Someone keeps locking the common-area bathroom in my apartment complex and I need a faster way to open the door than filing a report with the office and waiting a few days for maintenance. I ordered a pocket-sized door jimmy and that works, but it is suspicious to carry openly. I ran through some ideas and settled on cutting wooden slats to go on either side and engraving designs on the outside.
I thought this would be a fun piece of SWAG for Grindfest 2025 and I could even engrave people's names on one side. Since I would have to make many iterations, I could not settle on an expensive or laborious method. My fiancée suggested using clips to hold the pieces together and I found miniature clothespins at the dollar store. The design should fully cover the door jimmy and incorporate the torsion springs from the clothespins.
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2024-12-16
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| Keyboard for scale |
I thought this would be a fun piece of SWAG for Grindfest 2025 and I could even engrave people's names on one side. Since I would have to make many iterations, I could not settle on an expensive or laborious method. My fiancée suggested using clips to hold the pieces together and I found miniature clothespins at the dollar store. The design should fully cover the door jimmy and incorporate the torsion springs from the clothespins.
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| Designed to fit tiny torsion springs |
The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date.
First time here?
Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Completed projects from year 6
Completed projects from year 7
Completed projects from year 8
Completed projects from year 9
Completed projects from year 10
Completed projects from year 11
Disclaimer for http://24hourengineer.blogspot.com and 24HourEngineer.com
This disclaimer must be intact and whole. This disclaimer must be included if a project is distributed.
All information on this blog, or linked by this blog, is not to be taken as advice or solicitation. Anyone attempting to replicate, in whole or in part, is responsible for the outcome and procedure. Any loss of functionality, money, property, or similar, is the responsibility of those involved in the replication.
All digital communication regarding the email address 24hourengineer@gmail.com becomes the intellectual property of Brian McEvoy. Any information contained within these messages may be distributed or retained at the discretion of Brian McEvoy. Any email sent to this address, or any email account owned by Brian McEvoy, cannot be used to claim property or assets.
Comments to the blog may be utilized or erased at the discretion of the owner. No one posting may claim property or assets based on their post.
This blog, including pictures and text, is copyright to Brian McEvoy.
2024-12-16
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