Whenever a lock is branded "unpickable", I immediately want to see the Lock Picking Lawyer have a shot at it. Although in this case, branding a non-locking latch "unpickable" is very funny.
We ended up exchanging this model for the slimmer version th-cam.com/users/postUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU because it was too wide for the only door trim area that made sense to mount it on. However, we should have just noted the dimensions prior to purchasing. Otherwise, we love the doorbell. It works perfectly, and the video is very clear, even at night.
55 years ago I was a ‘design cost engineer’ for Ford Motor Company preventing our designers from over engineering. I think I would have had a bonus month with this one, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. Best regards. Ron.
I bet you love watching Sandy Munro! Munro Live th-cam.com/video/g3qWBmz-j2k/w-d-xo.html Lately he's been getting a lot of attention with dismantling and looking over all the design considerations of cars.
So you were one of those responsible for all the cheap parts that were under-engineered (read: cheapest possible to increase Ford profit) that broke typically 1 week after warranty or in our case 1 year after new purchase; steering gear box locked up during a turn, yeah never bought a Ford again! Thanks for all your efforts to increase Ford's bottom line (profit) but provide customers with terrible reliability.
@@physicsguybrian No this is not true, they can only do so much and have much say in the design. Ultimately it's up to the big guys who decide what stays or goes based on cost and time. It's Fords fault in a whole that they had problems with certain parts that caused lots of problems. For the most part Ford is a really good company that make quality vehicles. These past few years have pushed all companies to do things they should not have to in order to cut cost and labor. I see it in my business and it's killing everything across the board! The ultimate problem is our dependence on China for everything! We need to learn how to make our own products again with our own people, parts, materials and money!
@@ClearWaterPumpWell It's not just reliance on foreign manufacturing and imports. It is bad economic and structural decisions motivated purely by pennies and stock prices. So basically there's this terrible practice of eliminating "overhead". Means they try to fire every worker and refuse to stock any extra screws until they stop functioning. People and things really get squeezed on. The only problem with this is that the most minor hiccups, even someone having the hiccups, makes everything buckle. Nothing has pushed them to cut cost and labor and embrace this brittle ess and fragility except for shareholders with rigged laws designed to guarantee profit at the expense of a company's health and product quality. That and ceo bonuses too. What I'm saying is that corporate greed is the single most harmful thing to any major company in the US. Also this practice is called "just in time" manufacturing and there are examples of businesses that did not suffer majorly from shortages precisely because they did not practice the worst version of this where back up stock is non existant. Ford's misfortunes are their own and paid for by everyone else.
And there's just a great satisfaction every time you use a well-working thing you made yourself. In my workshop I have a paper towel holder that has just the right amount of friction and smoothness when you use it and in addition to being elegantly made of wood and having completely necessary mortise-and-tenon-joinery, it's easy to change the paper towels and the mechanism holding everything is hidden. My gf is probably sick of hearing how awesome it is to use every time I do so, but when you make something that just works really well, you can't help but get satisfaction from it. Such a trivial thing in the end, it just holds a roll of paper towels, but damn if it's not a joy to use when it works so smoothly. Just like the sound of the door closing here. It just feels right.
I watch this channel now for about 6 years and it's unbelievable how you developed all your skills (Language, Video, Homeworking, Design) Congratulation to one of the best videos you made!
Agreed. Not so much fluent in a technical sense, though Marius's English is way better than my... well, anything except English. But it's so natural. When you can have fun with a language, that's when you've mastered it, I reckon - and Marius does just that.
i Have watched this in the past... and i watched it again after doing all the carpentry work for my newly renovated room because i will be installing a barndoor like door and would be needing a way to lock it . and being able to do anything yourself have its own reward ... people really dont get the satisfaction of being able to say "I did this with my own hands" rather that i bought it or i paid someone to do it for me.
The essential maker viewpoint-the journey (design and build and problem-solving) is more satisfying than the destination (having a working door lock). Well done, Marius.
Excellent bit of improvised engineering! Two small self adhesive cushions on at the top and one at the bottom of the door to deaden the slam as the door closes to finish.
Outstanding! The handle-into-pull feature is sheer genius. One thought for any future versions (ha!). Mounting the handle rotated 90 degrees clockwise (with other appropriate shape changes) would allow for elbow open when hands are full. (Love our new lever style door handles for that reason.)
