Article discussion thread:Build a Working Wooden Lock

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[Rolf]

I was fortunate to get to do the test cutting on this project.
I think it is a great and very different project from the norm and it was a lot of fun to cut.
The acrylic version is really cool for show and tell.
When will the next issue come out with this project?

[Terry Murphy]

Kool! I am waiting for the next issue.

[Band Saw Box]

Very neat project. I'm going to have to get out my back issue and take another look.
Ok I found the issue in the video but I did not see the lock in it. Am I over looking it or are the plans in another issue? I did have a book on wooden locks but I think I sold it. Can any one help me find the pattern for this lock.

[Rolf]

The lock is not in the issue used in the video. It will be in the spring issue that has not yet been released.
So Dan you will have to wait for it.

[Band Saw Box]

Were there the problem then. I'll be on the look out for it in my mail..............well as soon as i renew my subscription that is. Thanks for the help Rolf

[BobD (Archive)]

Thanks Rolf,
Unfortunately, the author made the video BEFORE the magazine came out, so he used an issue he had as a prop in the article. There was no way I'd go back and make him re-do the video just to have the newest issue in the video.

Bob

[Rolf]

So when will the new issue be out?

[BobD (Archive)]

It mails to subscribers in a few days, and hits newsstands around the middle of January.

Bob

[Colin Bray]

Obtaining the Magazine in Australia

Hi All
This is my first post I am interested in making the wooden lock. Could I get the magazine in Australia.
If not how much to subcribe to the magazine and have it sent to Australia
Regards Colin Bray

[Wood Dog]

Welcome aboard Colin, new members are always welcomed here. Come by often for lots of information, and sharing.
To subscribe to the magazine, just click on Subscribe Today on the left hand side of this post, scroll to the top of page.
All the information is there. A very worthwhile magazine I might add.

[Colin Bray]

Thanks for your welome Wood Dog! I have subcribed to the magizine and
no dought you here a lot more of me I will fix up my profile and tell you a little bit about My Australia cheers for now Col

PS have a great Christmas

[dracosfire83]

Not to sure how legal this topic is but this pattern was copyrighted by Tim Detweiler in his 2 books Making Working Wooden Locks back in 10-2000 and Making More Working Wooden Locks: Complete Plans For Five Working Wooden Locks back in 12-2003.

[Adrian-Iredale]

Lock Copyright?

I am familiar with Tim Detweiler's locks. He has done a great job of the projects in his books and they are well worth buying. However, the lock featured here is not his design. Compare the two. Sure, they are both wooden locks but this lock uses a different mechanism which I believe is easier to build and more robust than Tim's. Tim's measurements and methods have not been used here. It is true they look similar at first glance as they are both locks so the comment is understandable.

[BobD (Archive)]

Thanks for clarifying that, Adrian. At the magazine, we checked into that before we even accepted Adrian's article.

Best Regards,
Bob Duncan
Technical Editor