Doors are largely designed to a standard thickness; walls are not. Deadbolts have to attach through the thickness of the material they’re mounted to.
I don’t know. I think that if you built the receptacle right, It could probably work pretty well… Most deadbolts are pretty shit in general, so, even an naive attempt probably wouldn’t be that much worse. For a metal door with a chunky insert, I think it would work fine. For any other kind of door, I think you’d probably need at least a frame or large plate to distribute the loads. Huh…
officermike@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Why did you mount two hydraulic pistons with holes drilled through the door frame to have double deadbolts going into a solid wood door with metal framed slots? Because I was bored and wanted to make hole in the wall and overcomplicate something that can be bypassed by opening the windows I leave open 5 feet away. Lol
Yeah, I guess I’ll add that to the reasons I could never be rich… id do way to many stupid things for my own amusement