1319 - Workshops and Woodworking January 6-12, 2003 | July 7-13, 2003 HI. I'M BOB VILA, AND WELCOME
HOME AGAIN TO OUR CENTER ENTRY PROJECT.
TODAY, WE'RE DOING A LITTLE
CARPENTRY.
BOB RYLEY AND I ARE GONNA BE
BUILDING
A BEAUTIFUL PLANTER BOX
FOR THE SUNROOM USING OUR
CRAFTSMAN TOOLS.
WE'RE ALSO VISITING THE ANCIENT
DOMINY WORKSHOPS,
18th CENTURY CARPENTER'S
WORKSHOP
DOWN AT WINTERTHUR IN DELAWARE.
AND WE'RE SHOWING YOU HOW TO
INSTALL A LOCKSET
AND TO BECOME A LOCKSMITH.
STICK AROUND. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE
YOU HOME AGAIN.
CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
SEARS
OK. SO WE HAVE A 3-CAR GARAGE,
AND IF YOU ONLY GOT TWO CARS,
IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE A HOME WORKSHOP,
AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS,
WE'VE FITTED IT OUT WITH A
NUMBER
OF, YOU KNOW, MANUFACTURED
STORAGE UNITS FROM CRAFTSMAN,
INCLUDING WORKBENCH SPACES,
SOME OF BOB RYLEY'S HOMEMADE
IDEAS
LIKE OLD COFFEE CANS PAINTED
GREEN,
PERFECT PLACE TO STORE A LOT OF
YOUR FASTENERS AND NAILS AND
THINGS,
A RACK UP TOP TO KEEP EXTRA
LUMBER,
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS THAT CAN BE
EASILY PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY,
INCLUDING THE RED TOOL BOX, EVEN
THE SAW.
HI, BOB.HEY.
AND WHAT I REALLY LIKE
IS THIS IDEA FOR A BIG
WORKBENCH.
BASICALLY, WE GOT 4 SAW HORSES
IN PLACE,
AND WE'VE TAKEN SOME PLYWOOD,
PUT IT ON SOME STUDS,
AND CREATED A NICE DIVIDER IN
THE GARAGE SPACE,
BUT IT'S TOTALLY PORTABLE.
WE COULD TAKE EVERYTHING APART
IN 5 MINUTES,
PUT IT OUT OF THE WAY,
AND BRING IN A THIRD VEHICLE IF
WE NEEDED TO.
THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE STARTING
IN HERE
IS FOR OUR SUNROOM INSIDE THE
HOUSE,
WHERE WE HAVE A HUGE PICTURE
WINDOW
THAT'S A PERFECT PLACE FOR US TO
HAVE A BIG PLANTER BOX.
EXACTLY.
AND SO I KIND OF SKETCHED
SOMETHING OUT
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
AND SUGGESTED THAT BOB FIGURE
OUT HOW TO BUILD IT.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST A BIG
PLANTER BOX
ABOUT, WHAT, 8 OR 9 FEET WIDE?
JUST--YEAH, RIGHT. A LITTLE
UNDER 8'6".
AND THE ENDS OF IT WILL BE
VERTICAL 1x12,
AND THE SIDE IS 1x12,
AND THEN WHAT WE WANTED TO DO
WAS PUT IN A CURVE
FOR A LITTLE OGEE FOOT. RIGHT.
AND HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT HOW TO
DO THAT?
UH, YES, I HAVE.
WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS, USE THE
SCRIBES
IN ORDER TO DO IT.
NOW THERE'S...
OK. ALL RIGHT.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO
HERE
IS TO COME THIS WAY HERE
AND STRIKE AN ARC IN THIS
DIRECTION.
MM-HMM.
THEN WE WANT TO COME BACK INTO
IT HERE
TO GET SOME MORE POINTS
FOR THE OTHER ARC.
COME THIS WAY.
AND THAT'S YOUR NEW CENTER
POINT.
RIGHT.
THEN, WE'LL TAKE THAT,
AND BASICALLY, THAT'S OUR LEG
RIGHT THERE.
