Did this successfully today. I have done it with relative success in past but your two tips really helped. Marking the lock with magic marker so you know where to work is key. Then using a dremel to file down the strike plate is huge time saver. I used a file in the past but the dremel makes short work of it. Thanks mang!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

8 ай бұрын

Excellent! Glad to help! Thank you for watching and sharing your stupendous results, we appreciate it, hope you have a great weekend my friend. Guru Mike

Crumple up your tinfoil first and then spread it back out on the sheet pan and the bacon will cook better! Now, off to find my dremel and fix my deadbolt! Thanks for the tip Mike!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

29 күн бұрын

Great idea!! Thanks for the view and comment, we really appreciate it, have a great weekend and all the best on your deadbolt project my friend. Guru Mike & team

Best video on fixing a door that won’t latch.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Ай бұрын

Glad we could help! Thank you for watching and sharing, hope you have a great week my friend. Guru Mike & team

When I was younger I did home repairs for years and I always had a set of files just for repairs like that. Always amazed people how simple the repair was.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

Agree Michael! Thank you for watching and sharing, hope you have a great day my friend. Guru Mike

Over the years I have trying to fix deadbolts by removing the plate and chiseling with uneven results. Your method makes a great deal of sense and I will be using it next time I have the deadbolt issue. Fortunately, I have a Dremel so I am all set. Great video!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Steve! Glad to help, we appreciate the view and comment my friend, have a fantastic rest of your week. GuruMike

I did this today too! Love your help, and I do feel smarter, too!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

10 күн бұрын

Glad to help Peter!! Thank you so much for watching and sharing, hope you have a great rest of your week my smart friend :) Guru Mike & team

Thanks Mad Mike! I just did this on my door and it worked beautifully! Thank you. ❤️

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Glad it worked for you Skippy! Thank you for watching and sharing, hope you have a fantastic week my friend. GuruMike

Why didn't I think of that.......I took off the plate over, chiseled the corner, and basically almost broke off a part of my door. l have two dremels. You should rename your channel to "Why didn't I think of that". I'm saying this to myself every time I watch your videos.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

LOL, great suggestion ollie! Thanks for watching and commenting, we truly appreciate it, have a fantastic week my friend. GuruMike

Thank you. You must have been reading my mind. My wife and me just bought a new home last November. The front door deadbolt doesn't catch right. You have to pull the door inward to get it to catch. I had it on my 1 year anniversary to fix list. I'll do it myself now. I own a Dremel myself. A must for different tasks. I was not wanting to remove of the stricker. plate. Once again, thank you Mike!! You channels are awesome 👍👍

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help Greg! All of the deadbolts in our house were catching as well, so hence the fix video :) Thanks for watching and sharing, we really appreciate it, it's always a pleasure my friend, have a great week. GuruMike

Thanks for showing us how quickly this problem could be identified and fixed with a rotary tool. Many of us know about the rotary tool method, but have not been motivated to do the precise marking needed to identify the high spot until we saw the way you used the blue Magic Marker to do it. Thanks for making us smarter about practical matters and finding practical solutions to common problems.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

It's our pleasure to share but we couldn't do it without all of our great subscribers like you my friend! We truly appreciate the view and comment, makes all we do worth every minute of our time. Have a fantastic week! GuruMike

I bought the 4 screw longer catch and chiseled out the door jamb. It now works smoooooothly. House keeps moving throughout the year so nothing stays still. Door certainly works now!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing, have a great week. Guru Mike & team

Great tip. I'm gonna give that a try RIGHT NOW on a regular doorknob latch. Jeesh, so simple I'm embarrassed I never thought of this on my own!!!!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help my friend! Thank you for watching and sharing, have a great week and all the best on your project. GuruMike

I did customer service for many years with a large construction company. I figured out that message many years ago by marking the bolt with white caulking then letting the boat hit the striker plate and then trimming the striker plate appropriately. In some cases I actually had to remove the striker plate and trim the wood behind it and then put the striker plate back but I always got it to work smoothly.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing Manny, we really appreciate it, hope you have a great week my friend. Guru Mike

You forgot your safety glasses brother! Great tip!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

Thanks brett!! We appreciate the view and tip, have a fantastic week my friend. Guru Mike

IF you have to move the plate, you can tap in a bundle of 2 or 3 toothpicks into the old screw holes. It works like a charm.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

29 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching and sharing, have a great weekend. Guru Mike & team

@bryanwachter

27 күн бұрын

Chop sticks work well too and most of the time they are tapered.

