Fitting a dead bolt to a steel gate.

Follow along as I fit a cylinder or dead bolt or dead lock to a steel gate. I have to modify the gate to provide a housing for the lock and machine a plate to hold the latch mechanism.
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[@robertbutler8004]

Now that is my idea of a gate lock unlike so many idiots who show latches and call them locks.

[@whitedoggarage]

Thanks, and thank you for watching the video. 👍👍👍

[@TerryMasri]

Currently learning how to weld myself. Just curious, why didn't you grind down the welding beads for a cleaner look? I can assume that you still haven't done the final touches, but since you already installed the dead bolt it tells me otherwise. FYI, I'm a Virgo and infamously known to be very analytical and a consummate perfectionist. 😃

[@whitedoggarage]

Good question Terry. When I was an apprentice, grinding down the final welds was a no, no; so with that background, I tend not to grind down the final welds. I have it in my mind that grinding them down weaked them. I do grind them when I need a smooth finish, but mostly not and that one would have gone to paint with the welds not grinded down. Hope that helps and thanks for watching my video. 👍👍👍

[@DIYSCOTT]

Thank you for the video. I just did a similar video on my channel but mine was putting a dead bolt on a wood gate.

[@bigjock7691]

thank you for the info great stuff the way you cut was made easy,clean cuts,i know using a burning torch would have made a mess tried and iam not new to burning metal,again thanks for the info.

[@whitedoggarage]

Thanks, I am glad you found it useful.

[@Ruben901]

I think a cutting torch would be more easy to make the holes for the deadbolt.

[@whitedoggarage]

Cutting torch would be easier, but I feel the hole saw gives a neater cut, for me anyhow.

[@MotherAmerica-ci1uu]

They sell lock boxes

[@worldtraveler8571]

Before they sold them, people produced their own.