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Subject:Re: secure storage?
From:Tom Buese
Date:Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:04:21 -0500

On Jan 29, 2009, at 7:49 PM, Jim Felder wrote:

> So you're writing the Vanagon section of Sweet's?

Nah, Sweets are so 1980's. We hardly even use them anymore to hold
things down when glueing models together.

I will put together a hardware spec for the locking westy bench
design as soon as I have time to fully study it! (read have a hard
deadline)

YMMV,

Tom-computers & the internet have changed everything

>
> : )
>
> Jim
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> On Jan 29, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>>
>>> "-I'll think about a hardware solution for the bench seat.}
>>>
>>> I've considered this also.  The local serious hardware store (not
>>> just a Lowe's or HoDeport) likely has a vast assortment of lockage
>>> types.  Say, two or three key-matched gun-cabinet-type latches that
>>> install across the seat base and latch with a quarter turn.  They
>>> would not rattle like a hasp and padlock would and might be nearly
>>> invisible, thus not provoking curiosity.  Lots of possibilities.
>>
>> Yes, since I am an architect, I have access to lotsa locking hardware
>> that the normal person would not even know existed.
>>
>> YMMV,
>>
>> Tom
>>

Tom Buese
tombuese@comcast.net