Dick Proenneke's Wood Locking Door Latch - Recreation of Door Latch from "Alone in the Wilderness"
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2021
- I recreate a model of the wood locking door latch Dick used on his backcountry cabin at Twin Lakes, Alaska.
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Dick wasn't a beginner when he buit that cabin.He was a master carpenter and a locally renowned handy man that could fix anything you had to fix so it's no suprise how clever his door lock is.👍👍
Way cool! I find it even more amazing is how Dick constructed the latch with his comparatively simple tools!
Looked like a fun project, nice work
Thanks for checking it out Jim
Great man, he would be happy knowing how many people know and remember him
I've read the book, watched the videos. great explanation on your bench. I noticed he hunted for his design in a tree stump root! Dick had no power tools, but hand sawed, shaved each and visualized each piece. I figured that he saw the concept somewhere, studied it and applied it from memory. Cool if you could do it.
I caught a few scenes in the book of his idea, the video shows him with the stump piece.
Thank you! His bushcraft/woodworking skills have always astounded me. Such a cool thing to watch. He would have made a great UA-camr :) thanks again for watching and the great comment!
Nice work despite the power tools.
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Great job
Thanks a lot! And thanks for watching!
AWESOME!!! I have always been fascinated by his door-locking mechanism! Do you happen to have written plans, drawings and/or dimensions of the components?
Hi Tom - I don’t have written plans but do plan on doing a follow up to this video, and possibly can explain and show in higher detail. I basically just pieced it together from old photos and the films. Thanks for watching!
@Bakken Woodworking Great! Let me know when you have the the follow-up video available to watch!
@@bakkenwoodworking6341 it would be great !
I turned my Dad onto Dick Proenneke in the late 90's.
My Dad is a mechanical engineer and him and I both loved how he made those latches and locks.
My Dad is turning 80 on Oct 5, 2023 and I would love to give him a miniature. Do you have any plans that I could buy?....or I could buy one already made?
I live in Ontario, Canada.
Hi thanks for watching. Unfortunately I only made the one and honestly I want to hold onto my “model” so I can remember how it works. I have plans to create a real world version and will be posting eventually but that doesn’t really help. Sorry, wish I had one for you, but great to hear someone else found these fascinating. Thanks again and hope your dad has a great bday
Thank you so much for even replying.
I have now subscribed as you do great, fun work.
I'm hoping to start tomorrow with the basics, but it were those little pins on the main handle shaft that gets me. Is that the only pressure point that turns the latch?
Sorry for the questions. Not expecting a reply just a thanks.
@@DRTeDEAN thanks so much and I have to reply because that little pin is only there because I used a round dowel, so yes you are correct. Dick used a square piece of wood for his and if you do that you can forget that little locking piece. That’s something I would also do on attempt #2 haha. Thanks again for watching - it will mean more that you built anyway :).
Ahh any way I can get one made like this as a gift to my father in law?
Sure, if you would like to get a quote message me directly. Thanks!
Well , I was really excited to see this video at first, but needless to say so very disappointed, 1, because it was all music, I hate videos with music in them, 2, it was not a step by step, explaining video, & 3, it was a sped up video, 4, it wasn't built by hand without any power tools, 5, there were no exact measurements, very disappointed, & for all of this, I won't be subscribing, now, you want to redeem yourself, & impress us all, do a video, without any music, replicate the build of Mr. Dick Proenneke's log cabin, explaining step by step, how he build everything, with exact measurements, in real time, with no power tools, just as Mr. Proenneke did, using the use of almost the same size logs, & most importantly, exactly how he built the roof, to almost exact size logs, & how he made it waterproof, if you can do this, I will subscribe, like, & share, but until then, I wasn't impressed with this video at all, & I must correct you, his last name is PROenneke, not penneke
Following exact directions to create the exact same thing is so boring. Make your own, life doesn’t come with Lego directions. To waterproof the roof he used thick plastic. Thanks for taking the time to watch!
your cheating using all those power tools. do it how he did it.
Thanks Paul, if I was at twin lakes I would have. Thanks again for taking a look.