Bank Vault door lock

That is awesome! Nicely done.

That is neat PopsH... Do you have any plans for it? I would love to hack up a few gimicky locks using that style…

Cool love it

That is neat PopsH... Do you have any plans for it? I would love to hack up a few gimicky locks using that style…

- LittleBlackDuck

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Download the program called : Gear Generator It's free and gives you the ability to create gears of all sizes, chains design to run on the gears, gears on gears (limit 2), rack and pinion gears, etc. You can make everything i do using it and be creative too.

very kewl GREAT JOB :<))

Download the program called : Gear Generator…
- PopsHuckster

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I have actually bought that bit of software and have used it extensively…

My problem is that I'm not great with new ideas but get inspiration elsewhere and then run with that.

That is why I was asking if you had a diagram that has already worked out the gearing layout.

LBD
Sorry the only thing I have is the picture. I knew what the size of the backboard had to be for the width of the door, then pretty much started using the gear generator program to start designing gears. I started with the largest gear my printer could handle which was 8-1/2" diameter. Positioned that as the starting point and then started making gears that were smaller and smaller until I got the layout I wanted. The original idea was to have the setup be identical on both sides of the back board because I wanted to make vertical rods going up and down on each side like a bank vault door. Because it's a sliding barn door type door, I scrapped that idea and just used the gears to lift a hook style catch on the right side of the door only. Pretty much was a spur of the moment design (unlike most of my stuff that I blue print before starting anything). I'm adding a close-up of the hook that I didn't put on the post


Sorry that's all I have right now. The last couple projects I just kinda winged it. Not like me but Covid has given me the time to just be creative and not so anal.