Installing two cam locks on prefab “wood” cabinet
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ม.ค. 2021
- As notated in the video, there are several brands and styles of locks that have a wide variety of different mounting styles. We chose using standard cam locks for this particular application, so here is a video!
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The fact I've seen many videos today on this process and this is the only one I actually needed to see.
What a great idea to use all those extra Schlage strikes for preventing the lock from turning. Good thing they are almost the perfect size
Ilco makes a plate but its way too thick for its own good
Did you not put a strike around the drilled line of holes for the cam to keep the wood from wearing out over time
@@RuneInternational these don’t include strike plates and wouldn’t be included in the “basic” price point. If that was necessary it would have to be sold as the much more expensive Olympus type lock 🤷♂️ “get what ya pay for type thing”
No doubt. I've got a few old ones I'll be storing with my cam locks from now on.
Hi Jason.
Thanks for taking the time to do this video.
Yep, smells like fish, because the " wood" is basically sawdust and glue,the glue stinks like fish.
I used to work in an office furniture company, making the peds for desks, 2 and 3 draw. The locks we put in had a locking bar . So not a cam,.
Nice video.
Thanks again.
Red fingernail polish can buy it cheap. Thanks for the video, now I can preorder the drawer locks with matching keys. Love this video, just wish I had been able to keep the grinder when my husband died. But I have my own dremel tools, so that will be a start,.
Fun! Never thought about using a deadbolt plate on the backside, but I do usually buy (or make) the little steel angle strike plates from timberline so I don’t have to deal with cutting that groove. Thanks for sharing🙏🏼✌🏼
Much easier to be able to do with those! I’ve got various baggies around with homemade strikes for “next dang time I run across that stupid cabinet”
I made cabinets for a three Dr clinic once, 30 of them. They all had to have cam locks. I used a biscuit cutter for the strikes.
I hate MDF!😷 Thanks Jason
at least this one was just crappy paint and not the plastic shell!
Nice work. Start with a tedious task, add the complexity of camera angles, and post for every Tom, Dick, and Harry to criticize. You're very brave, thanks for the video.
brave
Great video, using them strike plates is such a great idea 💡👍🏻👍🏻
Good stuff! Love the Schlage strike trick. Keep up the great videos like this. 👍💯
thanks!
Will definitely be using the strike plate idea! The lipstick idea reminds me of my dad using solid stick deodorant when installing alarm sensors (on the sensors and for himself that is 😂)
Very interesting video to watch. I have never thought about adding Cam locks to that type of cabinet. I also dumped my thread lock today putting a CAM on a rim cylinder.
Nice job! Having done lots of those I've opted to start using the Olympus plunger model- it mounts on side of cabs and locks the drawers. Cost more for the lock but much quicker to install! I also use the stealthlock on a few cabs.
I love being able to use plunger ones! Those strike cups though could use some updating :(
Great video. Thanks for this one
Great work!
Nice looking install.
Very nice. My local hardware stores don't seem to have any strike plates for these locks so I may end up cutting a slot like you did here. Or I might try getting an aluminum angle iron and make my own. Thanks for sharing with us.
Once you finish the first step you can
Flip the cabinet upside down to make
The slots for the tail peace then you
Could use a dremel or something
With the same thickness as the tail
Pease then your looking down a lot
Easier on the neck
for these small ones that is absolutely a option (much easier to control whatever you use to make the slot) I've done the dremel way many a time and I still prefer this method :) Thanks for watching
Have you tried to use a syringe to control the application of THREAD LOCK
Love the idea of using metliac paint
One last thought You gotta love the Chinese Recycled Beaver Puke Boards that they make these knock up cabinets with.
Man great video ,I know what you were thinking ,over 30.00 dollars each may exceed the the cost of that MDF. Cabinet lol lol ..thanks for Sharing.😎
I once used my Nebo flash light and phone to video record from the inside to find out why the drawer wasn't locking properly and to make adjustments. Another idea I had which is not related to this but to using your phone, is to use a long selfie stick and your phone to record video if you need to see the top part of doors for loose screws, etc. Morning ya'll!
GoPro linked to the phone to see what’s going on is my new trick :)
would bet sharpie works on transferring marks for the cam.
the fish smell is from the glue in the wood heating up from drilling we us a glue at work that every time they open the glue pot the whole place stinks of fish !
during edit I noticed a few wafts of smoke, you might can see the vapors hitting me if you set the video to slow speed right when I said that 😂and I was nowhere near heating up that bit 🙄 crummy stuff to deal with
@@selock yes it is
Wouldn't that tool that has the blade that vibrates back and forth do that slot job easier?
I’ve tried it on some. It’s a valid “other way” to do it. I’m like 70/30 would rather do it this way. On another day I might go that route ya know 🤷♂️ I’ve got the dremel saws and tried most ways (except the biscuit joiner as Kevin mentioned)
@@selock I have a "Yellow" Cut Out tool (Mill) that allows to set depth, but you got to be super carefull it does not get away.
Thanks for the video. I’ve turned this work away in the past. What do you charge for a job like this?
look to the end of the video
We get requests for doing this kinda stuff all the time, on kitchen cabinets and stuff. The real problem os that a lot of these cabinets were never designed to ve locked up, and depending on the doors and how the close, sometimes you can't do it. If the customer can bring it in, makes it easy and cheap. But i charge a good but fair price to do this kind of stuff on the road. Its time consuming, delicate, work, especially if they only need one or two installed. I usually try to talk people out of it, try to get them to thing of a different option. Locking up a closet or something else.
@@jamespetkwitz8737 I’m right there with ya. There are so many variants it’s hard to assess until you see the cabinet itself. On the road this would have the service charge tacked on and some extra $$ for cleanup/difficulty/filled drawers/etc.
At some point it’s just like “yo, it’s a $50 cabinet friend 😂”
@@selock pretty much. I usually start out by asking if it is an expensive piece of furniture, or an antique, or something important. If they say no... My response is normally, you consider buying one that locks already.
I think you should invest in a cordless dremmel
Got one and a wired version with all the accompanying blades that can possibly be used to do this type of thing :) not my first install, it’s just (again as mentioned) one way to do it