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   joinerswork | Aug 01, 2007 01:14am | #1

   flonji,

   Inlet the lock,  drill/saw keyhole.  Install the lock, lock the keeper in place.  Lower the lid.  The top of the keeper usually has a pair of spurs that will indent the underside of the lid, showing you where it should be placed.  If it doesn't, use carbon paper, or ink the top of the keeper.  Screw the keeper down without inletting it at first.  Try for fit, adjust if needed.  When fit is satisfactory, remove the keeper, and inlet it, install. (Make sure the screws are shorter than the top is thick!) Try for fit. 

   Be aware that, if the lid is solid wood (not ply) it will swell and shrink in width from season to season.  This will affect the relationship of the keeper to the lock, and can cause binding in midsummer or late winter.  The best chest locks will have enough slop in the fit of keeper to lock to allow for some movement.  Old fashioned crab/grab type chest locks allow for up to 1/2" of movement.

   Ray

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   flonji | Aug 01, 2007 10:57pm | #2

   HI. Many thanks.

   With a little more digging into my data bank, I came up with the details. Issue No 49  Nov/Dec 1984 of  Fine Woodworking !!!. Never throw away old copies. A good detailed description. It does mention wood movement but not with your emphesis, I will take good note of that. Again many thanks for the info.

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   joinerswork | Aug 02, 2007 01:07am | #3

   flonji,

   You're welcome.  Good luck woth your project.

   Ray

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   mousejockey | Aug 02, 2007 01:17am | #4

   The lock I put on mine years ago had an offset, I can't remember exactly what the situation was buy I remember having to plug the opening I had cut for the lock and offset it. So make sure you line them up, catch may not be on center.

   mousejockeyI tried to come up with a clever tag line but I guess I'm just not that clever.

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   KiddervilleAcres | Aug 02, 2007 03:08am | #5

   Hey mousejockey,

   I for one like your phonetically correct enunciation of Oregon!

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   mousejockey | Aug 02, 2007 05:17pm | #6

   That's funny coming from a Yankee! Most people I talk to from that region of the country are the ones who consistantly butcher it. My mother-in-law is up in your neck of the woods, say hi to her for me, (still not far enough away).

    

   mousejockeyOver the Hill? What Hill? I didn't see any Hill!