Designing/overengineering your own solution to a relatively simple problem is so strangely rewarding. The other night I spent a few hours modeling a simple container for my dogs poop-bags, just like the ones that cost like $3 or come FREE with a box of bags. It's just a cylinder with a hole in the middle and a threaded lid with a ring to attach to the leash, and little posts in the bottom of the cylinder/lid to hold the roll in place. It then took ~5 hours to 3D print and works as well as one I could pick up at the dollar store, but I MADE IT GODDANGIT.
That’s a very cool custom “pocket door lock”. The metal plate you made for the frame is called a “strike plate”, and the term for sinking it into the frame is “mortising”. Not trying to be arrogant, just giving you the proper locksmith lingo. Again, great job.
Yeah. Making one is way cooler than buying one. Even if took time to create. But when it's done. You build up confidence in yourself because you've done something to like. Great work.
making as oppose to buying is always a way richer experience. A real shame not everybody has access to time, machinery/tools or materials and most of those who do have it are in most cases just buying what they want.
That lock was worth it for the education! Reminds me of maloof door locks except your lock is more concealed. Thank you for sharing and technique me about this mechanism.
Was it worth it? Heck yes it was. Your design is better than anything you can get that’s store bought. The addition to the handle so you’re not putting pressure on the moving handle is genius. Great video!
Brilliant idea and exquisite craftsmanship. A fellow woodworker and I were just having a discussion about how satisfying it is to waste a perfectly good afternoon designing and building something that we could very easily have purchased somewhere. But, what would be the fun in that?
Nice project and I'm on your side with make it yourself instead of buying it. It's more fun too, you get what you want and don't have to make the door, room and sorrounding to fit the knob.
Oh man wonderful work Marius, I've been mentally mapping how to make door latches in my mind for so long and considering I wanted to make a fully custom door for my own workspace someday. I feel like these are great practice for more mechanically complex projects, low stakes an immediate results with something so picky as door hardware
A friend of mine keeps accusing me of over engineering things. I keep sending him links to your videos to shut him up. Can so relate to your sense of humor. I have the same dry sense of humor too. Some people call it a lack of one, but hey potato, potato...
First one of your videos I've watched - looking for ideas for a sliding barn door lock/latch. Excellent, ergonomic, functional design. Also appreciate your recognition of how these sorts of projects challenge and therefore develop our "problem-solving" skills. Well done, sir.
Great and very true gets your brain working on seeing and solving problems and also even though not related to other tasks can also prompt ideas into problem solving with other projects great job
What a genius! This guy has to be German, they're always thinking. I totally loved your design. There are very limited solutions on sliding doors like that on the market, not to mention, they're pricy. Great vid mein Bruder!
For anyone who’s interested……I got some of those locks laying around because install those daily. (And he can’t be German, because he has real good humor. ;D. )
Nice Handle, suggestion, for the top stop instead of a pin, you maybe could have used a neodymium magnet and retractable pin with angle groove on the handle to direct the pin back in, when the handle is used. Then it would have absolutely been 100% German quality.
Worth it? Looking unto the rising number of views, it defenitely seems to be ;-)! Other than that, again a great video for all of us for showing a good approach how to solve problems, go forward with small templates, and so on. You defenitely are Germany's Matthias Wandel!
actually with the pockets open to the up side it might collect some dust over time. there would have been a few options for making the open end of the release lever to point downwards so that dust topic is reduced. it could have made the device a little bit more complicated - but maybe its worth thinking about. my first quick idea would have been a lifting plate or similar that transforms a "right side" lever lift to a left side hook up. Just my two euro cents. quick "revisit" - turning your device upside down would do great - just the fixed side end would need to turn around as well. (and then hope the dust accumulation on the top side of the hook is not an issue.)
Whenever a lock is branded "unpickable", I immediately want to see the Lock Picking Lawyer have a shot at it. Although in this case, branding a non-locking latch "unpickable" is very funny.
With you on both points
Thought of LPL before even clicking on the video, proceeded scrolling down the comments immediately
I expected him to lock himself out. :P
That’s what I was thinking before even watching the video
@@90hijacked same
We ended up exchanging this model for the slimmer version th-cam.com/users/postUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU because it was too wide for the only door trim area that made sense to mount it on. However, we should have just noted the dimensions prior to purchasing. Otherwise, we love the doorbell. It works perfectly, and the video is very clear, even at night.
55 years ago I was a ‘design cost engineer’ for Ford Motor Company preventing our designers from over engineering. I think I would have had a bonus month with this one, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. Best regards. Ron.
I bet you love watching Sandy Munro! Munro Live th-cam.com/video/g3qWBmz-j2k/w-d-xo.html
Lately he's been getting a lot of attention with dismantling and looking over all the design considerations of cars.
