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Sunday, April 09, 2006

This could have been trouble, I was locked out!

but I fixed it with not too much effort. It was my gun cabinet out in the workshop that caused me a few minutes panic today. I had it open just yesterday and everything was fine, then today when I tried to open it again, the lock wouldn't turn! I could hear the latch inside hitting something and it was stopping hard just a few degrees from the full closed position.

So first I took a little trip to the sportings goods store to see exactly how things looked inside. Then I went home and drilled a 1/4" hole in my locker in just the right location. With an allen wrench to use as a puch tool, I was able to move the offending gun out of the way and open the lock.

Whew!

I probably should JB Weld a penny over the hole in the future. And maybe a bungie cord to hold the rifles back against the back wall of the cabinet would be a good idea too!

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