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Wood Combination Lock

doodabug | Posted in Photo Gallery on

This lock took 19 hrs. to make. Mostly White Oak. I am amazed how smooth this lock works.

I have some money in this one because I had to buy a couple forstner bits to make it. 2 1/8 and 1 7/8.

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  1. stevent1 | | #1

    Doodabug,

    Your locks are fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

    Chuck S

    live, work, build, ...better with wood
    1. doodabug | | #6

      Thanks for saying so. Wish I was smart enough to design them.

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    maddog3 | | #2

    so what's the combination ?

    did you bend the hasp thing ?

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    1. Henley | | #3

      No the grain runs straight through.

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        maddog3 | | #5

        I thought it was a dowel rod ..

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      2. doodabug | | #8

        good eye

    2. doodabug | | #7

      5-25-0    The shackle is cut out of a board, rounded over with router, then hand sanded until it slips in hole.

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        maddog3 | | #10

        well it's a very nice job as usual :).

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        1. Damien Stokholm | | #11

          The shackel could be made stronger by cutting a slot and adding wood in the other direction (just at the fragile curved end)

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            maddog3 | | #12

            never thought of that
            Thanks.

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  3. Jim_Allen | | #4

    Very cool.

    How delicate is it?

    Bob's next test date: 12/10/07

    1. doodabug | | #9

      Thanks, pretty rugged, but the shackle would probably snap like a wishbone.

  4. andyfew322 | | #13

    very cool

     

    Look ma, no jigs!!!

    1. doodabug | | #14

      Thanks, you have some good stuff over in Knots too.

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    Huck | | #15

    Sure it looks good.  But locks only stop honest people...

    View Image â€œGood work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product” – Charles Greene
    CaliforniaRemodelingContractor.com
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    Huck | | #16

    your worst nightmare...

    View Image â€œGood work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product” – Charles Greene
    CaliforniaRemodelingContractor.com
    1. Henley | | #17

      What a bent bar on his chainsaw?

    2. doodabug | | #20

      Stop it now. You're scaring me.

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    BossHog | | #18

    I remember reading about wood locks in one of the Foxfire books, and thinking about making one. But they're nowhere near as complicated as that one.

    Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless. [Brian Klock]

    1. doodabug | | #19

      The book I bought is so well written that it made it easy to make all five.

      Dallas

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        BossHog | | #21

        What book do you have?
        Beggars should be abolished. It annoys one to give to them, and it annoys one not to give to them. [Nietzsche]

        1. doodabug | | #22

          "Making Working Wooden Locks" by Tim Detweiler.

          A great book.

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