sometimes seen on the drop-down part of trucks ... it has a lozenge
shaped plate of metal with a cutout in the centre which is fixed into a
bolt which screws into the substrate. The flap has a hole which this
faster passes through, and you then slide the metal plate which drops
down and locks the flap in place.

Can you get small (c. 5-10mm ?) ones for a DIY project to screw into
wood ?

Jethro wrote:
sometimes seen on the drop-down part of trucks ... it has a lozenge
shaped plate of metal with a cutout in the centre which is fixed into a
bolt which screws into the substrate. The flap has a hole which this
faster passes through, and you then slide the metal plate which drops
down and locks the flap in place.

Can you get small (c. 5-10mm ?) ones for a DIY project to screw into
wood ?
It is called an antiluce.

You can get small ones for DIY trailer building but possibly not as
small as you want. They are generally bolt on or weld in.

hth

Bob

On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:15:42 +0100, Bob Minchin wrote:

Jethro wrote:
sometimes seen on the drop-down part of trucks ... it has a lozenge
shaped plate of metal with a cutout in the centre which is fixed into a
bolt which screws into the substrate. The flap has a hole which this
faster passes through, and you then slide the metal plate which drops
down and locks the flap in place.

Can you get small (c. 5-10mm ?) ones for a DIY project to screw into
wood ?
It is called an antiluce.

You can get small ones for DIY trailer building but possibly not as
small as you want. They are generally bolt on or weld in.

hth

Bob

Great - thanks. My vague plan, is, having bought and built our BBQ/
Smoking shelter:
http://www.shedstore.co.uk/garden-st...rage/barbecue-
shelter-pt/bbq-plus-barbecue-shelter-5-by-4

to fit a couple of plastic sheets for windproofing when not BBQing.
Originally I was going to drill a large hole underneath a small one and
join the two with a channel the width of a screw. Then I figured that
since sheet plastic can be a pig to work, these fasteners might be
better, if they can screw into wood.

Oh well, I shall experiment.

On 09/08/2011 14:15, Bob Minchin wrote:
Jethro wrote:
sometimes seen on the drop-down part of trucks ... it has a lozenge
shaped plate of metal with a cutout in the centre which is fixed into a
bolt which screws into the substrate. The flap has a hole which this
faster passes through, and you then slide the metal plate which drops
down and locks the flap in place.

Can you get small (c. 5-10mm ?) ones for a DIY project to screw into
wood ?
It is called an antiluce.

You can get small ones for DIY trailer building but possibly not as
small as you want. They are generally bolt on or weld in.

There are some about with 8mm shafts - not sure if the op was specifying
shaft clearance or the diameter of the main toggle bit:

http://www.whb.org.uk/acatalog/Anti_luce_Droplocks.html



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On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:03:24 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

On 09/08/2011 14:15, Bob Minchin wrote:
Jethro wrote:
sometimes seen on the drop-down part of trucks ... it has a lozenge
shaped plate of metal with a cutout in the centre which is fixed into
a bolt which screws into the substrate. The flap has a hole which this
faster passes through, and you then slide the metal plate which drops
down and locks the flap in place.

Can you get small (c. 5-10mm ?) ones for a DIY project to screw into
wood ?
It is called an antiluce.

You can get small ones for DIY trailer building but possibly not as
small as you want. They are generally bolt on or weld in.

There are some about with 8mm shafts - not sure if the op was specifying
shaft clearance or the diameter of the main toggle bit:

http://www.whb.org.uk/acatalog/Anti_luce_Droplocks.html

thanks - seen those, but I was hoping for something to go into wood ...
maybe my original idea of cutting a keyhole into the plastic is the way
to go ...

On 09/08/2011 15:12, Jethro wrote:
On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:03:24 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

On 09/08/2011 14:15, Bob Minchin wrote:
Jethro wrote:
sometimes seen on the drop-down part of trucks ... it has a lozenge
shaped plate of metal with a cutout in the centre which is fixed into
a bolt which screws into the substrate. The flap has a hole which this
faster passes through, and you then slide the metal plate which drops
down and locks the flap in place.

Can you get small (c. 5-10mm ?) ones for a DIY project to screw into
wood ?
It is called an antiluce.

You can get small ones for DIY trailer building but possibly not as
small as you want. They are generally bolt on or weld in.

There are some about with 8mm shafts - not sure if the op was specifying
shaft clearance or the diameter of the main toggle bit:

http://www.whb.org.uk/acatalog/Anti_luce_Droplocks.html

thanks - seen those, but I was hoping for something to go into wood ...
maybe my original idea of cutting a keyhole into the plastic is the way
to go ...

You can get threaded inserts that go into wood - might work with one of
the bolt ended ones?


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In message , Jethro
writes
On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:03:24 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

On 09/08/2011 14:15, Bob Minchin wrote:
Jethro wrote:
sometimes seen on the drop-down part of trucks ... it has a lozenge
shaped plate of metal with a cutout in the centre which is fixed into
a bolt which screws into the substrate. The flap has a hole which this
faster passes through, and you then slide the metal plate which drops
down and locks the flap in place.

Can you get small (c. 5-10mm ?) ones for a DIY project to screw into
wood ?
It is called an antiluce.

You can get small ones for DIY trailer building but possibly not as
small as you want. They are generally bolt on or weld in.

There are some about with 8mm shafts - not sure if the op was specifying
shaft clearance or the diameter of the main toggle bit:

http://www.whb.org.uk/acatalog/Anti_luce_Droplocks.html

thanks - seen those, but I was hoping for something to go into wood ...
maybe my original idea of cutting a keyhole into the plastic is the way
to go ...

Nowhere near as strong but used to hold my tonneau cover on:-)

Turnbuckle fastener....

http://www.cbsonline.co.uk/product/L...uckle_Fastener
s_TBLN

regards


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On Aug 9, 2:15*pm, Bob Minchin
wrote:

You can get small ones for DIY trailer building but possibly not as
small as you want. They are generally bolt on or weld in.

As they rely on weight, small ones don't work too well anyway. For
smaller sizes, you start to need some sort of spring in there, hence
the Dzus fastener.