YEAH. THAT'S BASICALLY THE CURVE
THAT WE WANT FOR THE LEG,
AND IN FACT, HERE'S ONE THAT'S
ALREADY BEEN CUT OUT.
SO THIS IS REAL SIMPLE STUFF,
BUT WHEN IT'S ALL FINISHED AND
PUT TOGETHER,
IT CAN BE AN ELEGANT-LOOKING
LITTLE AFFAIR.
YEAH. IT'S FUN, TOO.
SO WE GOT TO RIP SOME STUFF NOW,
DON'T WE?
YEAH. SO NOW WE GOT TO RIP DOWN
ALL THE MATERIAL.
WE WANT TO START OFF WITH THOSE
LEGS AT 10.5 INCHES.
ALL RIGHT.
[SAW WHIRRING]
Vila: BEFORE WE START CUTTING
OUR SHAPE OUT WITH THE SABER
SAW,
YOU WANT TO SCORE IT, RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE
USING HERE IS CEDAR,
AND IT'S REALLY SOFT,
AND THIS COULDTEAR OUT.
BUT CEDAR IS ALSO VERY, VERY
LONG-LASTING WOOD
IN SITUATIONS WHERE THERE'S
MOISTURE
OR WHERE IT'S OUTSIDE IN THE
WEATHER.
SO THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE IT.
AND THAT WILL KEEP IT FROM
TEARING UP
ALONG THE EDGE OF THE GRAIN.
YES.
GOOD.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL START SANDING
THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT
WHILE YOU CUT THE OTHERS.
AND SO WE WANT TO JOIN THESE NOW
WITH THE BISCUIT.
RIGHT. SO WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE
A COUPLE OF MARKS HERE.
THESE ARE THE LITTLE BISCUITS
THAT...
WILL GO INTO PLACE WITH A LITTLE
GLUE.
GET THAT OUT FROM HERE A LITTLE
BIT.
AND THEN, WE'RE GONNA TURN THESE
UPSIDE DOWN.
AND PUT A CLEAT ON THEM, RIGHT?
RIGHT. JUST A TEMPORARY CLEAT
THAT'S GONNA HOLD THEM TOGETHER.
LIKE THAT. THERE WE GO.
AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT HOW WE
PUT TOGETHER THE END PIECES.
RIGHT.
SO WE KNOW WE'RE STILL LOOKING
AT 16 INCHES...
AS OUR ACTUAL LENGTH.
AND NOW WE'RE JUST GONNA LOOK
FOR THE HIGH SIDE
OF THAT CIRCLE.
CONNECT THOSE TWO.
AND THAT'S THE CUT.
THAT'S THE CUT. EXACTLY.
Vila: ALL RIGHT. SO GLUE AND
SOME NAILS
IS ALL WE'RE DOING.
ALL RIGHT. SO THEN ONE
CONTINUOUS BOARD
ALONG THE BOTTOM.
YEAH. THAT'S REALLY GONNA
STIFFEN THIS UP.
AND THEN WE'LL JUST NAIL IT IN.
OK.
IT FITS THE TICKET, RIGHT?
NICE. VERY NICE.
AND NOW SOME 6-INCH HIGH POTS
WITH MUMS,
AND WE'LL GETA VERY NICE
EFFECT.
HOW'S THAT?
REAL NICE. OH. WE GOT ONE MORE.
LOOKS GOOD.
Vila: NEXT, WE'LL VISIT AN 18th
CENTURY CARPENTER'S WORKSHOP
AT WINTERTHUR IN DELAWARE.
Vila: WE'RE VISITING WINTERTHUR,
AN AMERICAN COUNTRY ESTATE IN
DELAWARE'S BRANDYWINE VALLEY.
THIS ONE-TIME DuPONT FAMILY HOME
IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO
COME AND LEARN
ABOUT AMERICAN ANTIQUES.
THE MUSEUM WAS FOUNDED BY HENRY
FRANCIS DuPONT,
WHO MADE A LIFELONG PROJECT OF
RESEARCHING, BUYING, AND MAKING
A HOME
FOR MORE THAN 85,000 ITEMS HE
COLLECTED.