So you were one of those responsible for all the cheap parts that were under-engineered (read: cheapest possible to increase Ford profit) that broke typically 1 week after warranty or in our case 1 year after new purchase; steering gear box locked up during a turn, yeah never bought a Ford again! Thanks for all your efforts to increase Ford's bottom line (profit) but provide customers with terrible reliability.
@@physicsguybrian No this is not true, they can only do so much and have much say in the design. Ultimately it's up to the big guys who decide what stays or goes based on cost and time. It's Fords fault in a whole that they had problems with certain parts that caused lots of problems. For the most part Ford is a really good company that make quality vehicles. These past few years have pushed all companies to do things they should not have to in order to cut cost and labor. I see it in my business and it's killing everything across the board! The ultimate problem is our dependence on China for everything! We need to learn how to make our own products again with our own people, parts, materials and money!
@@physicsguybrian Sorry you had a bad experience, things must have gone downhill since I left in 1985.
@@ClearWaterPumpWell It's not just reliance on foreign manufacturing and imports. It is bad economic and structural decisions motivated purely by pennies and stock prices.
So basically there's this terrible practice of eliminating "overhead". Means they try to fire every worker and refuse to stock any extra screws until they stop functioning. People and things really get squeezed on. The only problem with this is that the most minor hiccups, even someone having the hiccups, makes everything buckle.
Nothing has pushed them to cut cost and labor and embrace this brittle ess and fragility except for shareholders with rigged laws designed to guarantee profit at the expense of a company's health and product quality. That and ceo bonuses too. What I'm saying is that corporate greed is the single most harmful thing to any major company in the US.
Also this practice is called "just in time" manufacturing and there are examples of businesses that did not suffer majorly from shortages precisely because they did not practice the worst version of this where back up stock is non existant. Ford's misfortunes are their own and paid for by everyone else.
Your humor in these videos keeps getting better and better...the scene where you manually used the power hacksaw was gold :D
I LOL on that one too
And the most useless door handle bit got me
@@TomE1248 or the part where he was like "ermygrd I got a cheap track and it's trash"
Get a soft close kit, ezpz
And there's just a great satisfaction every time you use a well-working thing you made yourself.
In my workshop I have a paper towel holder that has just the right amount of friction and smoothness when you use it and in addition to being elegantly made of wood and having completely necessary mortise-and-tenon-joinery, it's easy to change the paper towels and the mechanism holding everything is hidden. My gf is probably sick of hearing how awesome it is to use every time I do so, but when you make something that just works really well, you can't help but get satisfaction from it. Such a trivial thing in the end, it just holds a roll of paper towels, but damn if it's not a joy to use when it works so smoothly. Just like the sound of the door closing here. It just feels right.
Sounds like it needs at least a 14 hour video series to get everyone to understand.
I watch this channel now for about 6 years and it's unbelievable how you developed all your skills (Language, Video, Homeworking, Design)
Congratulation to one of the best videos you made!
Having watched your videos from day one, I can hear your english is much more fluent now - well done for ALL your efforts - greatly appreciated
Agreed. Not so much fluent in a technical sense, though Marius's English is way better than my... well, anything except English. But it's so natural. When you can have fun with a language, that's when you've mastered it, I reckon - and Marius does just that.
i Have watched this in the past... and i watched it again after doing all the carpentry work for my newly renovated room because i will be installing a barndoor like door and would be needing a way to lock it . and being able to do anything yourself have its own reward ... people really dont get the satisfaction of being able to say "I did this with my own hands" rather that i bought it or i paid someone to do it for me.
He says relatively simple. Design was way over my head. Absolutely genius. Sure miss these videos on a regular basis
His first idea was more complicated, I think he wanted to make a rocket.
its mechanically simple. it should last a long while, and only need the springs to be replaced when it finally does wear.
Fantastic engineering! Loved it!
@5:28 OH. I see Marius is using Walnut. No wonder you got the bat signal to come and watch this video. :)
The essential maker viewpoint-the journey (design and build and problem-solving) is more satisfying than the destination (having a working door lock). Well done, Marius.
Excellent bit of improvised engineering!
Two small self adhesive cushions on at the top and one at the bottom of the door to deaden the slam as the door closes to finish.
Outstanding! The handle-into-pull feature is sheer genius. One thought for any future versions (ha!). Mounting the handle rotated 90 degrees clockwise (with other appropriate shape changes) would allow for elbow open when hands are full. (Love our new lever style door handles for that reason.)
good point. I didn't think about that
5:18 Thanks for leaving that in. Right mix of humor and not caring. Love it
And yet another "Absolutely Brilliant" creation; from "our" Marius Hornberger. What would we do without you kind Sir? A TRUE "cut" above.
