affiliated a actual anachronistic barn aperture locking arrangement with my house. There were cables absorbed to the lock, if I angry the handle a metal bond that wraps about a bowl would cull two pins out from beneath two stops and acquiesce the aperture to be opened. The springs in the pins wore out and they wouldn't appoint if I let go of the handle.. barn aperture backward open.I was clumsy to acquisition any locations anywhere because the affair was so old.
1) Removed old cable
2) Measured out space between center of handle and the middle of the pins
3) Got piece of metal stock 1x1/4
4) Lined up stock with existing holes in the pins marked holes on metal stock
5) Lined up stock with handle plate marked holes for both
6) Drilled holes in the metal stock
7) Drilled holes in handle plate.
8) Attached bolts into 4 holes Pin to stock, stock to handle plate, handle plate to stock and stock to pin
9) Door works like new
Cost:
1 free piece of metal -Craigslist ,
45 minutes of work
4 bolts and 4 nuts I had laying around
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
The Benefits of the Door Hanger Bag
Whether we live in a mansion or an housing block we all need more space, especially for storage, and that's why door hanger bags were invented. No need to buy another cabinet to hide in the loo when you can hang a bag on your loo door which is far more inexpensive than the new cabinet.
Back in the early to mid nineteen hundreds the only loo in the house or housing was the coat loo in the front hall, and bedrooms did not have any modify of clothes closet.
A large hook was screwed into the wood door and dresses, coats, and robes were hung on the door. Smaller items such as pants, shirts and personal apparel was neatly folded and placed in a dresser drawer. There was less apparel to store back then.
Today we have become collectors of discarded things. Most of us store things because someone may need them someday. Sometimes more space is justified. Large families always need more space.
Door hanger bags are best used on normal type doors rather the bi-fold or tri-fold doors They can be used for storage on the inside of the door for practical purposes or right for esthetics.
These handy storage units can take the place of a behave chest, to end the need of such a space hog, and to protect the safety of the child that likes to hide in the behave chest. They can even be used in the workshop or the garage for small things that would normally get lost.
There are many places inside and right in which to hang them, and many uses for handy door hanger bags.
Back in the early to mid nineteen hundreds the only loo in the house or housing was the coat loo in the front hall, and bedrooms did not have any modify of clothes closet.
A large hook was screwed into the wood door and dresses, coats, and robes were hung on the door. Smaller items such as pants, shirts and personal apparel was neatly folded and placed in a dresser drawer. There was less apparel to store back then.
Today we have become collectors of discarded things. Most of us store things because someone may need them someday. Sometimes more space is justified. Large families always need more space.
Door hanger bags are best used on normal type doors rather the bi-fold or tri-fold doors They can be used for storage on the inside of the door for practical purposes or right for esthetics.
These handy storage units can take the place of a behave chest, to end the need of such a space hog, and to protect the safety of the child that likes to hide in the behave chest. They can even be used in the workshop or the garage for small things that would normally get lost.
There are many places inside and right in which to hang them, and many uses for handy door hanger bags.
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