*Magnets, magnets, magnets!* I love magnets, too. But they have nothing to do with this project. This latch is made from an old ball and some pipe, so please don't try to sell me on buying a "better" magnet latch.
DUDE USE MAGNETS!!!11111!11oneoneone To each his own, and like you, I'm more likely to have a random piece of PVC and a ball lying around than a countersunk rubber coated rare-earth magnet.
I used magnets to hold the front access panel on my fish tank stand. Was a huge pain to get working right, but it works. The biggest problem was finding a way to secure the magnets in the exact position without gluing the whole door shut permanently. I ended up using plastic wrap to separate the panel and magnets from the other magnets in the area they would fit in to. Would not recommend magnets.
pocket83 hey love this grad idea but i have one tipp for you if you want to make it easyer to position the pvc part of the latch just right. stick it onto the ball while the ball is screwed to the door and paint the screw hole s on the pvc with smudgy paint, press it against the wall and it should mark where to drill of course this dosent help with the angle. great vid
Love the concept. I made one with one change: instead of a golf ball, use a like diameter piece of PVC for the "C" part to grab. Works great and was easier to make. I think you can make it with other diameters of PVC as well.
I’ve been using your method on my shed doors for over a year now. It’s the simple things that make life grand and this simple upgrade was worth the 15 minutes it takes to complete. I have since installed 4 more sets for various neighbors and family members. Thank you!
This is awesome. Not just the clever fabrication, but a properly shot and edited video as well. The internet thanks you for your idea, your skill, your workshop, and most of all, for not wasting our time.
Have to wear my reading glasses...thought that said "nude people". Funny how one little letter change can the whole context of a sentence. This is a fun project minus the splinters! LMAO.
That "Addressing Problems" bit in the description...Sage advice right there, everyone! Being inconvenienced and annoyed over and over by something that is fixable, (in any area of our life) is indeed irrational...but the fix is all too often so easy to just keep putting off...human nature is weird. Pocket, you're 100% correct in that the fix isn't a sign of laziness, not making the fix is. Good stuff as always man, thanks for another great video.
Well done and without boring slow talking! As a remodeling restoration renovation repair rehabitation contractor, I learned some things from your layout techniques. Thumbs up! Oh, I do fabrication as well- never too old to learn!
Several years ago I cut some pvc pipe just the way you did, and used it as tablecloth clips. It worked really well... kept the cloth from blowing away in the wind. I should think a short piece of dowel rod or tree branch could serve just as well as a golf ball for your door latch, although it wouldn't be quite as weather resistant.
I have done a similar thing, but instead of a golf ball i used a piece of PVC pipe slightly longer then the latch part, it's the same idea but without any balls, just PVC pipe.
Especially as drilling golf balls really is dangerous (as you point out). Sawed through one as a kid, spent hours in the Hospital getting the latex out of my eye.......
Haha, did the same thing when I was a kid and I was expecting something to go wrong in the video! (Instead of a drill I was scraping the golf ball against the rough side of a brick. The pink schmoo went everywhere.)
Much better use for G.Balls than what they were designed for! I used to play golf but give up the game when i figured out what i was doing wrong, I was standing to close to the ball after i hit it!
What a genius idea. I have to give people kudos that upload a video like this, he took the time to explain things nice and easy for homeowners who usually wouldn't be do it yourselfers....and also showed different ways for those who wouldn't have certain tools. The idea worked....and I garuntee would be applicable for 100's of different purposes. 10/10 video for sure!
Awesome. You must be an engineer by degree. Kind of reminds me of when I made my 8 foot tall candy cane Christmas decoration out of a sheet of plywood. As the red and white stripes alternated through the curvature on top, I had to get out my trusty HP calculator to get the precise arc lengths so that the stripes would be in perfect proportion as they went around the top of the candy cane. People just don't "get" us.
Hey! This worked great! I had two types of golf balls. I noticed the Top Flite XL 3 was a lot easier to work with than the Maxflite DDH 4. Even with moderate winds the doors stay open. Thanks!!
Same!!!! But what a genius idea. I have to give people kudos that upload a video like this, he took the time to explain things nice and easy for homeowners who usually wouldn't be do it yourselfers....and also showed different ways for those who wouldn't have certain tools. The idea worked....and I garuntee would be applicable for 100's of different purposes. 10/10 video for sure!
I've watched dozens of these DIY videos, and this was the BEST BY FAR. First: It solves a genuine problem, and second: It WORKS, and third: It's pretty easy and cheap to do. Thanks Pocket83
Wonderful, just put this on a gate, and a shed door and they after a week work very well. Thank you I used a table saw to cut the PVC but not really safe way to go, then I used a grinder to fix the edges. I also made my PVC over 2" long, I wanted or needed a very strong hold. Keep on coming up with ideas, not every one is smart enough to see how helpful you are to us.