"Unpickable" - Lockpicking Lawyer has entered the chat.
I thought that was funny also. It's not really a lock, it's a latch.
cant pick something that doesnt have anything to pick
That guy huh. What is it with boys and picking locks?
More like entered the shop!
X2
"I present to you... the most useless door handle."
*clunk*
I laughed VERY hard. That was gold.
Yes. Love his humor 😂
Who needs to buy locking hardware when you can create your own. That was a sweet vid. Awesome work 👍
Don’t forget, this video made you money, so 100% worth.
Designing/overengineering your own solution to a relatively simple problem is so strangely rewarding.
The other night I spent a few hours modeling a simple container for my dogs poop-bags, just like the ones that cost like $3 or come FREE with a box of bags. It's just a cylinder with a hole in the middle and a threaded lid with a ring to attach to the leash, and little posts in the bottom of the cylinder/lid to hold the roll in place. It then took ~5 hours to 3D print and works as well as one I could pick up at the dollar store, but I MADE IT GODDANGIT.
I like how you were not just satisfied with the lock working, but actually made iterative improvements!
Was für eine unfassbar einfache und praktische Idee mit dem Cutter das Holz vorzuschneiden :D danke!
"Unpickable"... oh boy, you have summoned the beast.
Super nice and bright idea. Incredible work looks simple but in the same time looks like $1 million.
If this design was all in your head, you are very good at designing and thinking outside the box.
Way to go.
This entire video was pure art from beginning to end. Perfectly fine tuned delivery.
That’s a very cool custom “pocket door lock”. The metal plate you made for the frame is called a “strike plate”, and the term for sinking it into the frame is “mortising”. Not trying to be arrogant, just giving you the proper locksmith lingo. Again, great job.
Yeah. Making one is way cooler than buying one. Even if took time to create. But when it's done. You build up confidence in yourself because you've done something to like. Great work.
making as oppose to buying is always a way richer experience. A real shame not everybody has access to time, machinery/tools or materials and most of those who do have it are in most cases just buying what they want.
Genius custom design and aesthetically pleasing, too.
Really great.
That lever cover/handle door pull is such a bloody good design piece 👌
I think I'd just glue a bunch of recessed magnets into the door edge and the jamb and call it done :)
Same. But not a fun video.
This toy th-cam.com/video/LyvfDzRLsiU/w-d-xo.html can even make it resist slamming shut.
@@manup1931 I'm sure Marius could make it fun enough.
Good luck prying that door open …
@@Stefan_Van_pellicom
Can you open your refrigerator door?
That lock was worth it for the education! Reminds me of maloof door locks except your lock is more concealed. Thank you for sharing and technique me about this mechanism.
I think it's a very clever ingenious design, I could see something like this being very great for a mesh screen patio door.
Was it worth it? Heck yes it was. Your design is better than anything you can get that’s store bought. The addition to the handle so you’re not putting pressure on the moving handle is genius. Great video!
Agreed. Better to problem solve than just buy. Nicely done!
That's an awesome way to enhance a door lock. I love your practical designs. You're definitely a smart guy.
Seeing your shop gives me a new appreciation for mine, size wise.
Don't try and hide it, Marius ! The noise is what you were seeking, all the time. Nice job !
Brilliant idea and exquisite craftsmanship. A fellow woodworker and I were just having a discussion about how satisfying it is to waste a perfectly good afternoon designing and building something that we could very easily have purchased somewhere. But, what would be the fun in that?
That's actually a pretty clever design. Great work!
It's like IKEA, but with better engineering haha! Great job!
Stylish but most of all functional. Proper job!
A FINE example of 'Creative Engineering' ('Masters Level' - Botching) 👏👏👏👏 😉😎🇬🇧
Nice project and I'm on your side with make it yourself instead of buying it. It's more fun too, you get what you want and don't have to make the door, room and sorrounding to fit the knob.
Agreed. Money can't buy the satisfaction you get from making it yourself. Excellent as usual, Marius. I love your channel!
Oh man wonderful work Marius, I've been mentally mapping how to make door latches in my mind for so long and considering I wanted to make a fully custom door for my own workspace someday. I feel like these are great practice for more mechanically complex projects, low stakes an immediate results with something so picky as door hardware
great project, good humor , fine craftmanship
I love this. The shot of you using the band saw like a hack saw cracked me up.
The best part is the joy you get every time you enter the shop.
