Roller Draw Lock Help Needed!!

Submitted: Friday, Oct 27, 2006 at 13:14
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Hi Guys,

I’m about to build a set of roller draws for the 80 series. I have worked out all the measurements the material I’m going to use, the rollers, glue, crews and handles however I’m not sure of the best lock system (so the draws don’t slide out).

The tricky part is my design is such that the front panel on the draw sits flush with the frame that it sits in. In other words the gap required at the sides and bottom for the rollers is covered by the front panel of the draw, so dust, water, dirt doesn’t get in there.

So this means a standard sliding bolt lock doesn’t have anywhere to stick into. Unless I glue and crew the metal brace that comes with the lock to the side (grain) of the Ply on the frame. Would this work? Alternatively, I have thought of a bolt that sits inside the draw and therefore can slide into the wood frame. Obviously there would need to be a slot in the draw front to allow the lock to out/close from the outside. Does this make sense? Does anyone know where I can get such a lock?

Any ideas, comments would be great.

Thanks,
Alex
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