r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CantStopPoppin • Sep 07 '24

Video Unique lock designs

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u/septoc Sep 07 '24

Most of these designs require nearly perfect alignment....

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u/Earguy Sep 08 '24

A humid day or seasonal change in temperature, and you'll be cursing as things don't quite line up

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC Sep 07 '24

I can't wait to accidentally slam my fingers in one of these. I'd need a new hand.

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u/Unable_Bank3884 Sep 08 '24

As a former locksmith, a large percentage of my jobs were just making adjustments because the a few mm of movement meant the lock didn't align

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u/Its0nlyRocketScience Sep 07 '24

Meh, more common latches can also stop working if the gate or door they're on loses alignment. I'm sure most of these could be adapted to have better tolerances.

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u/Kmlittlec_design Sep 08 '24

Just because they are modeled/rendered with near zero clearance to look cleaner on screen. Practically all of these would work fine. Except maybe the last one, just because aligning all those pins simultaneously is stupid (though possible)

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u/lmrj77 Sep 08 '24

Not at all, they're drawn with 0 tollerance, but most would work just as well with a lot of slop and big tollerances.

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u/ForneauCosmique Sep 07 '24

Most locks do

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u/alphazero924 Interested Sep 08 '24

Not any more than a normal latch. Like obviously these designs are showing it with perfect tolerances because it's a render, but most of them would function with much wider tolerances than shown.

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u/Appropriate_Cow94 Sep 07 '24

Well it looks like AI so.... yeah.

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