This is a great idea! I see a lot of people commenting that you should use magnets but I disagree. Magnets will RUST, and over time the two ferrous pieces contacting each other will eventually wear any coating down and expose the metal to the environment. This golf ball solution would seem to be much more weatherproof!
Its a great idea but pvc exposed to the elements over time will dry out and crack... i would probably paint it or clear coat it to protect it for a bit longer
or use UV rated conduit.. The same that is used on outdoor plumbing, 15 years still going and i live in the subtropics where the UV is through the roof.
I liked this so much I just did it. My Wife had a 10' by 12' gambrel roofed shed/shop built for me by Tuff Shed and would normally place a small sand bag against the doors to prop them open and after seeing this decided it was just low tech enough I could actually finish it in one day, so after several glasses of very cold ice tea "got'r done" before the sun set.
Very well made video. I grew up in a DIY household and what I like is for how you broke it down for the people who might not have or people who might not have the tools. Well thought out and executed video I liked it alot.
This is great solution. But what I love is that you show it being easy. Then all these awesome tools come out to play that I just will never own. 😕 but I love watching none the less! Looks like a hook and eye for me.
dont know if some said this yet but this woyld work great for a door on and rv/ trailer!!! the plastic latch things that come standard on those doors dont even last a full camping season!!!! awsome video and idea!
this is a great alternative to those traditional latches on furniture, closets, and cupboards, in cases traditional parts are not available. thanks for the great idea, man.
PVC can be bent using a heat gun. PVC sheet (or short chunks of PVC pipe or PVC fittings for low shipping cost, maybe use a coupling?) can be purchased online.
My great grandfather built his log house , over 100 years ago . For his inside latches he used a slat , loosely fitted to the door . On the jamb he put a tapered peg , notched at the top , allowing the slat , to ride up the sloped part of the peg and drop into the notch . There was a string , attached to the door , which could be put through a hole to the outside , for outside access , or pulled in for security . The house still stands , caretakers have lived there for years , using that same latching system . He also had a breezeway , he called a dogtrot , with his well dug under the roof of . The well was dug with hole diggers , by putting longer and longer handles on them , as needed . He fabricated the narrow bucket , that the water was drawn with , which had a release trigger at the top and the short bucket , that just barely held the contents of the narrow one .
You called yourself lazy because you *are* lazy. Not idle. Not workshy. Lazy. You try to minimize the effort with which you do things. That can mean putting in a lot of effort once in order to reduce the amount of repeated effort you use elsewhere. Larry Wall has remarked on this with regard to programming. Laziness is one of the three virtues of a great programmer. OTOH, it's hard to sell yourself to a potential employer by saying that you're lazy. They interpret is as being idle or workshy. But if you tell them that you "work smarter, not harder" they think you're wonderful and also know management buzz phrases. :)
Fair enough. I like to think of it more in terms of optimizing, especially with respect to the behaviors I expect to repeat in the future. Our time is mostly robbed from us in small increments, so small improvements can save lots of net time over an extended period. As a related bonus, reduced stress and frustration have their own benefits. I think it was one of the Numberphile guys who said that he became a mathematician because he was lazy. I identify with that. Especially because I know that I was supposed to _be_ a mathematician. I mean, why struggle your way around a problem, when you can think your way around it, instead?
+pocket83 Another view of the same thing. Yet another way of looking at it is that it isn't sensible to do things in a sub-optimal way. No point going next door by turning the wrong direction and walking around most of town to end up a few feet away from where you started (unless you wanted the exercise). So if you can spend some time thinking about a problem you face repeatedly in order to save a little time you can still end up winning. But perhaps you're reluctant to use the word "lazy" because of the negative connotations. I tell people who have that opinion of laziness that by minimizing the time and effort needed to do something, I can then do *more* things. Laziness as a tactic, not a strategy. So, while "work smarter not harder" is a management buzz phrase (which I'd normally dismiss just because it's a management buzz phrase) it is something I do. Because I'm lazy. :)
I live in a tiny room on the top floor of a city high-rise, i don't need such an item, i have one door and it does its job, and i do have a drill press... But i very much liked your approach with showing alternative ways to accomplish things with simpler tools. For that you get a positive thumb. It feels like half the UA-cam is trying to sell me tools i don't want or have the room for with their projects.
Idk if you know or maybe if I don't need to say this, but I just went from another video then seen your comment in that video. Not gonna say the video nor the channel unless you say anything
I've really enjoy your videos. They tickle the maker part of my brain. I find them always to be clever, educational, and accessible to everyone no matter their tool arsenal. It kind of blows my mind that you have so many trolls. I guess I'll have to read the comment section more often now because the way you respond entertains me now too. I just read the comments to see if anybody else saw the pizza ad. Keep up the good work!
I love this idea, and will have to steal it one day. About the only suggestion I can add, is that you might want to use a small piece of double stick tape to make the alignment easier. Put the tape on either side, open the door, and then carefully separate the parts and drive in the screws. No alignment marks necessary at all.
