Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Duncan Di Saudelli"
saying something like:

So why aren't the bolt "loops" made to be (bolt diameter + 50%) in
size, to allow for misalignment?

(for reference: http://www.efanlock.com/files/Door_Bolt.jpg the bit
on the left's diameter is too small for the bit on the right)

Because it's cheaper to cut them from the same piece of profile.

And the people who design/make/import/wholesale/retail them don't give a
toss about the poor buggers who install them. The list is endless.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk