Shaft Extension for Door Latch

[Don52]

The upper peninsula of Michigan, where my friend and customer lives, gets a lot of snow, so the skids will get a good workout. Thanks for all of your help.

-Don...

[Don52]

My friend and customer was back in town for Thanksgiving, so I asked him to bring back the skids, so I could try out the hardfacing rods that you sent to me. The original skid was worn out in one season. We will see how long the hardface skids last. The new skid had more surface area than the original...

[Don52]

On picture #16, you can see the aluminum bar that I clamped it to, which helped keep it straight. Also I tack welded both ends before I welded it out.

-Don...

[Don52]

Here is what my friend and customer had to say:

“Thanks Don! I showed the entire process to Wendy and Carolyn just now during dinner. Our shed door latch is famous!
One question, why did your customer make such a thick door? Answer: because he could!”

-Don...

[Don52]

Here is the painted shaft.

21. All done and painted

And here is the whole latch assembled.

22. All done and painted

-Don...

[Don52]

Now the welding steps:

16. Ready to tack weld corner

17. Welded out

18. Close up of weld

I didn’t want to penetrate on the inside, because it would interfere with the inner shaft.

19. Inside of weld

The next step was assembling the inner shaft...

[Don52]

Here are some additional tasks for the inner shaft.

11. Parting shaft

12. Drilling shaft

13. Reaming shaft

Next, I sanded off the mill scale in preparation for welding.

14. Grinding off mill scale

Now I was finally ready for welding.

15. Setup

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[Don52]

Next, I trimmed the end of the outer extension shaft.

6. Trimming off the other end

Below are the machining tasks that were performed on the inner shaft.

7. Facing end

8. Center drilling

9. Turning OD

10. Nice coil chip

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[Don52]

My customer made a custom door, which was considerably thicker than a standard door. This meant that standard door knob hardware would be too short to reach through the door. Door knob extension kits are available, but these were also too short. To solve the problem my customer purchased a second door...

[Don52]

Thanks for taking the time to post your projects. I really enjoy following them.

-Don

[Don52]

You got it back in service quickly.
-Don

[Don52]

Nice job.
.Don