Great idea replacing the knobs on the drill press with golf balls. I just drilled and tapped the balls and added a thin nut to dress it up a bit. It not only looks cool but what a big difference in the grip when using the drill press... Thanks!!!
Very nice idea, I presently utilize the same hook and eye bolt on my shed doors but I will give this a try. I spent 27 years as a toolmaker/machinist and I probably spent a couple hundred hours operating a band saw cutting various types of steel, aluminum, polycarbonate sheet, plastics of various types, as a really big safety factor so that you don't have to fish your finger tips out of the chip drawer lower the roller guide for the blade to just enough room above the material that you are cutting. Yes, it's a pain adjusting the guide every time you cut something but then so is finding your finger tips and driving to the ER to have them reattached if possible.
This is great! I was working in the shed today, and using a shovel to prop open one door, and a rake on the other. Will definitely be doing this. So much better!!
I used this for a friend's outhouse. He leaves it open to air out and this trick keeps the door open and stops the damage from the banging door. The door will still come off the golf ball if enough winds hit it but that only happened once. Thanks for the trick. :)
Simple and effective engineering. Love it. I have a shed door that's in great need of one of these. Thanks heaps amigo. By the way - golf balls also make great file handles. Drill a hole 3/4 of the way through the golf ball a bit smaller than the width of the tang and hammer it in there. Fits nicely in the palm of your hand.
pocket83 Got 4 gates in my back yard area in dire need of this one hand technique. But best of all to me... rendered the following quote of thank you for it. "A designer forms products from raw materials. A genius, from those products already existing.'" -gilpin 42817
Love the video. The best part is the beginning when you explain why the latches are a huge pain and that you are too lazy to operate them. Then you proceed to buy PVC pipe, measure the exact diameter and radial degree of the golf ball, risk fingers with a band saw to cut it to size, sand the pipe down with an electric sander followed by hand sanding, drill holes in the pipe, use a hand compass to find a singular point on the ball, use multiple drill bits to drill a hole in the ball, then assemble the whole apparatus.
Love the dismissive sarcasm. The best part is when you try to point out all of the ways in which you believe me to be inconsistent so that you can feel satisfaction in your own cleverness. Look: the reality is that this project is child's play to me; I'm explaining to other people how to accomplish this from ground zero. I purchased nothing. The bulk of the effort with a project like this takes place in the brain. Petty weirdo.
Nope. It's easy. First try, I was out of frame, but I got the shot on the second try. The hard shot was screwing the clamp to the shed, because I had to wait an entire day for the neighbors to stop their compulsive grass cutting.
This is great in terms of helping people around the house who may have decreased upper extremity strength, range of motion, or dexterity due to aging, stroke or nerve damage and have issues fiddling with the loop and hook method for keeping doors open. Of course people with the above issues probably wouldn't be able to make it themselves quite as easily, but the finished product could do quite well in an Adaptive Technology catalogue.
One day in the distant future, historians will note this multi use item that someone invented a game to use the surplus up! Great idea as always, keep them coming.
I forgot how good your videos are... SUBSCRIBED.... BELL CLICKED!.... Old Guy won't have to worry about missing out on the content I really enjoy. You do a great no nonsense job at video creation.
Good idea, I had a load of old guttering when I changed to white, so I put one cut in it and screwed two bits of wood as handles. This made me a load of inexpensive clamps, if you wanted more grip you can make them longer or double up on the guttering.
Very good idea. Observations after viewing. I use gray Carlon electrical PVC tubing because it has a UV inhibitor built into the plastic which prevents it from degrading over time. I use only stainless steel screws to prevent rust. An alternative would be the coated deck screws for the same reason. Lastly, I make sure to caulk the countersink hole shut to keep bugs from nesting, water out to prevent ice from splitting the golf ball. I use my multi-saw to cut the PVC since I don't have a band saw. Cleaner cuts for sure.
Mark where you want to cut out the PVC, then cut 'in' through one side like you did in the video, then turn the PVC around to the place for the next spot and cut 'out' of the center. Also, I recommend only having the saw blade guide set to just above the tallest part of anything, like this PVC, to reduce the area you may contact the running blade. Lastly, form fitting gloves can save you from getting nicked. OK, really "lastly, THANKS for the video!! 😁👍
I have a tin cabinet in my barn that needed a pull handle. Poked a hole in a beer cap, then used a drywall screw, and ran that from inside of the door, through the cap into the golf ball. Made a very sturdy handle, with no visible flaws.
Great idea! I have the same problem in my shed with 3 doors - I put a hatch door above the regular doors so I could stash llumcer in the rafters. I will put this to good use!
I just this week used 3/4" PVC pipe sections as a clamps to attach screen fabric (and/or) plastic sheeting over /2" PVC framing as a cover for raised garden beds. Same principle. Stretches the fabric very well and securely.