AT ONE POINT, HE BOUGHT THE
ENTIRE WORKSHOP
OF THE DOMINY FAMILY,
WHO WERE CABINET AND CLOCK
MAKERS
IN EAST HAMPTON, LONG ISLAND,
DURING THE 18th AND 19th
CENTURIES.
IT SURVIVES INTACT HERE AT
WINTERTHUR.
LET'S MEET THE DIRECTOR OF
CONSERVATION-- GREG LANDREY--
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.
UNBELIEVABLE HOW THINGS
MANAGE TO SURVIVE SOMETIMES,
HUH?
IT IS INCREDIBLE,
BUT WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SHOP
HERE
OF PRE-INDUSTRIAL TOOLS
THAT HAVE SURVIVED THE
GENERATIONS.
AND WHAT IS THIS?
THIS IS A GREAT WHEEL LATHE.
IT WAS USED BY THE DOMINY
FAMILY.
IT WAS BUILT SOME TIMEIN THE
MID 18th CENTURY,
AND IT'S USED BY TWO PEOPLE TO
TURN
ANYTHING AS LARGE AS A TABLETOP
TO SOMETHING AS SMALLAS A
TABLE LEG.
GIVE US A BIG PICTURE ABOUT THE
FAMILY.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING WE SEE HERE--
IF YOU GO BACK OVER TOWARDS THE
END
OF THAT BENCH OVER THERE
AND START COMING THIS WAY,
EVERYTHING WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE
TOOLS
FROM HOW MANY GENERATIONS OF
WORKMEN?
THERE WERE 4 GENERATIONS
THAT WORKED IN THIS SHOP,
ALL FROM THE DOMINY FAMILY.
THERE WAS NATHANIEL THE FOURTH,
THE FIFTH, AND FELIX
WERE THE PRIMARY ONES THAT DID
ALL THE WORK HERE.
THEY MADE TALL CASE CLOCKS.
THEY MADE CHAIRS.
ANYTHING THAT DEALT WITH
JOINERY, CARPENTRY,
THEY COULD DO, THEY DID RIGHT
HERE.
WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR PROJECT
THAT YOU HAVE MOUNTED AS AN
EXHIBIT HERE.
THIS WOULD BE A TEA TABLETOP,
RIGHT?
THIS WOULD BE A TILT TOP TEA
TABLE THAT WE'RE MAKING,
AND IT IS BASED ON AN ORIGINAL
THAT WE HAVE ON DISPLAY HERE.
THE ENTIRE DISH WE MADE WITH THE
GREAT WHEEL LATHE,
AND, BOB, YOU'RE BASICALLY
ACTING AS THE APPRENTICE,
SUPPLYING THE POWER,
AND WITH A TURNING GOUGE LIKE
THIS...
THE DISH IS MADE.
AND THIS IS ROUGHING IT OUT
RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT GOING FAST ENOUGH?
YEAH. THAT'S VERY GOOD.
YOU'RE SIGNED ON.
I'LL SLOW IT DOWN.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY WOULD HAVE
ACTUALLY REDUCED THE THICKNESS
OF IT
SO THAT THEY COULD CREATE THE
LIP, THE OUTER EDGE.
THAT'S RIGHT. THAT GIVES YOU
THAT OUTER EDGE.
THEN, YOU GO IN WITH ANOTHER
TURNING TOOL
LIKE A SKEW SUCH AS THIS ONE
HERE,
AND YOU'D USE THIS THEN TO MAKE
THIS EVEN.
THIS IS AN HISTORIC TOOL,
SO WE WON'T USE IT,
BUT IN CONCEPT, THIS WOULD HELP
TO FLATTEN OUT THE TABLETOP
INTO A FUNCTIONAL SURFACE.
BUT EVERYTHING WE'RE LOOKING AT
HERE
ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE TABLETOP
IS ORIGINAL, RIGHT?
IT IS. THESE ARE CALLED PUPPETS
THAT ARE HERE.
UH, THE SUPPORT--
THESE PIECES HERE.YUP.