The doorknob on my pantry door wasn't working. The latch was stuck, wouldn't move. I bought a new doorknob. It was bigger and wouldn't fit into the whole. Your video helped!!! I have a small Dremel and used that to make the whole bigger. It worked! Thank you so much!!!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

3 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad we could help my friend! Thanks for watching and sharing, hope you have a fantastic day. Guru Mike & team

Awesome. The deadbolt on my front door has been sticking the last few weeks. It's gotten so bad I just bent the key the other day trying to get in. Thanks for the tip.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help smc1037! Thank you for watching and commenting, we really appreciate it, hope you have a great week my friend. GuruMike

Love all of your stuff Mike. Best on KZread hands down.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! We truly appreciate the view and comment, makes all we do worth it my friend, hope you have a great week. GuruMike

4:06 “Make sure you have your safety glasses on” as you start using the Dremel with NO glasses on 😂 🤓 😂 🤓

@MrKnowItAllGuru

3 ай бұрын

I use OSHA approved safety contact lenses 🤓

I used the bacon grease on my deadbolt and it slides even smoother😜 Before Dremels we used to put the ball end of a ball peen hammer against the strike plate and wallop the flat face with a rubber mallet and it would open up the hole so the dead bolt fit looser.

@bigm383

2 жыл бұрын

I did a similar thing with my front door. Kind of panel beat the striker plate with a piece of brass rod and a hammer.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

LOL, we're with you on that Ben, the use of a bph and a good wallop can work, but we usually find it creates more damage than we could stomach :) Been there done that LOL! Thanks for watching and for the comment, did some reminiscing on the many things I've destroyed in my days LOL. GuruMike

@Beehashe

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrKnowItAllGuru the old BPH can help get out of a lot of jams😀 if used in moderation!

I just used my Dremel tool with the grinding wheel to fix this same problem on a new deadbolt lock, and works perfectly now. Thanks for the hack!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

4 ай бұрын

Great to hear! Glad we could help James! Thanks for the view, hope you have a fantastic weekend my friend. Guru Mike & team

Mr. Know It All/Guru😁 How in the world did you know my French doors AND my back door needed this fix!😄 you're right, don't even think about messing with the screws😬🤣 I'm goin to fetch my dremel now, then I'm take'n a road trip... IMA GONNA TAKE A DIP IN SOMEONE'S POOL!!🤣😂🤣 Stay Kool my friend! God Bless and tell Lilly I said "ruff" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

LOL, the simplest fixes to some annoying problems, Jay! The pool has been a blessing for sure, crazy hot here! We sure appreciate the view and comment, we always look forward to hearing from you my friend. Have a stupendous week and Lily says Whoooooooo, her nickname is bird because she sings like a whippoorwill :) GuruMike

Great tip! I have no idea how this showed up in my feed, but I was thinking about this problem on a new deadbolt I installed. Weird.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

29 күн бұрын

Glad it helped! LOL it's fate my friend :) Thank you for the view and comment, hope you have a great weekend. Guru Mike & team

Thanks for the magic marker idea. Just out my new Ryobi rotary tool thru its first job. Same type of door fix as you demoed.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

3 ай бұрын

Have fun!

Great ideas!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

10 күн бұрын

Glad you like them! It's our pleasure to share Elizabeth, hope you have a great day, thanks for the view. Guru Mike & team

Great video and great sense of humor. 😹

@MrKnowItAllGuru

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Doug we appreciate that mad Mike

Awesome☝️..Love the humour too...makes a pain in the butt job a lot easier👌😅

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much Mark! We try to make these fun! We appreciate the view, hope you have a great weekend. Guru Mike & team

Good tips , thanks for sharing , God bless !

