My Lock Display/Practice Stand

[cdman]

I finally got around to a project I've been wanting to do for a while- making a display and practice stand using some of my locks, and I thought some of you on here might enjoy seeing it. Here it is:



I made it out of a single piece of shelving I got from O.S.H. for $5. The L brackets are for hanging said shelving, from the same isle. In addition to the couple of cheap deadbolt locks there are 2 cabinet locks, a mailbox lock, and 3 car locks. I had a bit of a hard time mounting them all, partly because the wood is much thinner than a door, and partly because some of the locks don't lend themselves to being mounted outside their intended habitats- so the back is somewhat of a hodgepodge of hardware and cardboard filler.
Comments and suggestions are welcome.

A shot with the keys in, because it looks cool, naturally.
-cd

[Squelchtone]

Nice job man, that stand will offer hours of fun! very creative use of the strike plate to hold the lock in.

I noticed you have that Z shaped flat tension tool. That thing is a dog, if you have a car parts store near you, ask behind the counter for any old windshield wipers, or look in the trash bin just out front of the store and rip the stainless steel windshield wiper inserts that are inside the windshield wiper's rubber. Cut the stainless inserts down to 6 inches, bend one end with pliers to make a 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch bend and that will be a much better wrench than the one that came with your pick set. You can get fancy and make a wrench with a twist, so it is easier to press against and the handle won't dig into your fingers while picking. There should be a sticky or how to around here somewhere, poke around for it.

Happy picking!
Squelchtone

[catsoup]

Looking good. It would be nice to get a collection of peoples solutions to the problem of holding locks - in the absence of a vice.

The shelving mounted vertically is a good idea. Perhaps the heavy mortise locks mounted below the light locks in version 2.0?

[cdman]

Nice job man, that stand will offer hours of fun! very creative use of the strike plate to hold the lock in.

Thanks Squelchtone. I keep it on my desk and have really been enjoying being able to pick on a whim!

I noticed you have that Z shaped flat tension tool. That thing is a dog,...

Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate that. I actually do have some of the L wrenches as well, and I do indeed prefer those. I'm lucky to have a neighborhood streetsweeper that likes to break bristles all over my street. I just recently got this z shaped one as part of a cheap set and have been playing around with it.

Looking good... Perhaps the heavy mortise locks mounted below the light locks in version 2.0?

Thanks Catsoup. That would be nice to have it progressively get harder from top to bottom, it would better stabilize it too to have the heavy locks on the bottom. Good idea.

[Altashot]

Dead bolts, rim cylinder, drawer lock mailbox, and auto...
Nice job! And fitting those locks on thin wood!...
My only concern is that you are going to have to build another one.......
That one will soon become too small as your collection grows...

M.

[cdman]

Dead bolts, rim cylinder, drawer lock mailbox, and auto...
Nice job! And fitting those locks on thin wood!...
My only concern is that you are going to have to build another one.......
That one will soon become too small as your collection grows...

M.

Thanks Altashot

[FuzzyChopz]

Hey what kind of tool did you use to drill through the wood? Also did you use a dremel on the back side? Looks awesome btw

[cdman]

I used a drill press (you can use a regular drill gun if you don't have a press) and if I recall correctly a variety of hole saws (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_ ... s=hole+saw). Nope, didn't do anything to the backside. Thanks!

[FuzzyChopz]

Thanks for the info, while walking around in Home Depot I discovered that they offer a doorknob installation kit that comes with everything you need excluding a drill. It worked quite well and was only about 25-30$ It can be used many times over too.