Mark the teeth on the blanks and cut away.
How to make a wooden door lock.
Mount your door by slotting its hinges into those on the door frame.
Again i knocked all the edges off l to form a leading chamfer to ease the interaction between moving parts.
Lock fitted in door material the lock is fitted into the leading edge of the door not the surface of the door.
That and the available door hardware just didn t suit his style the door latches pictured above are for the house he.
Conventionally available doorknobs and strike plates don t allow for a lot of latitude in terms of dealing with shifts in the buildings from frost heaving.
My dad originally started making wooden door latches for the cottages he built at amogla camp.
Open with a key you can open the lock from both sides with a key.
5 levers the number of levers should be stamped on the faceplate of lock e g 5 lever.
Wooden door you will have a wooden timber door.
Make sure the key and bar blanks slide freely in the lock body prior to cutting the teeth.
With a framing square and pencil lay out the exact vertical measurements of the finished door and nail or screw the horizontal battens securely to each board.
The safety key could be a dowel or anything straight.
Nail or screw on the vertical.