Good video showing the whys and hows. There are a hundred easier ways, but this allows you to think laterally and maybe apply some of the concepts to other projects. kudos
I did this and great idea but to keep from cutting my fingers I found a piece of wood dowel in my scrap bin and cut it to size and pounded it into the pvc and just cut it and amazing all my fingers were intact after .Thank you again as now I have use for hubbies old golf balls .Even works to keep my double basement doors open on the swing free hinges .It always closed on me going in and out with wood or my saws
Wow what a great idea and good use of left over golf balls for your outside sheds I am going to put this on my front gate Thankyou for putting it up on youtube keep them videos coming
Thank God you made this because I have broken 2 hinges and a barn door because o forget to undo the chain and am trying to close the door quickly this is genius
maybe 50 years ago, cupboards and utility/closet doors had latches like this in metal, and sometimes metal with plastic rollers to clamp. you just reinvented teh wheel. hehe.
No kidding. Did I claim that this was the first ball to ever snap into a piece of pipe? There's nothing new under the Sun, but that doesn't make me less inventive.
bonne idée ... vous pouvez le faire en haut et en bas pour une meilleure rigidité de la porte ouverte ! merci pour l'astuce .... good idea ... you can do it up and down for a better rigidity of the open door! thanks for the tip ....
*Magnets, magnets, magnets!* I love magnets, too. But they have nothing to do with this project.
This latch is made from an old ball and some pipe, so please don't try to sell me on buying a "better" magnet latch.
DUDE USE MAGNETS!!!11111!11oneoneone
To each his own, and like you, I'm more likely to have a random piece of PVC and a ball lying around than a countersunk rubber coated rare-earth magnet.
clever, practical, cheep,
I used magnets to hold the front access panel on my fish tank stand. Was a huge pain to get working right, but it works. The biggest problem was finding a way to secure the magnets in the exact position without gluing the whole door shut permanently. I ended up using plastic wrap to separate the panel and magnets from the other magnets in the area they would fit in to.
Would not recommend magnets.
pocket83 hey love this grad idea but i have one tipp for you if you want to make it easyer to position the pvc part of the latch just right. stick it onto the ball while the ball is screwed to the door and paint the screw hole s on the pvc with smudgy paint, press it against the wall and it should mark where to drill of course this dosent help with the angle. great vid
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And this is why I'm glad UA-cam exist, because of awesome content that people like yourself upload. Keep up the great work! Thumbs up!
Thank you!
You got it!
pocket83 I love the Aeonflux poster casually on the machine.
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UA-cam. Changing the way we educate ourselves.
Love the concept. I made one with one change: instead of a golf ball, use a like diameter piece of PVC for the "C" part to grab. Works great and was easier to make. I think you can make it with other diameters of PVC as well.
i would love to see a video update with this concept in play, much safer.
How did you attach the pipe to the door? Long screw through the whole diameter? A bolt?
great idea and using pipe your not limited to the size of the ball you could go to any length
I’ve been using your method on my shed doors for over a year now. It’s the simple things that make life grand and this simple upgrade was worth the 15 minutes it takes to complete. I have since installed 4 more sets for various neighbors and family members. Thank you!
This is awesome. Not just the clever fabrication, but a properly shot and edited video as well. The internet thanks you for your idea, your skill, your workshop, and most of all, for not wasting our time.
I live vicariously through your house improvements.
Have to wear my reading glasses...thought that said "nude people". Funny how one little letter change can the whole context of a sentence. This is a fun project minus the splinters! LMAO.
What's wrong with punching naked people?
I absolutely love how you show us how to do it without the big machine tools. How considerate 😊
That "Addressing Problems" bit in the description...Sage advice right there, everyone! Being inconvenienced and annoyed over and over by something that is fixable, (in any area of our life) is indeed irrational...but the fix is all too often so easy to just keep putting off...human nature is weird.
Pocket, you're 100% correct in that the fix isn't a sign of laziness, not making the fix is.
Good stuff as always man, thanks for another great video.
Well done and without boring slow talking! As a remodeling restoration renovation repair rehabitation contractor, I learned some things from your layout techniques. Thumbs up!
Oh, I do fabrication as well- never too old to learn!
The five R's of construction, huh? I've done quite a bit of that myself. Glad this was useful to you, and thanks!
I could see the golf ball doubling as the handle and the catch on some doors. Great idea!
I was going to do that on the greenhouse, but I thought the clamp might catch the mower, or my shirt.
an idea would be to reces the clamp
Excellent idea !
Just make sure the plastic is UV rated. The plastic used in this video won't last a year in the sun.
yes they make good handles , Coat/Hat rack etc
Thank you for showing the latch in the 1st 30 seconds.
Yep. I watch UA-cam too, y'know.
Still, I try to keep it interesting, visually satisfying, and informative.
Finally a good use for a Top Flite!
Several years ago I cut some pvc pipe just the way you did, and used it as tablecloth clips. It worked really well... kept the cloth from blowing away in the wind.
