Locking a blanket chest

There are locks made for chests that mortise inot the front wall from the inside. there is only a push button sticking through the front with a key slot. These are not high security locks by they keep people like myself out.

Try making a locking device where you would maybe turn a leg, or push a piece of trim to trip the locking pin. This way there is no lock showing.

The only thing I was told when I went into the Navy was a lock was to keep a honest person honest. Good luck.

-- "When we build, let us think we build forever." John Ruskin

http://www.horton-brasses.com/store/locks/halfmortise3 i have used this one before and its very well made

-- As Best I Can

There was a recall some years ago of cedar chest locks to make
them easy to open if a child gets shut inside, since most auto-latch.

All I can say is that if you are making a chest big enough for kids
to climb into, you’d be super uncool to make it with any other
but the updated style of latch.

There are all kinds of chest locks. Some mortise in and others dont. I built a steamer trunk some years ago and used an external lock…see in my gallery. It works and looks great if you dont want to mortise a lock. Otherwise moritse locks work great too and arent too difficult to put in if you like that route.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

The Horton lock listed about is a good one. I have used those many times. bob

-- Bob www.bobkloes.com