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure Michael! God bless my friend, have a great week. GuruMike

Too easy...thank you Mike

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure Kyle! Thanks as always, we appreciate the view my friend, hope you have a great week. GuruMike

Nice. Doesn't take much to tweak stuff like this.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

17 күн бұрын

You're right! It's these tiny little projects within your home that matter, and it doesn't take much to repair. Thanks for the view and comment Pete, hope you have a great day. Guru Mike & team

Sometimes you can bend the little tab out on the door jam piece for the main latch so that the door latches deeper and that will be enough. Great way to check where is is rubbing! Mmmmmm, makin' bacon! Let's eat!!!!!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info Leonard! We appreciate the view my friend, always a pleasure, and yes, let's eat! Have a great week! GuruMike

2:24 sounds like a happy marriage.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

10 күн бұрын

LOL, Thanks for the view, have a great day my friend. Guru Mike & team

Love your backyard and pool. Living the dream. And your ❤puppy❤

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Puppy Gadget, my pup is always very interested in what I am doing :) LOL We appreciate the view and comment, have a great week my friend. Guru Mike

@puppygadget3189

Жыл бұрын

@@MrKnowItAllGuru just had to put my boy Gadget down on the 26th due to a very aggressive cancer that made him very sick real fast. Gadget went every where with me and slept up against me every night. So I am totally heartbroken and big tears constantly. Just got his ashes so he is back home with me.

Awesome. That’s the exact way I fixed mine too

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

Good to hear! Thank you for watching and sharing, hope you have a fantastic weekend my friend. Guru Mike

Good tips

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so! Thank you for watching and being here with us Chuckee, we truly appreciate it, hope you have a great week. GuruMike

Top name old mate. Like the clips and hints ok. Keep smiling ok.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Will do Tony! Thank you for watching and commenting, have a great week my friend. GuruMike

I install smart door locks for living. And this is particularly crucial for smooth operation otherwise you wear out the batteries or worse at the lock won't work. I was really hoping you would show us how to get the door to close further by adjusting the lower knob. I do like using the marker as a bling agent to see where it's hitting. Brilliant

@MrKnowItAllGuru

25 күн бұрын

It seals perfectly, just an FYI. :) Thank you for watching and sharing, have a great week my friend. Guru Mike & team

@Magicinstalls

25 күн бұрын

@@MrKnowItAllGuru No worries I know it seals. I really wish there was a way to get the door to close a little bit tighter rather than weakening the strike plate that's all

@ForeverVersatile

18 күн бұрын

@@MrKnowItAllGuruI ran into this problem today when installing mine. I need to file the bottom and right side of the plate because I have to slightly lift and push in the door for the bolt to catch.

Thanks

@MrKnowItAllGuru

29 күн бұрын

Our pleasure! Thanks for the view and comment, have a great weekend. Guru Mike & team

now when someone picks your lock, it's much easier for them to turn it. Just playing lol. great tip!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

LOL, thanks for watching Es Are! Have a great week my friend. GuruMike

I have been looking for a reason to buy a Dremel. Now I have one.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, Adna! They are a great little tool and you will be surprised at the uses it has! Thanks for watching, hope you have a great week my friend. GuruMike

It worked!!!! 👍

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear David!! Thank you for watching and for sharing your results, we truly appreciate it, have a fantastic day my friend. Guru Mike

I did see that till now but like I said great tool

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

It is Joseph! Thank you for watching, have a great week. Guru Mike

Mr. Know It All: I think you once did a video about something that cleans just about everything; I'm trying to clean painted walls and woodwork. Any suggestions?

Yep I did a couple of those the other day and just used a file

@MrKnowItAllGuru

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing, have a fantastic day. Guru Mike & team

Perfect timing. I just had this problem with my door. Thank you. By any chance do you have any for mosquitos?

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help Jaime! As far as mosquitos, we use this amzn.to/3P4KZd7 for outdoors and you can even use one of them indoors once a week and rid your house of about every bug you have :) Mind you, these are great when you are outside sitting around your patio, but for a larger area, make sure there is the least amount of standing water, then use this amzn.to/3urDBAB it's what we use here in the jungles of Florida :) Thank you for watching, have a great week my friend. GuruMike

@jaimepadilla9548

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrKnowItAllGuru perfect thank you such you have a great week as well

My door does the same thing but if I trim that down the door doesn't sit tight on the door seal. I asked a contractor why that is and he said some do that so it fits tight on the door seal, so less cool air loss. So I left mine alone for now

@MrKnowItAllGuru

26 күн бұрын

Good to know, makes sense! Thanks for watching and sharing, hope you have a great week my friend. Guru Mike & team

Dude 🏆🏆🏆✌️

@MrKnowItAllGuru

17 күн бұрын

Thank you very much! We appreciate the view and comment, hope you have a fantastic day. Guru Mike & team

When he closes the door to fully latched you can hear a double clck. The second click is th anti-jimmy pin. The anti-jimmy pin should not be engaged in the stike plate. When its in the strike plate opening the door can be opened with a credit card.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing, hope you have a great week. Guru Mike & team