AND THEY HOLD THE IRONWORK,
WHICH SECURESTHE OBJECT.
THIS ITEM HERE IS CALLED A CROSS
AND ARBOR--
AND IT'S ONE OF THE FEW THAT
HAVE SURVIVED
FROM THE PERIOD
THAT HOLDS THIS SORT OF A LARGE
OUTBOARD TURNING.
SO IT'S A CROSS AND ARBOR.
MOUNTED TO THE PUPPET.
THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THE PEDESTAL ITSELF.
THIS WOULD BE THE PEDESTAL TO
THIS TABLE.
IF YOU CAN ENVISION THIS TOP
HERE THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT.
OF COURSE, THE ORIGINAL OF THIS
TABLE
IS SITTINGRIGHT HERE OUTSIDE
OF THE SHOP.
WITHIN 10 FEET OF US.
AND IT WAS MADE IN WHAT
YEAR--17?
ABOUT 1780-1790, IN THAT TIME
PERIOD THERE.
MADE WITH THESE TOOLS ON THIS
BENCH.
WE'VE REPRODUCED THE PROCESS
HERE.
THIS IS A DOVETAIL SAW
THAT WAS USED BY THE DOMINYS.
IN THIS CASE, USED TO CUT THE
DOVETAILS
FOR THE SLIDING DOVETAILS
ON THE PEDESTAL HERE.
MM-HMM.
AND THIS IS THE SLIDING
DOVETAIL.
THAT ISTHE SLIDING DOVETAIL.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
PEDESTAL UPSIDE DOWN.
THAT'S CORRECT. THE FEET IN THE
AIR,
AND THE TOP WOULD BE DOWN THERE.
SO THAT FOR DEMONSTRATION
PURPOSES,
WE'VE GOT THESE ACTUAL WOODEN
PARTS HERE,
AND WHAT ABOUT THIS?
THIS IS A BRACE,
AND AGAIN, THEY WOULD HAVE MADE
THE WOOD PART OF THIS AS THE
BRACE.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU
CAN BUY TODAY IN FUNCTION,
AND IT WOULD SERVE THE PURPOSE
OF DRILLING A HOLE,
LIKE AN ELECTRIC DRILL WOULD
TODAY.
THE TYPE OF BIT AT THE END HERE,
THIS WAS CALLED A SPOON BIT.
THERE'S NO SCREW TO IT,
BUT WHEN THAT TIP HITS THE WOOD,
IT WILL SELF-CENTER AND DRILL A
CIRCULAR BOTTOM
OR SPOON-SHAPED BOTTOM HOLE IN
THE WOOD.
WHAT ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT'S
SET UP OVER HERE?
WHAT WOULD THIS BE?
WHAT WE'RE MAKING HERE IS A TALL
CASE CLOCK,
AND IT'S A REPRODUCTION OF ONE
OF THE CLOCKS THE DOMINYS MADE
FOR A PARTICULAR CLIENT LATE IN
THE HISTORY OF THIS SHOP.
AND, AGAIN, THIS IS A CLOCK
THAT'S HERE IN THE COLLECTION?
YES, IT IS.
AND THE CASE HERE WAS FABRICATED
USING THE TYPES OF TOOLS THAT
ARE HERE--
NOT THE SAME TOOLS.
FOR PURPOSE OF TRYING TO
PRESERVE THEM,
WE DON'T USE THE ORIGINALS
BUT TOOLS THAT ARE REPRODUCTIONS
OF THOSE.
THAT ARE SIMILAR.
YEP. THIS IS THE CASE,
AND THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE
SIDES FOR THAT HERE.
THEY, UH-- WHAT YOU SEE HERE AS
REMOVED MATERIAL
IS A RABBET CUT WITH A RABBET
PLANE LIKE THIS.
YEAH. CAN WE PUT IT RIGHT NEXT
TO THERE?
THAT WOULD CUT THAT RABBET, THE
RECEIVE,
IN THIS CASE,THE BACK.