I should think a short piece of dowel rod or tree branch could serve just as well as a golf ball for your door latch, although it wouldn't be quite as weather resistant.
I have done a similar thing, but instead of a golf ball i used a piece of PVC pipe slightly longer then the latch part, it's the same idea but without any balls, just PVC pipe.
I get it. Good idea.
Especially as drilling golf balls really is dangerous (as you point out). Sawed through one as a kid, spent hours in the Hospital getting the latex out of my eye.......
Haha, did the same thing when I was a kid and I was expecting something to go wrong in the video! (Instead of a drill I was scraping the golf ball against the rough side of a brick. The pink schmoo went everywhere.)
DRMNZ AvE fan?
Son of a Didley, you got me!
Several golf balls and PVC pipe in the back yard are about to be put to REAL use. Thanks for such a great idea....
Great idea, and much less frustrating that trying to hit one of the damned things with a golf club.
Much better use for G.Balls than what they were designed for! I used to play golf but give up the game when i figured out what i was doing wrong, I was standing to close to the ball after i hit it!
The first time I swung at a golf ball, the club went farther than the ball.
What a genius idea. I have to give people kudos that upload a video like this, he took the time to explain things nice and easy for homeowners who usually wouldn't be do it yourselfers....and also showed different ways for those who wouldn't have certain tools. The idea worked....and I garuntee would be applicable for 100's of different purposes. 10/10 video for sure!
Thanks. I really appreciate that!
Great solution. Great presentation with the video. Thank you.
Hey! Thanks for stopping by. You do some great stuff.
Thank you.
Simple...Effective...Cheap. The holy trinity of do it yourself projects.
why am I watching this drunk eating mac n cheese. I dont even own a shed
Collin Abroadcast lol
Awesome. You must be an engineer by degree. Kind of reminds me of when I made my 8 foot tall candy cane Christmas decoration out of a sheet of plywood. As the red and white stripes alternated through the curvature on top, I had to get out my trusty HP calculator to get the precise arc lengths so that the stripes would be in perfect proportion as they went around the top of the candy cane. People just don't "get" us.
Hey! This worked great! I had two types of golf balls. I noticed the Top Flite XL 3 was a lot easier to work with than the Maxflite DDH 4. Even with moderate winds the doors stay open. Thanks!!
Something so simple, Wow! I put them on my shed doors and showed them to my neighbor, and he put them on his shed! Thank You!
why am i watching this i dont even own a shed
Now it's time for you to buy one.
You don't even own a door?
same rofl
Same!!!! But what a genius idea. I have to give people kudos that upload a video like this, he took the time to explain things nice and easy for homeowners who usually wouldn't be do it yourselfers....and also showed different ways for those who wouldn't have certain tools. The idea worked....and I garuntee would be applicable for 100's of different purposes. 10/10 video for sure!
Appreciative of creativity?
I've watched dozens of these DIY videos, and this was the BEST BY FAR. First: It solves a genuine problem, and second: It WORKS, and third: It's pretty easy and cheap to do. Thanks Pocket83
This one is a Awesome man :D love to watch your solutions :D
a super way to hold a door open or closed,but very old idea,but always good to recall old ways,gets my thumbs up
No jig for cutting the pvc pipe on the bandsaw? All kidding aside you're a genius. Thank you for the top notch videos.
I did notch see that coming
Wonderful, just put this on a gate, and a shed door and they after a week work very well. Thank you
I used a table saw to cut the PVC but not really safe way to go, then I used a grinder to fix the edges.
I also made my PVC over 2" long, I wanted or needed a very strong hold.
Keep on coming up with ideas, not every one is smart enough to see how helpful you are to us.
Laziness is the mother-in-law of invention.
I'm copying this quote!
This is a great idea! I see a lot of people commenting that you should use magnets but I disagree. Magnets will RUST, and over time the two ferrous pieces contacting each other will eventually wear any coating down and expose the metal to the environment. This golf ball solution would seem to be much more weatherproof!
Its a great idea but pvc exposed to the elements over time will dry out and crack... i would probably paint it or clear coat it to protect it for a bit longer
It's dirt cheap. Make extra, and replace it every 3rd year.
@@georgekatsinis5224 yea ur right but paint is also 98 cents saves u the trouble of having to replace it every few months
or use UV rated conduit.. The same that is used on outdoor plumbing, 15 years still going and i live in the subtropics where the UV is through the roof.
This type of DIY should be taught in school.
Gets the mind thinking of new ideas while using age old principles.
Magnets would also give the same results I Think... As not many own old golf balls comparatively magnets are cheaper...
I liked this so much I just did it. My Wife had a 10' by 12' gambrel roofed shed/shop built for me by Tuff Shed and would normally place a small sand bag against the doors to prop them open and after seeing this decided it was just low tech enough I could actually finish it in one day, so after several glasses of very cold ice tea "got'r done" before the sun set.