Go to his other channel called sweet project cars.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! We appreciate the view and comment, hope you have a fantastic week my friend. GuruMike

New to your channel. I subscribed to Sweet Project cars wat back! Loved this video! I have on door that the dead bolt is correct when it locks, but the door strike on the door knob is loose when it latches. How to fix? I Love bacon! I worry about the aluminum leaching into the Bacon? What do you think? Subscribed! So much FUN to Learn from you! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

Inside the metal plate that is screwed to the door jam, there's a little tab in there, you can stick a screwdriver in there and pry that tab out a little bit until it latches firmly with no slack. If that doesn't work, send me some pictures to sweetprojectcars@gmail.com and we will see if we can get you pointed in the right direction my friend. Also, no worry about the bacon, that aluminum foil is made for the heat, no leaching. Thank you for the view and for the sub Davil, we truly appreciate all of our great subscribers like you, hope you have a stupendous week. Guru Mike

I was replacing my door lock today and my dog was there too to assist me😂

@MrKnowItAllGuru

3 ай бұрын

LOL, they're good little helpers :) Thanks for watching and sharing, have a fantastic day. Guru Mike & team

If you have to move a striker plate in are worried about the screws trying to go back in the old holes, put a wooden match stick in the old screw hole and then put the screw next to the wooden matchstick.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

Great tip Michael! Thank you for watching and sharing, have a great week. Guru Mike

@bdlii

8 ай бұрын

I saw someone use golf tees too. All good ideas.

It’s a good place to start. But in my case the alignment is off to the point where the bolt reaches the edge of the plate. So it definitely needs to be repositioned so I wouldn’t call it a waste of time if filing won’t do the trick.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing, have a fantastic day. Guru Mike & team

Hoo boy you're not kidding about the screws wanting to go back to the old holes. Had that happen a few years back until I'd about filled the whole darned hole with wood filler and redrilled everything 😅

@Marcoosianism

2 жыл бұрын

To fill the old screw hole try drilling it out with a 1/4" drill bit then tapping in a 1/4" dowel with wood glue and levelling it smooth when dry. You can now carefully drill your new hole without the bit slipping into the old hole.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly Alex!! I'm with you on that my friend, been there done that LOL! Thanks for watching, hope you have a fantastic week. GuruMike

@alexguzman5547

2 жыл бұрын

@@Marcoosianism oh it wasn't so much the bit wanting to go back to the old holes as the screws themselves. The wood of the frame had been cut in a really poor way to create the hole for the lock's bolt (looked like someone missed their mark and decided to use a chisel instead) so even after plugging the old holes the screws would either burst out into the hole for the bolt, or would push the plugs enough to wiggle. Replacing part of the frame was something we considered, but everyone else was dithering about it so I got fed up with it and went to the hardware and fixed it up the best way that I could 😅

@Marcoosianism

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexguzman5547 I see, so the frame was a bit of a mess to start with. Yeah I hear you, in the end you just have to do what you can 🙂

Hello To all of our Great Getting Smarter Subscribers!!! This fix will make your Spouse so happy as they will be able to use their deadbolt again!! ***Quote of the week: Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their last option.***

@willmallory9085

2 жыл бұрын

Sweeet gym Bro.😅

I want that pool.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

4 күн бұрын

It's a blessing for sure :) Sure helps on these HOT Florida days my friend. Thanks for the view and comment, have a great day. Guru Mike & team

Bakin' bacon......LOL

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

It's fantastic! Thank you for watching robert, we truly appreciate it, have a great week my friend and bake yourself some bacon :) GuruMike

What is the dremel attachment being used here? Based on other comments, it's a grinding stone. What material is appropriate for this sort of job, though?

@MrKnowItAllGuru

3 күн бұрын

First off, please re-watch the entire video, here's what you want to use amzn.to/3A6usDm use one of the orange stones or one of the sanding discs. Thanks for watching and asking, have a great day my friend. Guru Mike & team

Any chance we can ever see/meet Julio Caesar Chavez Jorge Johnson Francis Remington?

@joeschleprock3409

2 жыл бұрын

If you look very closely he appears in every video much like Hitchcock did in his movies.(did you see him sitting in the tree in this video?)

