A Simple Solution to a New Door Lock

While in the earliest days of desktop 3D printing's emergence, designs were more trinkets than useful creations, that's rapidly changing. Carles Oriol, from Barcelona, has only been 3D printing technology since this past December, but has already taught himself to create helpful, usable objects. He recently designed a simple door lock using Blender, and printed it in 6 pieces on his Prusa i3 Hephestos 3D printer. The assembled, installed plastic lock can securely hold a door closed (though Oriol doesn't recommend it for exterior use), and the files are available on Thingiverse. Check out more details of the design in the full story: http://3dprint.com/53960/3d-printed-door-lock/


Below is a photo of Oriol's 3D printed door lock:
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Hi, you printed the details with holes already or drilled them? Nice lock, I can say :)

well you'd obviously have the holes in the design. Saves plastic and time after.

And yep - I'm with carles, my printer is mainly used for making practical things and things I can't actually buy.

Make that bolt lock out of nylon or pet and it'd be pretty tough.
Plus any lock can be kicked open - it's usually the screws that give rather than the bolt.

I'm not sure whether it's a right thread to ask such question but as far as it concerned with locks I'll try :) Have anybody ever faced with mortise electric door locks which use power connection through the locking bolt and a strike plate in the door frame? I talked with the US residents in the other forum but they don't have practical experience of using such locks.

what's your actual 3d print related question ?

The question is how 3D printing can be used in a locksmith work? But I found the solution at the specialised forum: http://www.lockpicking101.com/viewto...p?f=42&t=59266