Smile, Well, I remember those, so I guess I am a geezer!
(you wrote) the locks were I think like a 4 inch or maybe 3 inch square block. and If I remember correctly there was a little piece of metal stuck up so you could flip it from lock to unlock and that actually took a skeleton key. Many bleams ago, when I was a struggling musician, I lived in an apartment with one of these locks. Only problem was, the lock did not lock. It had a pad lock with a hasp on the out side you could lock when you left. When I was home I just hoped for the best. Well, actually, if any one had come in, they would have felt so sorry for me they probably would have left me something. Any way, After a while, when I did have a couple of instruments of monetary value, I took that behemoth of a non-functioning lock out and with the help of plastic wood, filled in the area enough to allow for a standard door knob. Well, that was years ago when I did not mind spending all that time and energy. I just don't have it in me now and that is why I ask for help with the best way to install a key door knob to replace a door knob with out a key lock. <smile> At 09:42 AM 2/24/2009, you wrote: >Lee, > >Not all of us are your age. >smiling >----- Original Message ----- >From: Lee A. Stone >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:34 >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] door nob question > >some of you in your travels must have seen old locks like in one of my >first houses the locks were I think like a 4 inch or maybe 3 inch >square block. and If I remember correctly there was a little piece of >metal stuck up so you could flip it from lock to unlock and that >actualy took a skeleton key. then there were the door locks per se >which was simply a flat piece of metal that lay in a grove until the >outer handle was turned.. the later one was on my first house which had >double doors and at the bottom of one door was a place where you >fliped up a metal piece thus allowing two or both doors to swing wide >open. and that door had the old fashioned hand crank or turn knob on >the outside which when turned would knock anyone out of bed. Lee > >-- >Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves. >Are you curious? Visit my web site: ><http://www.sedac.mailsent.net>http://www.sedac.mailsent.net > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >signature database 3887 (20090224) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com Thanks. Kevin Doucet [email protected] confuse as says Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly!