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

LOL, Hoolio refuses to be on camera, but believe you me, he is all too real LOL! Thank you for watching, we really appreciate it, hope you have a great week my friend. GuruMike

Unfortunately, you have weak strike plates which makes that door easy to kick in. Also, all that glass isn't the best for security either.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 ай бұрын

Well your comment is not the point of the video...and what I have is better than leaving the door wide open...plus I dont live in fort knox and I have Smith and Wesson items that will be used if some idiot tries to kick in the door.

You can see that the piece sticking out is drooping and it's not coming out bone straight from the. Why not fix the drooping metal lock rather than grinding out the hole where the lot goes?

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

You can do this fix any way you want to Lynda, we are just sharing what we know works. Thanks. Guru Mike

I bought my dremel years ago to work on my faults teeth .

@MrKnowItAllGuru

3 күн бұрын

Nice! Thanks for watching, have a great day. Guru Mike & team

Mine won't allign it going all the way 😊

baaaaaaaconnnnnn ooooooooom

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

Yeah!! Thanks for watching, have a great week my friend. GuruMike

Nothing every goes straight forward huh Mike? Lol!!!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

2 жыл бұрын

LOL, you're correct! Thanks for watching and being a great subscriber, have a fantastic week my friend. GuruMike

Good tip but could have been a 30 second video

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the view, have a great day. Guru Mike & team

Use parchment paper instead

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

You can use anything you want to use, we are just using what 99.9% of all people have in the kitchen junk drawer. Thanks for watching, have a great day. Guru Mike

@kimperes5987

4 ай бұрын

​@@MrKnowItAllGuruI'd like to know if the bacon grease splatters when it's prepared this way in the oven?

I use the Dremel for that kind of thing all the time, it’s a great hack. But now about the bacon, I bake my bacon all the time. It’s the easiest no mess way to go, and the bacon stays flat. The only thing I would recommend is after you put down the aluminum foil, cut a piece of parchment paper and put that over the aluminum foil and lay the bacon on the parchment paper so it’s not touching the aluminum foil. Aluminum foil has one of the highest transfer rates of aluminum to food, especially with that high of a contact. It can lead to Alzheimer’s in the future. Never cook any food in direct contact with aluminum foil. Peace

@MrKnowItAllGuru

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for the view and comment, have a fantastic week my friend. Guru Mike & team

He says to put your safety glasses on and then proceeds to start grinding with no glasses on! WTF! Also a small fine file will do the same thing almost as fast without any risk of getting metal shavings in your eye!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Ай бұрын

You can do it however you want to do it, we're not asking you to do anything! Have a great day. Guru Mike & team

@rshoe1023

Ай бұрын

@@MrKnowItAllGuru Yes I realize that and I will do things the best way I see fit! Seems lately we are seeing a lot more crap on you tube. For future reference when you make a vid, practice what you preach. There's to many hacks out there doing this stuff!

Lubricate it

@MrKnowItAllGuru

8 күн бұрын

Thank you for your comment, can you please explain to me how lubrication is going to line up the deadbolt pocket with the deadbolt??? If you have a lubrication that will move the deadbolt up 1/8" so it goes smoothly into the pocket, we want to know about this lube because it would be almost magical like maybe this amzn.to/4d2Jys7 . Have a great day. Guru Mike & team

@peterrudy9207

7 күн бұрын

@@MrKnowItAllGuru Didn't mean a lubricant to make any adjustment . Just that I think it best to use whatever kind of lubricant you wanted for metal on metal .

Take a little off the lock

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

You can do whatever you want to do Joseph, we are just sharing what we know works and is the easiest and most economical way to fix this problem. Thanks for watching. Guru Mike

You don't know it all mister LOL a deadbolt on doors that are mostly glass LOL

@MrKnowItAllGuru

12 күн бұрын

Not sure why protecting our young grandchildren from entering our pool area with a deadbolted door is funny, but I guess you think it is. Hope you have a great day and receive everything in life that you deserve. Guru Mike & team

Wears no safety glasses!!! 😢

@MrKnowItAllGuru

29 күн бұрын

It's all good! Thanks for the view, have a great day. Guru Mike & team

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@MrKnowItAllGuru

Жыл бұрын

Saul glad we could give you a good laugh we always try to bring a little humor to great people like yourself.

Thank you! Marry me!

@MrKnowItAllGuru

4 ай бұрын

Any time :)

wiser hardware has a small adjustment tab on the inside of the keeper for the door handle. I am a service tech and I never have had to do this.

@MrKnowItAllGuru

4 ай бұрын

well Kevin as they say, there is always a first time for everything :)