YEAH. SO THAT'S AN 18th CENTURY
RABBET PLANE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER
PLANES
THAT ARE DISPLAYED HERE?
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOOLS
IN THE COLLECTION.
IT'S A JOINER PLANE,
AND IF YOU WERE TO PUT THIS
BOARD IN THE VICE,
YOU'D BE ABLE TO TRUE UP THE
EDGE WITH THIS TOOL.
AND THAT'S ALL IT IS.
IT'S JUST ONE FLAT BLADE LIKE
THAT,
BUT IT NEEDS THAT ENORMOUS BLOCK
OF WOOD.
THIS IS ABOUT 33 INCHES LONG.
IT'S BEECH, AND IT WILL CUT
A PERFECTLY TRUE EDGE TO THE
WOOD HERE,
AND ON THE END--
I'M NOT SURE WHICH END IT IS.
THIS IS IT HERE.
IT'S DATED 1766,
AND NATHANIEL DOMINY'S NAME IS
IN THAT.
IT'S A TRUE COLONIAL WORKSHOP.
THANKS FOR THE TOUR.
CERTAINLY.
Vila: WHEN WE COME BACK,
WE'LL LEARN HOW TO BECOME A
LOCKSMITH
AT THE NORTH BENNET STREET
SCHOOL.
Vila: NEXT TIME ON BOB VILA'S
HOME AGAIN,
WE'LL BE IN THE HOME WORKSHOP
AT OUR CENTER ENTRY COLONIAL
PROJECT.
BOB RYLEY AND I WILL BUILD
A PLANTER BOX FOR THE SUNROOM.
WE'RE ALSO VISITING THE 18th
CENTURY WOODWORKING SHOP
AT WINTERTHUR IN DELAWARE
TO SEE TOOLS USED BY 4
GENERATIONS OF SKILLED
CRAFTSMEN.
THEN, WE'LL INSTALL A SOLID
BRASS LOCKSET ON THE FRONT DOOR
AND LEARN ABOUT LOCKSMITHING
AT THE NORTH BENNET STREET
SCHOOL.
DON'T MISS IT.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON HOME AGAIN.
Vila: NEXT TIME ON BOB VILA'S
HOME AGAIN,
WE'RE BUILDING A PLANTER BOX
AND VISITING AN ANTIQUE
CARPENTER'S WORKSHOP.
DON'T MISS IT.
WELL, RYLEY'S NEXT JOB IS ONE
THAT'S SOMETIMES BETTER LEFT TO
THE LOCKSMITH.
ARE YOU HAVING FUN YET?
OH, YEAH.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BALDWIN
FRONT DOOR SET THAT--
WHAT'S THIS ONE CALLED, THE--
THIS IS THE MADISON.
THE MADISON MODEL-- SOLID BRASS.
AND THIS WILL FIT RIGHT HERE.
VERY APPROPRIATE IN OUR COLONIAL
DOOR
THAT'S PAINTED BLUE DESCENT.
AND WHAT'S THE FIRST STEP HERE?
WELL, THE FIRST THING YOU WANT
TO DO
IS GET EVERYTHING SPREAD OUT,
GET A NICE CLEAN AREA
AND READ THE DIRECTIONS.
READ THE DIRECTIONS?
WELL, CONTRARY TO YOUR NATURAL
INSTINCTS,
YOU DON'T CHUCK THEM, OK?
GET THEM OUT AND TAKE IT FROM
STEP ONE
RIGHT STRAIGHT THROUGH,
AND YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH
IT.
THE FIRST THING THEY WANT TO DO,
REALLY, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
DEADBOLT
LINES UP WITH OUR BORES
THAT WERE ALREADY DONE FOR US
WHEN THIS DOOR CAME THROUGH.
SO I'VE ALREADY PUT THE STRIKER
PLATE ON,
AND HERE'S OUR DEADBOLT RIGHT
HERE,
AND YOU JUST WANTTO MAKE
SURE--
THAT IT'S LINING UP.
WHICH THEY ARE.
IN BOSTON, WE HAVE A PLACE
CALLED
THE NORTH BENNET STREET SCHOOL,
AND RECENTLY, WE TOURED THEIR
LOCKSMITHING OPERATION.