Very well made video. I grew up in a DIY household and what I like is for how you broke it down for the people who might not have or people who might not have the tools. Well thought out and executed video I liked it alot.
I went with beach balls , didn't have great luck I guess I will have to take up golf
This is great solution. But what I love is that you show it being easy. Then all these awesome tools come out to play that I just will never own. 😕 but I love watching none the less! Looks like a hook and eye for me.
This video was a hole in one!!!
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dont know if some said this yet but this woyld work great for a door on and rv/ trailer!!! the plastic latch things that come standard on those doors dont even last a full camping season!!!! awsome video and idea!
"Long and soft" was my nickname in high school.
this is a great alternative to those traditional latches on furniture, closets, and cupboards, in cases traditional parts are not available. thanks for the great idea, man.
This is really smart but if you use a pipe big enough to fit a door knob that would be pretty cool too
I tried and couldn't find PVC large enough. Good idea though.
PVC can be bent using a heat gun. PVC sheet (or short chunks of PVC pipe or PVC fittings for low shipping cost, maybe use a coupling?) can be purchased online.
My great grandfather built his log house , over 100 years ago . For his inside latches he used a slat , loosely fitted to the door . On the jamb he put a tapered peg , notched at the top , allowing the slat , to ride up the sloped part of the peg and drop into the notch . There was a string , attached to the door , which could be put through a hole to the outside , for outside access , or pulled in for security . The house still stands , caretakers have lived there for years , using that same latching system . He also had a breezeway , he called a dogtrot , with his well dug under the roof of . The well was dug with hole diggers , by putting longer and longer handles on them , as needed . He fabricated the narrow bucket , that the water was drawn with , which had a release trigger at the top and the short bucket , that just barely held the contents of the narrow one .
You called yourself lazy because you *are* lazy. Not idle. Not workshy. Lazy. You try to minimize the effort with which you do things. That can mean putting in a lot of effort once in order to reduce the amount of repeated effort you use elsewhere.
Larry Wall has remarked on this with regard to programming. Laziness is one of the three virtues of a great programmer.
OTOH, it's hard to sell yourself to a potential employer by saying that you're lazy. They interpret is as being idle or workshy. But if you tell them that you "work smarter, not harder" they think you're wonderful and also know management buzz phrases. :)
Fair enough. I like to think of it more in terms of optimizing, especially with respect to the behaviors I expect to repeat in the future. Our time is mostly robbed from us in small increments, so small improvements can save lots of net time over an extended period. As a related bonus, reduced stress and frustration have their own benefits.
I think it was one of the Numberphile guys who said that he became a mathematician because he was lazy. I identify with that. Especially because I know that I was supposed to _be_ a mathematician. I mean, why struggle your way around a problem, when you can think your way around it, instead?
+pocket83 Another view of the same thing.
Yet another way of looking at it is that it isn't sensible to do things in a sub-optimal way. No point going next door by turning the wrong direction and walking around most of town to end up a few feet away from where you started (unless you wanted the exercise). So if you can spend some time thinking about a problem you face repeatedly in order to save a little time you can still end up winning.
But perhaps you're reluctant to use the word "lazy" because of the negative connotations. I tell people who have that opinion of laziness that by minimizing the time and effort needed to do something, I can then do *more* things. Laziness as a tactic, not a strategy.
So, while "work smarter not harder" is a management buzz phrase (which I'd normally dismiss just because it's a management buzz phrase) it is something I do. Because I'm lazy. :)
I live in a tiny room on the top floor of a city high-rise, i don't need such an item, i have one door and it does its job, and i do have a drill press...
But i very much liked your approach with showing alternative ways to accomplish things with simpler tools. For that you get a positive thumb. It feels like half the UA-cam is trying to sell me tools i don't want or have the room for with their projects.
Neat solution. Or is it just the urge to use up all the golf balls you find ? :)
Oi, you nicked my avatar
I nicked both of ya'll avatars to make a custom mtg card once.
Idk if you know or maybe if I don't need to say this, but I just went from another video then seen your comment in that video. Not gonna say the video nor the channel unless you say anything
Your video is so much more professional and easy to watch/listen to than so many on here.
Titleist balls are best.The door will spin back...Good idea though. 😊😊
I've really enjoy your videos. They tickle the maker part of my brain. I find them always to be clever, educational, and accessible to everyone no matter their tool arsenal. It kind of blows my mind that you have so many trolls. I guess I'll have to read the comment section more often now because the way you respond entertains me now too. I just read the comments to see if anybody else saw the pizza ad. Keep up the good work!
How many shots did that golf ball catch at 0:32 take? I sure as hell wouldn't have managed that on the first try
Way easier than you think. And fun, in a strange way.
It's not strange to me. Simple dexterity puzzles are fun, and lots of people are into them. I mean, look at bottle flipping.
