Useless Sliding Door Lock by AV-8

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

Tired of being able to lock and unlock your sliding door from the outside? Prefer your privacy more than being screamed at in the middle of the night because someone wants to use your room's bathroom? Like Magnets?
Well, you're in the right place!
Introducing the Useless Doorlock that only unlocks from the inside... doorlock! A lock that is guaranteed to make you lose your mind because people can also slide your door the opposite way and derail it!
Plus, who doesn't like magnets!?
Printing Instructions:
I Recommend printing both parts on the side because of more strength in the X-Y direction and also Using 3-4 perimeters along with 3-4 top and bottom layers.
Build Instructions:
Use an M6 rod cut to 50 mm with two suitable nuts to act as an axis for the pin to rotate on, and 4 x M3x20 bolts to screw into the door with the right sized holes.
Use 4 x 5mmx1.5mm neodymium magnets placed in the magnet slots so that the pin stays in place as it goes in the unlocked position. (you don't want the pin falling out and locking while you're outside, trust me)
For the template for marking the screw locations, just print 2-4 layers of the body piece lying flat on the bed (see the last photo)