in

igor

18/06/2005 11:15 PM

looking for type of cabinet catch/latch

I am looking for something like a bullet catch, but when the bullet is
pushed in I want a pin/bolt to be pushed out the opposite end.

I want to interlock 2 cabinet doors through a center stile - so that when
one door is closed the other one cannot open. If it exists, the kind of
latch/catch described should do the trick. I've spent an hour searching
froogle/google on "pin latch", "spring plunger", "bullet catch", "spring
bolt", and others, to no avail.

I did find a "hand retractable spring plunger" which is in the ballpark,
but it has an L-shaped handle opposite the plunger and I need a straight
pin.

Any help out there? Does this exist? Name? Source? TIA. -- Igor


This topic has 6 replies

Tt

"Tim"

in reply to igor on 18/06/2005 11:15 PM

18/06/2005 11:24 PM


"igor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I am looking for something like a bullet catch, but when the bullet is
> pushed in I want a pin/bolt to be pushed out the opposite end.
>
> I want to interlock 2 cabinet doors through a center stile - so that when
> one door is closed the other one cannot open. If it exists, the kind of
> latch/catch described should do the trick. I've spent an hour searching
> froogle/google on "pin latch", "spring plunger", "bullet catch", "spring
> bolt", and others, to no avail.
>
> I did find a "hand retractable spring plunger" which is in the ballpark,
> but it has an L-shaped handle opposite the plunger and I need a straight
> pin.
>
> Any help out there? Does this exist? Name? Source? TIA. -- Igor

Library Catch
Lee Valley
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=40115&cat=3,41399

Tim

ll

loutent

in reply to igor on 18/06/2005 11:15 PM

18/06/2005 9:14 PM

In article <[email protected]>, igor
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I am looking for something like a bullet catch, but when the bullet is
> pushed in I want a pin/bolt to be pushed out the opposite end.
>
> I want to interlock 2 cabinet doors through a center stile - so that when
> one door is closed the other one cannot open. If it exists, the kind of
> latch/catch described should do the trick. I've spent an hour searching
> froogle/google on "pin latch", "spring plunger", "bullet catch", "spring
> bolt", and others, to no avail.
>
> I did find a "hand retractable spring plunger" which is in the ballpark,
> but it has an L-shaped handle opposite the plunger and I need a straight
> pin.
>
> Any help out there? Does this exist? Name? Source? TIA. -- Igor

Hi Igor,

About 5 years ago, I built a saddle storage cabinet for my
niece who was/is boarding her horse a a local stable. It
needed to have 2 doors that locked and since the cabinet was
about 4 ft tall x 4 ft wide x 2.5 ft deep, it had a center stile
(and a divider support also).

My solution was a little primitive in that I simply attached
a barrel bolt lock to the inside of one of the doors (the left in
this case). This way, there is just one padlock on the outside.

Not a solution for fine furniture tho.

Lou

NP

Nate Perkins

in reply to igor on 18/06/2005 11:15 PM

19/06/2005 5:01 AM

igor <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

...
> Any help out there? Does this exist? Name? Source? TIA. -- Igor


How about something like this?

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=32762&cat=1,250,43298

Probably not exactly what you're after but maybe something like this could
be modified to work.

nn

nospambob

in reply to igor on 18/06/2005 11:15 PM

19/06/2005 8:37 AM

Maybe www.wwhardware.com has something.

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:15:05 GMT, igor <[email protected]> wrote:

>I am looking for something like a bullet catch, but when the bullet is
>pushed in I want a pin/bolt to be pushed out the opposite end.
>
>I want to interlock 2 cabinet doors through a center stile - so that when
>one door is closed the other one cannot open. If it exists, the kind of
>latch/catch described should do the trick. I've spent an hour searching
>froogle/google on "pin latch", "spring plunger", "bullet catch", "spring
>bolt", and others, to no avail.
>
>I did find a "hand retractable spring plunger" which is in the ballpark,
>but it has an L-shaped handle opposite the plunger and I need a straight
>pin.
>
>Any help out there? Does this exist? Name? Source? TIA. -- Igor

Tt

"Tim"

in reply to igor on 18/06/2005 11:15 PM

19/06/2005 7:15 PM

It looks like there is a fair distance between the bolts. Would depend on
the width of the stile. Probably could recess half the thickness of the
beveled bolt if needed if needed. Or use a false stile if the doors are
overlay.

"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> That's for a cabinet without a stile. The op has a stile in his cabinet
> if I read his post correctly.
>
> Dave
>
> Tim wrote:
>
>> "igor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>I am looking for something like a bullet catch, but when the bullet is
>>>pushed in I want a pin/bolt to be pushed out the opposite end.
>>>
>>>I want to interlock 2 cabinet doors through a center stile - so that when
>>>one door is closed the other one cannot open. If it exists, the kind of
>>>latch/catch described should do the trick. I've spent an hour searching
>>>froogle/google on "pin latch", "spring plunger", "bullet catch", "spring
>>>bolt", and others, to no avail.
>>>
>>>I did find a "hand retractable spring plunger" which is in the ballpark,
>>>but it has an L-shaped handle opposite the plunger and I need a straight
>>>pin.
>>>
>>>Any help out there? Does this exist? Name? Source? TIA. -- Igor
>>
>>
>> Library Catch
>> Lee Valley
>> http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=40115&cat=3,41399
>>
>> Tim

DD

David

in reply to igor on 18/06/2005 11:15 PM

18/06/2005 8:44 PM

That's for a cabinet without a stile. The op has a stile in his cabinet
if I read his post correctly.

Dave

Tim wrote:

> "igor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>I am looking for something like a bullet catch, but when the bullet is
>>pushed in I want a pin/bolt to be pushed out the opposite end.
>>
>>I want to interlock 2 cabinet doors through a center stile - so that when
>>one door is closed the other one cannot open. If it exists, the kind of
>>latch/catch described should do the trick. I've spent an hour searching
>>froogle/google on "pin latch", "spring plunger", "bullet catch", "spring
>>bolt", and others, to no avail.
>>
>>I did find a "hand retractable spring plunger" which is in the ballpark,
>>but it has an L-shaped handle opposite the plunger and I need a straight
>>pin.
>>
>>Any help out there? Does this exist? Name? Source? TIA. -- Igor
>
>
> Library Catch
> Lee Valley
> http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=40115&cat=3,41399
>
> Tim
>
>


You’ve reached the end of replies