I love this idea, and will have to steal it one day.
About the only suggestion I can add, is that you might want to use a small piece of double stick tape to make the alignment easier. Put the tape on either side, open the door, and then carefully separate the parts and drive in the screws. No alignment marks necessary at all.
Don't drill through liquid core golf balls! Was making a backyard ball toss game and learned the hard way that the liquid is under pressure
Great idea replacing the knobs on the drill press with golf balls. I just drilled and tapped the balls and added a thin nut to dress it up a bit. It not only looks cool but what a big difference in the grip when using the drill press... Thanks!!!
sweet. Just solved all my work shop doors
Great. Thanks.
Very nice idea, I presently utilize the same hook and eye bolt on my shed doors but I will give this a try. I spent 27 years as a toolmaker/machinist and I probably spent a couple hundred hours operating a band saw cutting various types of steel, aluminum, polycarbonate sheet, plastics of various types, as a really big safety factor so that you don't have to fish your finger tips out of the chip drawer lower the roller guide for the blade to just enough room above the material that you are cutting. Yes, it's a pain adjusting the guide every time you cut something but then so is finding your finger tips and driving to the ER to have them reattached if possible.
Really clever! Good engineering = proactive laziness!
pocket 83 "Stop avoiding your problems ..." didn't think I'd be getting psychiatric help as well ... many thanks ... subscribing.
this will be great to keep the toy chest open in the kids room!
Nice idea. As a kid, mine always slammed on my back!
And it was solid pine, since Dad made it!
pocket83 on the other hand... baby proof houses create snowflake kids hahaha
that was the old way to develop pain resistance. And it worked
Gabriele Magnabosco Or develop some brains. let the kids figure out the hard way.
I still have a scar on my face from my toy chest. Still have the chest too. ;]=
This is great! I was working in the shed today, and using a shovel to prop open one door, and a rake on the other. Will definitely be doing this. So much better!!
I've been there. I'm not going back!
I would love soms pizza right now!
Mmmmm pizza I'm hungry
If I don't get some quality pizza soon I'm going to assassinate someone.
As soon as I read this comment I went in the kitchen to check if I got pizza
@GARY JACQUES is that what they call Nation Shaming😁
I used this for a friend's outhouse. He leaves it open to air out and this trick keeps the door open and stops the damage from the banging door. The door will still come off the golf ball if enough winds hit it but that only happened once. Thanks for the trick. :)
What happens when its -20 F and you open the door? Does the PVC just break?
Yeah. Just like my PVC greenhouse does every winter when it has a foot of snow on it.
Not sure if ironic or not..?
WHY WOULD YOU BE OUTSIDE? 😂
If you live in that sort of climate, perhaps a metal spring clip would be a better choice for you.
Scott Willis If you live in that sort of climate, perhaps Florida would be a better choice for you.
Simple and effective engineering. Love it. I have a shed door that's in great need of one of these. Thanks heaps amigo.
By the way - golf balls also make great file handles. Drill a hole 3/4 of the way through the golf ball a bit smaller than the width of the tang and hammer it in there. Fits nicely in the palm of your hand.
Aoen Flux - that brings me back
This is so cool ! And so cheap you could avoid thinking about reliability... you just replace it. Well done and thanks for sharing
Exactly. Thanks for understanding that!
"What do you even do at 4 in the morning?" - Anyone who knows me.
This is one of the best tutorial videos I ever seen, you've seriously thought of everything when it comes to golf ball latches!
Could have added paint as UV protection, but if a homeowner doesn't know that, probably shouldn't be handling sharp objects anyway.
pocket83 Got 4 gates in my back yard area in dire need of this one hand technique. But best of all to me... rendered the following quote of thank you for it.
"A designer forms products from raw materials.
A genius, from those products already existing.'" -gilpin 42817
Love the video. The best part is the beginning when you explain why the latches are a huge pain and that you are too lazy to operate them. Then you proceed to buy PVC pipe, measure the exact diameter and radial degree of the golf ball, risk fingers with a band saw to cut it to size, sand the pipe down with an electric sander followed by hand sanding, drill holes in the pipe, use a hand compass to find a singular point on the ball, use multiple drill bits to drill a hole in the ball, then assemble the whole apparatus.
Love the dismissive sarcasm. The best part is when you try to point out all of the ways in which you believe me to be inconsistent so that you can feel satisfaction in your own cleverness. Look: the reality is that this project is child's play to me; I'm explaining to other people how to accomplish this from ground zero. I purchased nothing. The bulk of the effort with a project like this takes place in the brain.
Petty weirdo.
Bet the part at 0:31 took longer than the entire rest of making the video
Nope. It's easy. First try, I was out of frame, but I got the shot on the second try.
The hard shot was screwing the clamp to the shed, because I had to wait an entire day for the neighbors to stop their compulsive grass cutting.
Titleist the #1 ball in golf and in the shed latch game.
