Today used the chisel to install a piece of anodised aluminium profile into the door post that was vandalised.
And so it happened. Oiled the wood before, so that should be protected well. I see I need to cut off a bit of urethane glue still..
And the door will be oiled again too, now I just treated the wounds against rain..
The new lock I had managed to find, identical to the old one, is not. The cylinder going through the door is thicker and completely round, while the old lock has a .. eh.. keylock shaped hole. (...) Worse is, that if I would make the hole in the door fit the new lock, a small hole up would remain. Shifting the lock only makes matters worse.
Luckily the innards of the new lock are identical to the old lock's, so I simply replaced the (bent) lock internals and the (bent) lock plate. All done.
I do see that the door is made of nice thick planks of wood that were tightly joined together, but there now is a small gap between two where the door was treated so badly. I'll see how to fix that, later.



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