I am just finshing making a cradle and I would like to be able to lock it in place so it does not swing when I do not want it to. I am looking for hardware that would allow a spring loaded locking mechanism rather than just a simple dowel (so it does not come out on its own). Any ideas on where I would find something like this.
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Marine supply places will have a pin with a spring loaded ball in the end. It should fit through a hole in one piece into a metal hole (a brass plate ? ) in the other. The metal plate would be used siince wood would likely just conform to the ball over a bit of time. It's called a release pin at Jamestown distributors:
http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=4418&familyName=Release+Pin&history=apdtpplk%7Ctop_category%7Cpage%7EGRID%5EcategoryName%7EFasteners%5EcategoryId%7E1%40ubma73ih%7Cother%7Crefine%7E1%5Epage%7EGRID%5EcategoryName%7ECotter%2BPins%252C%2BRings%2Band%2BClevis%2BPins%5EcategoryId%7E486
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