WATCH.
Vila: WE'RE IN THE HISTORIC
NORTH END OF BOSTON
FOR ANOTHER VISIT
TO A UNIQUE INSTITUTION,
THE NORTH BENNET STREET SCHOOL.
FOR OVER A CENTURY, MEN AND
WOMEN
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE
BEEN COMING HERE
TO LEARN A WIDE VARIETY OF FINE
CRAFTS AND SKILL,
INCLUDING CABINET MAKING,
JEWELRY MAKING AND REPAIR,
PIANO TECHNOLOGY,
PRESERVATION CARPENTRY,
AND LOCKSMITHING.
LET'S GET TOGETHER WITH
INSTRUCTOR DAVID TROIANO
TO FIND OUT WHAT STUDENTS LEARN
IN THE LOCKSMITHING PROGRAM
AT THE NORTH BENNET STREET
SCHOOL.
Vila: NOW, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO
THE PROGRAM
THAN JUST LEARNING HOW TO MAKE
KEYS,
BUT THIS IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART
MACHINE, RIGHT, DAVID?
THIS IS THE NEWEST IN TECHNOLOGY
IN THE LOCKSMITHING FIELD.
IT'S A ELECTRONIC MACHINE
THAT GENERATES KEYS BY CODE
BY SIMPLY PUSHING BUTTONS.
SO YOU DON'T NEED TO USE THE OLD
KEY AS A TEMPLATE?
NO.
HOW MANY STUDENTS DO YOU HAVE
HERE
AT ANY GIVEN TIME?
IN THE COURSE OF THE YEAR,
WE TAKE BETWEEN 12 AND 16
STUDENTS,
AND WE START THEM TWO TIMES A
YEAR,
8 IN SEPTEMBER AND 8 IN
FEBRUARY.
THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR
LOCKSMITHS, I BET.
HUGE DEMAND.
WE HAVE CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY
FOR LOCKSMITHS, LOOKING FOR
LOCKSMITHS.
NOW, ARE THEY IN SCHOOL
FULL-TIME,
OR DO THEY ALSO GET TO WORK IN
THE FIELD?
THEY'RE HERE FROM 7:30 TO A
LITTLE AFTER 12:00,
AND IN THE AFTERNOONS
AFTER THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR A
WHILE
AND GET THE BASICS IN,
WE GET THEM JOBS AS APPRENTICES.
GREAT. SO THEY WORK, AND THEY
STUDY.
WORK AND LEARN.
ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME
LOCKS.
THESE LOOK LIKE THE BALDWIN'S
THAT WE'RE USING.
EXACTLY.
THIS WOULD BE A NICE BALDWIN
MORTISE LOCK, RIGHT?
THIS IS A BALDWIN FULL MORTISE
LOCK.
FULL MORTISE MEANS
THAT YOU'VE GOT BOTH THE
THROWBOLT, OR THE DEADBOLT,
AND THE LOCKABLE--
DEADBOLT AND LATCH IN ONE
COMBINATION.
KEY CONTROLLED OR BUTTON
CONTROLLED.
GOT YOU.
AND THE TERM MORTISE REFERS
TO THE BOX, THE INNER WORKINGS
OF THE LOCK
THAT IS ACTUALLY MORTISED INTO
THE SIDE
OF THE DOOR ITSELF.
OK. WHAT ARE THE WORKING PARTS
IN THAT?
WELL, RIGHT HERE, WE HAVE THE
BOLT MECHANISM,
THE LATCH, THE HUBS,
WHICH RETRACT THE LATCH
BY USING THE-- TURNING THE KNOB.
MM-HMM. WHAT'S THE PART
THAT WEARS OUT FIRST?
I MEAN, SOMETIMES, YOU'LL BUY A
HOUSE
WITH A HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD FRONT
DOOR,
AND THE LOCK IS PERFECTLY FINE,
BUT THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE
WORN-OUT PART.
