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Re: [Shop-talk] Sliding door locks

To: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Sliding door locks
From: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:11:54 -0500
There's a neat little lock shop down the street -- I'll give him a try.

I went in to get a key made, and I looked at the racks of blanks on  
the wall.  The one thing that stuck in my mind was a peg marked  
"Borgward" -- with three or four blanks hanging there, waiting...

I guess I mentally filed that place as "car parts store", though.   
Thanks for jogging the grey matter!

Matt

On 11 Nov, 2007, at 7:44 PM, John T. Blair wrote:

> At 06:47 PM 11/11/2007 -0500, Matt Trebelhorn wrote:
>
>> The lock that was in it broke last week -- there's a spot where a
>> tension coil spring that's supposed to slide/pivot over a bar, and
>> the spring broke.....
>
>> Does anybody on the list have a recommendation -- a brand or a store
>> -- for a latch that's decently made?
>
> Matt,
>
> Check your Yellow Pages for Lock smiths.  I had an interesting  
> discussion
> about this the other day with my neighbor who is a lock smith.  I  
> was talking
> about how cheap the Quik Set door knobs are.  The mechanism is not 1/2
> plastic.  They don't last 7 yrs.  He agreeded, and said that they sell
> better ones, but at one hell-of-a lot higher price.
>
> John
>
>
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