way better then doing this manually.

This product is a must have for anyone who is replacing door hardware or need to chisel out any part of a solid wood door. The mortise tool was very easy to use and created a nice clean line vs the old hand chisel.

Solid concept...marginal delivery. The mortise punch is a decent idea. Works ok. Perfectly centered thanks to the round insert that slides into the existing door hole. My advice...don't plan on getting your final mortise depth the first time around. Give it a few whacks...chisel out some material and reposition the punch for another round. Repeat this method until the desired mortise depth is achieved. As far as the chisel function...forget it. Ended up causing more damage than using an old fashioned chisel. Keep your chisel sharp and thke it slow. The built in chisel on this tool is dull and mostly useless, in part due to a very shallow depth. At the end of the day I'll keep this in my toolbox and not return it. Could go either way.

Great tool.... Very user friendly...

This thing is a beast and works great once you learn how to use it effectively. Took a little trial and error...but works like a charm now once 'user error' was fixed.