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Cool tip.=C2=A0 I'll bet there are some special tools that are typical in =
a locksmith's tool set to do just that.=C2=A0 I remember re-keying Kwikset =
knobs.=C2=A0 These REQUIRE a special tool to remove the cylinder.
Thanks for the tip.=C2=A0 I doubt I'll ever do a mortise lock but if I do f=
orewarned is forearmed.
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Dave=20
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From: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
To: shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, Jan 9, 2023 11:49 pm
Subject: [Shop-talk] old house mortise lock tip
I had reason recently to take apart a couple old mortise locks.=C2=A0 If
you've never taken one apart, they have a bunch of levers and cams, to
do the things a door lock and latch needs to do.=C2=A0 They also have a
bunch of springs, and use the cover to keep things together, so when
you take the cover off, it tends to disassemble itself.=C2=A0 And it's a
real puzzle to put back together.=C2=A0 If you put a screw through the
spindle holes (knob, lock thumbturn) that's got a head big ehough to
bear on the spindle but small enough to pass through the cover hole,
you can take the cover off without the main mechanism grenading.=C2=A0 If
you're working on the mechanism, you may have to remove the screws,
but al least you can take pictures of how it was originally.
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David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com
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<div> <font size="3">Cool tip. I'll bet there are some special tools that
are typical in a locksmith's tool set to do just that. I remember
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From: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com><br>
To: shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Mon, Jan 9, 2023 11:49 pm<br>
Subject: [Shop-talk] old house mortise lock tip<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I had reason recently to take apart a couple old mortise
locks. If<br>
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<div dir="ltr">you've never taken one apart, they have a bunch of levers and
cams, to<br>
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<div dir="ltr">do the things a door lock and latch needs to do. They also
have a<br>
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<div dir="ltr">bunch of springs, and use the cover to keep things together, so
when<br>
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<div dir="ltr">you take the cover off, it tends to disassemble itself.
And it's a<br>
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<div dir="ltr">real puzzle to put back together. If you put a screw
through the<br>
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<div dir="ltr">spindle holes (knob, lock thumbturn) that's got a head big
ehough to<br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">bear on the spindle but small enough to pass through the cover
hole,<br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">you can take the cover off without the main mechanism
grenading. If<br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">you're working on the mechanism, you may have to remove the
screws,<br>
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<div dir="ltr">but al least you can take pictures of how it was originally.<br>
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