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
>
>
> John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948@cox.net
> Va. Beach, Va
> Phone: (757) 495-8229
>
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