EXACTLY. MOST OF THE TIME, IT'S
JUST SPRINGS,
MINOR THINGS THAT CAN BE
REPAIRED,
AND A GOOD, COMPETENT LOCKSMITH
CAN REFRESH IT AND RESTORE IT TO
LIKE-NEW.
GREAT. NOW, OVER HERE,
THIS CLEARLY IS AN ANTIQUE LOCK.
WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT?
THIS SURE IS. THIS IS AN OLD RIM
LOCK.
IT'S A LEVER RIM LOCK.
IT CAME OUT OF THE CHARLES
STREET JAIL IN BOSTON, MASS.
A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND WHY IS THAT HEART SHAPE
THERE?
WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR US?
WELL, THE BEAUTY OF THIS LOCK
IS,
IT SHOWS YOU WHAT CRAFTSMEN DID
MANY YEARS AGO.
THEY WERE PROUD OF THE WORK THEY
PERFORMED,
AND THEY WOULD MAKE INTRICATE
DESIGNS
ON THE LOCK MECHANISM,
AND THESE WERE THINGS THAT ONLY
THEY WOULD APPRECIATE,
OR THE NEXT LOCKSMITHTHAT
WORKED ON THE LOCKWOULD
APPRECIATE.
SO THIS FELLOW PUT IN THE SHAPE
OF THE HEART?
EXACTLY. WOW.
AND NOW THIS IS THE FINISH
THAT WE'VE CHOSEN FOR OUR FRONT
DOOR.
RIGHT. THE LOCK YOU CHOSE IS A
BALDWIN IMAGES,
AND THIS HAS THE LIFETIME
FINISH,
WHICH WORKS OUT WELL IN MOST
ENVIRONMENTS.
YEAH. ANY TIME, YOU'RE CLOSE TO
THE OCEAN, AS WELL.
WHAT ISTHE POINT OF ALLTHE
LITTLE PINS?
THESE COORDINATE TO THE KEYS.
WHAT HE'S DOING RIGHT NOW--
WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF MASTER KEY
SYSTEMS,
AND HE'S LEARNING HOW TO WRITE
MASTER KEY SYSTEMS
AND ALSO TO PIN THE LOCKS UP
SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE A MASTER KEY
FOR A GROUP OF LOCKS
AND INDIVIDUAL KEYSFOR
INDIVIDUAL LOCKS.
SO THE LITTLE COLORED PIECES GO
INTO THAT CYLINDER,
AND THEY ARE THE ACTUAL PARTS
THAT CORRESPOND
TO THE SLASHES ON THE KEY.
THEY FIT INTO THE CUTS OF THE
KEY,
AND THEY LINE UPAT THE SHEAR
LINE,
AND THAT'S HOW THE LOCK OPENS.
TERRIFIC. THANKS, DAVID.
THANK YOU, BOB.
Vila: COMING UP NEXT,
RYLEY FINISHES UP THE
INSTALLATION
OF THE BALDWIN LOCKSET AT OUR
BUILDING SITE.
Vila: ALL RIGHT. NOW, THE THUMB
LATCH FITS INTO--
WHERE IS THAT THING?
THERE YOU GO. RIGHT THERE.
YEAH. LET ME SEE THIS THING
BECAUSE THIS HAS TO LINE UP
LIKE THAT.
YEAH. OK.
OK. THAT'S THE SHORT ONE.
AND THEN, THE LONG ONE IS RIGHT
HERE.
OK.
LOOKS GOOD, BOB. ALL RIGHT.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT
THIS BALDWIN HARDWARE IS,
THEY ALSO HAVE THE MATCHING
HINGES,
AND WHEN YOU PUT THE BEAUTIFUL
BRASS HINGES
ON ALL THE DOORS, ESPECIALLY
RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT HALL,
IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
WE'RE OUT OF TIME. COME HOME
AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE GONNA BE VISITING ONE OF
THE GREATEST FRONT HALLS
IN COLONIAL AMERICA--
THE PORT ROYAL HALL AND PARLOR
AT WINTERTHUR.
TILL THEN, I'M BOB VILA.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HOME
AGAIN.
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