Frank Erskine wrote:

On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:13:55 +0100, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
news
I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several
hardware stores
sell them.

Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for
other
people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)...

Oh well, ebay to the rescue...
--
Tim Watts

Tim,

Pop down to the farm and I'll give you a bit - it's ony 1/4" square
stock

Andrew

If you were to use mild steel for this, you'd be well advised to
case-harden it (after cutting to length!), otherwise it'll inevitably
twist after long repeated use , and be very difficult to remove from
the lock/latch mechanism.


Glad I ordered "proper" ones now

Yes - the ****ite bar had done this just before it finally fractured...

--
Tim Watts