Taper pemplate ❤️
Fixing problems that don't exist. Love it! Cool project!
Such an awesome design and design evolution. Please make an ASMR of the soothing sounds of continuous Marius Door Clicking 🙂
A friend of mine keeps accusing me of over engineering things. I keep sending him links to your videos to shut him up. Can so relate to your sense of humor. I have the same dry sense of humor too. Some people call it a lack of one, but hey potato, potato...
First one of your videos I've watched - looking for ideas for a sliding barn door lock/latch. Excellent, ergonomic, functional design. Also appreciate your recognition of how these sorts of projects challenge and therefore develop our "problem-solving" skills. Well done, sir.
A fun video, Marius! And only about a dozen 'simple' solutions needed...
Absolutely genius. Matthias Wandel will be proud!!
Really great iterative process. Each step is functional but gets better and better with each following step.
Brilliant! Your ingenuity, skill and sense of humour make you one of my favourite creators! So happy to see you back at it! Cheers from Canada.
I'm so glad you kept in the "taper pemplates". Put it on a t-shirt please.
I love the silly bits in your videos. Not too much but just enough.
Your work is seriously impressive
beautifully made! A simple solution would have been a set of magnets. But this is of course much more fun to invent and make.
That closing noise needs to be sampled into a hit song.
Great and very true gets your brain working on seeing and solving problems and also even though not related to other tasks can also prompt ideas into problem solving with other projects great job
What a genius! This guy has to be German, they're always thinking. I totally loved your design. There are very limited solutions on sliding doors like that on the market, not to mention, they're pricy. Great vid mein Bruder!
For anyone who’s interested……I got some of those locks laying around because install those daily. (And he can’t be German, because he has real good humor. ;D. )
Recommended to me by the click bait 'unpickable', stayed for the wood working and commentary :)
That design ended pretty nice!
Nice Handle, suggestion, for the top stop instead of a pin, you maybe could have used a neodymium magnet and retractable pin with angle groove on the handle to direct the pin back in, when the handle is used. Then it would have absolutely been 100% German quality.
Always neat to see what your working on but I would have tried using a simple magnet latch first.
We all needs this mechanism in our door
That was some real clever design, nice work!
This is what I come to TH-cam for!
First time I've comented very clever design. I've been watching you for a fee years love your energy. Keep making TH-cam please.
When I read the word Unpickable in the title, I thought this was going to be a shoutout to Stuff Made Here.
BRILLIANT! looks really sharp too!
Worth it ? Yes definitely worth it. Super cool and inventive. Doesn't matter what you can buy. Also a great video in general. Thanx for sharing.
The editing in this video is borderline experimental!!!
The satisfaction levle of of building it yourself is priceless
This is so clever. I love this kind of stuff so much
What a legend 👏 you have so much talent,I know some engineers that couldn't do that..
Great engineering idea. Glad to see you back on TH-cam .
Damn! I love the door closing click!
i just found you the other day, and have to say i love your content.
Over engineered! Just like I like it! Beautifull!
Always love seeing your engineering skills
Did you discover your inner This-old-Tony? This was hilarious! And Very well done, too.
Well engineered, and even better executed. Loving the videos Marius, and the humour. 👍
I have a weird addiction to handmade mechanical devices such as this...so much so that I need that door latch more than I need the door itself...
The mind of an engineer! !! !!! Well Done
Squeek in lever 1..... Creak in frame 2...... 3 is binding.... and open!
haha :)
5 years... I remember the installation video so vividly, damn.. Time flies.
About time you posted something new, slacker. Great video, thanks.
I loved this video. Very enjoyable. Excellent work.
Great work :) I personally would have gone for the lazy and expensive solution, a new rail system with softclose and all but this is so much nicer
Worth it?
Looking unto the rising number of views, it defenitely seems to be ;-)!
Other than that, again a great video for all of us for showing a good approach how to solve problems, go forward with small templates, and so on. You defenitely are Germany's Matthias Wandel!
this looks awesome and is really solid. Wish the real ones were this good.
very nice engineering. it looks as good as it works!
actually with the pockets open to the up side it might collect some dust over time.
there would have been a few options for making the open end of the release lever to point downwards so that dust topic is reduced.
it could have made the device a little bit more complicated - but maybe its worth thinking about.
my first quick idea would have been a lifting plate or similar that transforms a "right side" lever lift to a left side hook up. Just my two euro cents.
quick "revisit" - turning your device upside down would do great - just the fixed side end would need to turn around as well. (and then hope the dust accumulation on the top side of the hook is not an issue.)
6:20 my favourite part. Good stuff.