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How to get a doorknob apart
Does it have any brand names? Perhaps you can take some
pictures, and upload to a free hosting site, so we can see? At this point, I'm not sure what you're working on. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "David Nebenzahl" wrote in message s.com... Picked up a lockset today, just a passage set, no locks. It's an older one (ca. 1940s) to match others in the house I'm working on. I want to get it apart to clean it up. So far, I've been able to get one knob and escutcheon off, but I can't figure out how to get the other one off. The escutcheon I got off was held on by a spring and the knob by a tab in a slot; the opposite escutcheon is threaded onto the lock body. And the knob on that side has no tabs, screws or other obvious ways of removing it. Anyone familiar with these? know how to get the knob off? Mucho appreciado. -- Personally, I like Vista, but I probably won't use it. I like it because it generates considerable business for me in consulting and upgrades. As long as there is hardware and software out there that doesn't work, I stay in business. Incidentally, my company motto is "If this stuff worked, you wouldn't need me". - lifted from sci.electronics.repair |
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How to get a doorknob apart
On 2/4/2009 6:25 AM Stormin Mormon spake thus:
Does it have any brand names? Perhaps you can take some pictures, and upload to a free hosting site, so we can see? At this point, I'm not sure what you're working on. No manufacturer's name, no markings at all (except "PATD SEE WRAPPER" and "M45" stamped on the lock body), and no digicam here. I'll try to describe it. All exposed metal is lacquered brass. Hollow knobs, fairly heavy-gauge sheet metal. Knobs and escutcheons both have two concentric stepped rings stamped on them. Beneath the one removable escutcheon is an underplate screwed to the lock body with two screws. The door latch slides into the side of the lock body, engaging the two clips that pull in the latch. It's a very common style made, I'm guessing, from the 1930s to the 50s. The place I bought them (Ohmega Salvage in Berkeley) had a whole drawer full of them. At this point my only problem is how to get the remaining knob off the body. Then I can clean both knobs and escutcheons. -- Personally, I like Vista, but I probably won't use it. I like it because it generates considerable business for me in consulting and upgrades. As long as there is hardware and software out there that doesn't work, I stay in business. Incidentally, my company motto is "If this stuff worked, you wouldn't need me". - lifted from sci.electronics.repair |
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