{"id":1939,"date":"2019-02-12T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2019-02-10T18:49:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T00:49:55","slug":"main-box-latch-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/2019\/02\/12\/main-box-latch-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"Main box latch plate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I realized that hadn&#8217;t posted about the installation of the main box latch plate\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<p>If you recall from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=EblnaLMjdNg\">Getty video<\/a>, this <a href=\"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/2016\/04\/24\/the-main-box-latch\/\">latch<\/a> is positioned in the floor of the carcass, and releases with a key-turn in the proper left apron.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/img_1221.jpg?resize=584%2C438\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1944\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/img_1221.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/img_1221.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/img_1221.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/img_1221.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/img_1221.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/img_1221.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/img_1221.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>Top view of the carcass without the top &amp; main box<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1944\"><\/figure>\n\n<p>This requires a (hardened steel) latch plate be mounted to the underside of the main box.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n  <li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n    <figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0EBF80FE-AD03-4AE1-921F-94FAFA894981.jpeg?fit=584%2C438\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1948\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=1948\" class=\"wp-image-1948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0EBF80FE-AD03-4AE1-921F-94FAFA894981.jpeg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0EBF80FE-AD03-4AE1-921F-94FAFA894981.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0EBF80FE-AD03-4AE1-921F-94FAFA894981.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0EBF80FE-AD03-4AE1-921F-94FAFA894981.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0EBF80FE-AD03-4AE1-921F-94FAFA894981.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0EBF80FE-AD03-4AE1-921F-94FAFA894981.jpeg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0EBF80FE-AD03-4AE1-921F-94FAFA894981.jpeg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/figure>\n  <\/li>\n  <li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n    <figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/940940F1-47DF-49D4-A266-228C7B479792.jpeg?fit=584%2C438\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1949\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=1949\" class=\"wp-image-1949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/940940F1-47DF-49D4-A266-228C7B479792.jpeg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/940940F1-47DF-49D4-A266-228C7B479792.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/940940F1-47DF-49D4-A266-228C7B479792.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/940940F1-47DF-49D4-A266-228C7B479792.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/940940F1-47DF-49D4-A266-228C7B479792.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/940940F1-47DF-49D4-A266-228C7B479792.jpeg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/940940F1-47DF-49D4-A266-228C7B479792.jpeg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/figure>\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>It is partially mortised to allow the latch bolt to have adequate purchase. <\/p>\n<p>Locating it is fairly straightforward, I ran a pencil along the edge of the bolt to deposit graphite onto it. Then, operated it several times (in an attempt) to leave a mark on the bottom panel. Fortunately, working the main box back and forth also left a large scratch.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I realized that hadn&#8217;t posted about the installation of the main box latch plate\u2026 If you recall from the&nbsp;Getty video, this latch is positioned in the floor of the carcass, and releases with a key-turn in the proper left apron. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/2019\/02\/12\/main-box-latch-plate\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction","category-prototype"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4m6pM-vh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1956,"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939\/revisions\/1956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}