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Mar. 24th, 2019 07:46 pmThe window that got blown out of the workshop in the storm, is a wooden frame hinged at the top. The wood is old enough and has taken enough weather-based strife that when it's cleaned up with new glass in it it no longer fits in the window hole. So I need to redo the window panel and make it a little smaller, while still fitting the new sheet of glass.
The workshop's front door has a knob and a deadbolt. There has never been a key for the knob lock, and even if there was, it wouldn't work: someone tried to force it years ago and the key entry is too distorted for use. The problem with this is if someone turns the lock thumbturn, the door locks and I can't open it. (Which is why I added the deadbolt, for which I do have a key.)
This is only partly true. If the knob is locked, until yesterday I could push the door open enough to get the live bolt and latch to separate, because it's a double door and the other door is very poorly held in place.
This morning I added a fairly secure drawbolt and matching aluminum plates on the top and bottom of the secondary door, so now when they're latched, the door is secure against light attempts.
Which means I have to get the knob replaced with one that has a key, preferably a key that matches those in the house.
There are a ton of locksmiths willing to show up at my house and rekey locks, for $40 just to show up, and parts and labor on top of that.
But I did find an old-fashioned locksmith with a storefront who will take an old Schlage live bolt knob (or three: I might as well also get the ones in the garage-to-house door for which we've never had a key either) and redo the tumblers on all of them to match the house key.
This afternoon I spent a bunch of time showing![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
threemeninaboat's protege MiniMe (now rapidly becoming DeciMe as she grows) how to make chainmail. She was pretty good at it, although my giant old armor-quality rings were hard for her to close. I'll find a source for slightly more compliant rings next time around.
The workshop's front door has a knob and a deadbolt. There has never been a key for the knob lock, and even if there was, it wouldn't work: someone tried to force it years ago and the key entry is too distorted for use. The problem with this is if someone turns the lock thumbturn, the door locks and I can't open it. (Which is why I added the deadbolt, for which I do have a key.)
This is only partly true. If the knob is locked, until yesterday I could push the door open enough to get the live bolt and latch to separate, because it's a double door and the other door is very poorly held in place.
This morning I added a fairly secure drawbolt and matching aluminum plates on the top and bottom of the secondary door, so now when they're latched, the door is secure against light attempts.
Which means I have to get the knob replaced with one that has a key, preferably a key that matches those in the house.
There are a ton of locksmiths willing to show up at my house and rekey locks, for $40 just to show up, and parts and labor on top of that.
But I did find an old-fashioned locksmith with a storefront who will take an old Schlage live bolt knob (or three: I might as well also get the ones in the garage-to-house door for which we've never had a key either) and redo the tumblers on all of them to match the house key.
This afternoon I spent a bunch of time showing
threemeninaboat's protege MiniMe (now rapidly becoming DeciMe as she grows) how to make chainmail. She was pretty good at it, although my giant old armor-quality rings were hard for her to close. I'll find a source for slightly more compliant rings next time around.
