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Examples of mortice
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But he seems happy now to provide new mortice locks for the windows and the doors.
From the guardian.co.uk
Also suggests a tablesaw could be used to cut a mortice, not sure how.
From the en.wikipedia.org
To reduce the cost of your home insurance, fix five-lever mortice locks on external doors and two bolt locks on windows.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Mortice locks cannot be bumped open, and having the two locks spaced apart makes it harder to spring the door.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Mortice the blocks by a self-acting machine.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Other beef is it suggests that only the most experienced woodworker could cut a mortice by hand, which is not true either.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Whereas a good solid softwood front door with mortice lock and hinge bolts will be a match for any but the most determined intruder.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Exterior doors should be fitted with a minimum of two locks, one of which should be a secure mortice lock with five or more levers.
From the independent.co.uk
Once the length of the mortice had been cut the machine automatically stopped to allow the block to be replaced with a new one.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Mortise: a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
- Mortise: cut a hole for a tenon in
- A slot in a member, into which a projecting tenon is fixed to form a joint.
- A rectangular recess cut into timber to receive a matching tongue or tenon.
- An opening made to receive a lock or other hardware. Also the act of making such an opening.
- A recess cut into the edge of a door to receive a mortice lock or latch.
