Locks or Latches

[David Stolz]

Looking for ideas on a all-wood latch or lock for a box...

Not craftsman quality, but something that kids could assemble.

I am thinking of dowels with notches cut across, that when turned to the right 'combination' would allow a slide or latch to free.

I have seen the wood combo lock on woodgears, something along this line - but very simplified and basic.

As I search the net, I get only Japanese Puzzle boxes, or that contraption on YouTube, or woodgears.ca....hoping for another source of ideas....

[Lee Schierer]

All you need is one vertical dowel and one hrizontal of the same size. At the point they cross in your box, cut a semi circle out of each at the point of intersection. When the seimi circles are aligned (facing each other), either dowel could then be pulled out.