My dog would jump up and rip that ball off the door😂
How could anyone give this video a thumbs down? Very well put together tutorial and great verbal explanation to accompany.
Why do I watch these videos I'm 13?
Because you are a thinking person who is destined for greatness.
Good luck.
This is great in terms of helping people around the house who may have decreased upper extremity strength, range of motion, or dexterity due to aging, stroke or nerve damage and have issues fiddling with the loop and hook method for keeping doors open. Of course people with the above issues probably wouldn't be able to make it themselves quite as easily, but the finished product could do quite well in an Adaptive Technology catalogue.
One day in the distant future, historians will note this multi use item that someone invented a game to use the surplus up! Great idea as always, keep them coming.
I forgot how good your videos are... SUBSCRIBED.... BELL CLICKED!.... Old Guy won't have to worry about missing out on the content I really enjoy. You do a great no nonsense job at video creation.
That is a clever idea instead of magnets. One can lower the installation and would also serve as a handle.
You know the old saying "Handier that a button on an outhouse door"..............this is so awesome. Thanks for sharing.
You do know that saying is sarcastic, right?
@@sedge6591 Not meant to be sarcastic. Sorry
@@patriciateeters5565 LOL don't be sorry, just wanted you to know... ;)
Good idea, I had a load of old guttering when I changed to white, so I put one cut in it and screwed two bits of wood as handles. This made me a load of inexpensive clamps, if you wanted more grip you can make them longer or double up on the guttering.
Very good idea. Observations after viewing. I use gray Carlon electrical PVC tubing because it has a UV inhibitor built into the plastic which prevents it from degrading over time. I use only stainless steel screws to prevent rust. An alternative would be the coated deck screws for the same reason. Lastly, I make sure to caulk the countersink hole shut to keep bugs from nesting, water out to prevent ice from splitting the golf ball. I use my multi-saw to cut the PVC since I don't have a band saw. Cleaner cuts for sure.
Mark where you want to cut out the PVC, then cut 'in' through one side like you did in the video, then turn the PVC around to the place for the next spot and cut 'out' of the center. Also, I recommend only having the saw blade guide set to just above the tallest part of anything, like this PVC, to reduce the area you may contact the running blade. Lastly, form fitting gloves can save you from getting nicked. OK, really "lastly, THANKS for the video!! 😁👍
I have a tin cabinet in my barn that needed a pull handle. Poked a hole in a beer cap, then used a drywall screw, and ran that from inside of the door, through the cap into the golf ball. Made a very sturdy handle, with no visible flaws.
Great idea for the door latch!
This is an awesome idea. I think I'll do this for my small walk-in door on my barn.
This is a way cool and easy to build idea. I live in a windy area and this would easily hold the doors!
that's very clever! not often i see something on youtube that i haven't seen about 17,862 times before!
Great idea! I have the same problem in my shed with 3 doors - I put a hatch door above the regular doors so I could stash llumcer in the rafters.
I will put this to good use!
I just this week used 3/4" PVC pipe sections as a clamps to attach screen fabric (and/or) plastic sheeting over /2" PVC framing as a cover for raised garden beds. Same principle. Stretches the fabric very well and securely.
Good video showing the whys and hows. There are a hundred easier ways, but this allows you to think laterally and maybe apply some of the concepts to other projects. kudos
I did this and great idea but to keep from cutting my fingers I found a piece of wood dowel in my scrap bin and cut it to size and pounded it into the pvc and just cut it and amazing all my fingers were intact after .Thank you again as now I have use for hubbies old golf balls .Even works to keep my double basement doors open on the swing free hinges .It always closed on me going in and out with wood or my saws
SUPERB IDEA! they should sell that in shops. Awesome
I don't own a shed, but can't wait until I have a loose swinging door to upgrade! Great video.
Thanks!
Good engineering! Swenson told Ole about it so he tried it on a large barn door using a basketball but it kept going flat. grin.
I used these latches to hang hummingbird feeders. You can make the latches and change them out when you want too
The light bulbs just kept on going off as I watched your video. I learned many different things in this one short vid. Thanks for sharing. Mike
Wow what a great idea and good use of left over golf balls for your outside sheds I am going to put this on my front gate Thankyou for putting it up on youtube keep them videos coming
Thank God you made this because I have broken 2 hinges and a barn door because o forget to undo the chain and am trying to close the door quickly this is genius
thank you gawd...
maybe 50 years ago, cupboards and utility/closet doors had latches like this in metal, and sometimes metal with plastic rollers to clamp. you just reinvented teh wheel. hehe.
No kidding. Did I claim that this was the first ball to ever snap into a piece of pipe? There's nothing new under the Sun, but that doesn't make me less inventive.
bonne idée ... vous pouvez le faire en haut et en bas pour une meilleure rigidité de la porte ouverte ! merci pour l'astuce ....
good idea ... you can do it up and down for a better rigidity of the open door! thanks for the tip ....