How to repair and restore a Rim lock. Historic hardware review.
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Brent breaks out some rim locks and open face locks to share some history and maintenance that he is encouraging you to try.
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I've restored quite a few of these, and have quite a passion for them. Aside from the spring steel slivers and wires (which operate the basic latches and locks), which sometimes need replacement, these locks have amazing longevity. Mine are mostly over 120 years old, and I know they could easily last that much longer again. They are all with a nice variety of porcelain knobs. Great video.
So cool. Thanks for sharing.
I have a rim lock that I removed from an old iron screen door. I works fine but I took it off to rescreen the door and the two halves inadvertently campe apart and now I'm having trouble putting it back together. Can you offer any advice. I can send photos.
That has to be frustrating. It's a little tricky when you didn't have a chance to see how it looked inside before the parts came out. There should have been a screw holding the both halves together, it must have gone missing. Anyway, I'm not sure how you get pictures to me privately, but I'd if you have a way, I'd be glad to take a look. Don@@michaelsedillo1750
If you could send me your email I can send you the photos. Thanks
Working on my 1st rim lock, R. L. Co. 1897. One grub screw would not come out; heated and knob fell off! Liked like lead dripping out. Was that lead putty holding porcelain knob? How do you repair? Epoxy? Thanks anyone!!
Just restored and refinished a bunch of matching salvaged oak doors for an 1890s house last week. It had the same type of mechanisms as you showed but these were mortised into the doors. I was surprised how simple the mechanical parts were inside and how they held up for over 100 years. Yeah, for some reason there was dog hairs and spider webs in some of these too. Another cool part was I needed a door to swing and latch the other direction, I was able to turn everything around and make the door work but the latch was closing the wrong direction. I took it apart and was surprised to find I could flip a few things inside and get it to work for swinging left or right. This worked out perfect. I wouldn't have guessed it was that simple. I was expecting way more parts inside. Seems they're all similar back then.
So cool. Yes, congrats! You dove in and figured out. Thanks for sharing.
ust restored and refinished a bunch of matching salvaged oak doors for an 1890s house last week. It had the same type of mechanisms as you showed but these were mortised into the doors. I was surprised how simple the mechanical parts were inside and how they held up for over 100 years. Yeah, for some reason there was dog hairs and spider webs in some of these too. Another cool part was I needed a door to swing and latch the other direction, I was able to turn everything around and make the door work but the latch was closing the wrong direction. I took it apart and was surprised to find I could flip a few things inside and get it to work for swinging left or right. This worked out perfect. I wouldn't have guessed it was that simple. I was expecting way more parts inside. Seems they're all similar back then.
I have a rim lock that I removed from an old iron screen door. I works fine but I took it off to rescreen the door and the two halves inadvertently campe apart and now I'm having trouble putting it back together. Can you offer any advice. I can send photos.
Rimlocks! Yay! I've taken apart and worked on a couple of those but would love more information.
Cool. Thanks. Let me know what you need.
Awesome video. Have a few of these to do in my c.1896 farmhouse here in Maryland
Do it!! Thanks.
Restored 14 of them in my house, hardest part was to find replacement spring slivers that match the lock
Nice! Well done.
If you live in an area that has regular street cleaning you can often find the tines in the street or gutter and they work great as wafer springs in these old locks!
Brent’s battle flag speech gets me ready to run through fake doors and build new ones with heritage hardware.
Haha, Amen!! That sounds like a great plan.
Lucky I've been fixing these for years and know a lot, not all, of what there is to know about them because although he does alright explaining the components uses in relation to a functional working lock, he isn't working with the camera person at all. There's not 1 detailed shot of his pull down taking about the pieces where you can see them properly lol. It like he forgot what angle viewers see and that were not standing beside him hehehe
Noted.
Great video on antique rim locks, thanks! Made me think about getting better doors too. Do you know where I can I get really big rim lock key blanks for a large Carpenter & Tildesley rim lock? I think it is called a church key. It is 20cm long with a 20mm × 20mm flag. Can you suggest search terms? I am in New Zealand right now, and having trouble finding anywhere that either stocks them or that will ship internationally.
Heritage Metal works in Pennsylvania, or Ball and Ball could help.
Very informative video. You packed a lot in to 10 minutes but it's all good.
Thanks for watching.
I am restoring a 1793 Federal in New Hampshire. I am hard pressed to find purveyors of period appropriate rim locks for two original doors that are about 42” wide. Can you make any recommendations? I am so lucky to have found your channel! Thank you!
Ball and Ball for one. Also Heritage Metal Works in PA. Good luck.
Well. Now I know what to properly call those locks on our front and back doors of our shotgun house. Now I want to take them apart to see what's going on in there! (...a passion since I was a wee child! ...got me in trouble a lot. 🙄) The ..."button" on the top of the box that actually locks the door has broken on the back door. I'd >love< to be able to fix that! Mine are still black with no rust. Do you know if keys can be made or found for these locks?
Go for it. Yes, keys can easily be made. Good luck.
Hello Brent, great video. Thank you. Sorry if I missed it but where is the best place to get replacement parts for locks like these?
Architectural salvage is where I would start. You can find a partial list on TraditionalBuilding.com
Thank you.
Did you have the link to heritage's website available? I googled it and a bunch of different heritage hardware companies came up...
They are in PA. www.hmwpa.com
Can I get parts anywhere please
Architectural salvage yards.