Re: need bullet catches

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:02:05 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm, Mark
& Juanita <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> quickly quoth:

>On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:48:12 -0700, Larry Jaques

>>Ah, here ya go:
>>http://www.dlawlesshardware.com/bulcat34c2.html
>>I'd never seen the French Door ball catch before.
>>Velly Intelesting.
>
> Yeah, real interesting. We had those in our former house on the french
>doors to the master bath. What's really fun is when they fail. The
>failure mechanism is that the brass lip holding that 3/4" ball wears and
>fails. Now, when that happens, it usually occurs when one is opening the
>door. Since the ball has been compressed into its spring-loaded recess
>while the door is closed, having the lip fail while the spring is returning
>the ball to its undeployed position results in a rather exciting launch
>(did I mention that this is a 3/4" *steel* ball bearing?) and random
>landing in the immediate vicinity of the unfortunate person opening the
>door.

"OUCH!" he squeaked, in a much higher-than-normal tone of voice.

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