Safe lock mount
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:45 pmSeeing some of the beautiful mounts that other fine gentlemen use on this forum, I figured I'd have a go at it.
S&G 6700 with classic dial mounted on Cherry wood that has been aged about 15 years.
Wood is just sooooo much nicer than plastic
Well I thought it would be easy. It's not! The hardware I have won't work on the wood so I'm using other screws. When the pilot holes don't line up perfectly it puts tension on the spindle and dial, no good. Taking rough wood and planing it 50 times is not my idea of fun, and the work shop was a mess so it took hours of prep before I even cut a board. Probably took 4 hours and I'm not done with it yet, but it is functional now! I'd like to plane some more and varnish it, probably put a nice rounded edge on it with a router. The next ones should go faster, and then I can proudly display them all on a shelf.
For my mount style, I used 1" thick hardwood slabs about 8" wide and 7" tall. The top plate and base plate are "eyeball" the same size. The top plate is mounted 1/3 back on the base plate so the weight is roughly centred over the base plate so it won't tend to tip when dialing. The top plate is attached by 4 "pocket" screws (3/8 " countersunk, 1 1/4" long fine thread screws) so it won't mark up my table and I can disassemble it later and lay it flat when/if I move.
The long term goal:
Step 1: Get a variety of safe locks (check!)
Step 2: Mount them all with different dials and on different wood (1 of 5)
Step 3: Manipulate each individually in one sitting (2 of 5)
Step 4: Manipulate them all in one sitting (1 of 5)
Step 5: Pat myself on the back and drink a beer
LibertyClicks
S&G 6700 with classic dial mounted on Cherry wood that has been aged about 15 years.
Wood is just sooooo much nicer than plastic
Well I thought it would be easy. It's not! The hardware I have won't work on the wood so I'm using other screws. When the pilot holes don't line up perfectly it puts tension on the spindle and dial, no good. Taking rough wood and planing it 50 times is not my idea of fun, and the work shop was a mess so it took hours of prep before I even cut a board. Probably took 4 hours and I'm not done with it yet, but it is functional now! I'd like to plane some more and varnish it, probably put a nice rounded edge on it with a router. The next ones should go faster, and then I can proudly display them all on a shelf.
For my mount style, I used 1" thick hardwood slabs about 8" wide and 7" tall. The top plate and base plate are "eyeball" the same size. The top plate is mounted 1/3 back on the base plate so the weight is roughly centred over the base plate so it won't tend to tip when dialing. The top plate is attached by 4 "pocket" screws (3/8 " countersunk, 1 1/4" long fine thread screws) so it won't mark up my table and I can disassemble it later and lay it flat when/if I move.
The long term goal:
Step 1: Get a variety of safe locks (check!)
Step 2: Mount them all with different dials and on different wood (1 of 5)
Step 3: Manipulate each individually in one sitting (2 of 5)
Step 4: Manipulate them all in one sitting (1 of 5)
Step 5: Pat myself on the back and drink a beer
LibertyClicks
