Well after The Kid rejected the dowel with magnet idea for the hidden lock on the LP albums cabinet we're working on he came up with a completely hidden lock idea which requires a cylindrical magnet with a round end. After he left for the day it came to me - cow magnates!
What!?
Imagine a cylinder with hemispherical ends. They use to get cows to swallow one and it stayed in their first (or was it their second?) stomach. Any nails, pieces of wire, barbed or otherwise, would get stuck to the magnet and not get into the intestines where they could raise hell. With luck the grain and feed store will have some ...
Diagram of the new idea for a hidden lock is in a.b.p.w.
Fun this woodworking, especially when working on a project with and for your kid (in this case a 27 year old kid).
charlie b