I saw this photo posted by Stephen Connor on the Crap Locksmithing Facebook page, and it left me Wordless even though it’s Fixed-it Friday.
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FF: Surface-Mortise
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I assume the door was broken somehow, and this was a ‘maintenance fix’…
The chamfers on the screw recesses are a little deep.
Kind of like an old-fashioned Rim Lock
As they say necessity is the Mother of invention . Or it that inexperience? Lol.
You’d be surprised what you can do if you don’t have a choice.
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If it’s stupid and it works, it’s probably not that stupid.
Well said Joe!
I have done this myself, but only once, and at home. I installed a mortise deadbolt on the inside of a shed door that had siding on the outsideand wasn’t thick enough to install a lock properly. I used a long Mortise cylinder, so from the outside it looked quite neat. I did however cut a piece of wood to cover the lock on the inside, just in case someone with standards happened to see it! 😉
Surface mounted block. Seems fine to me but then again I am just back from seeing castles in Europe. However, cover the lock body with wood or machine milled decoration.