I'm after some latches (maybe toggle clamps or similar) for various uses out of doors (cupboard doors, chicken house, sheds, etc) and I;m having little luck in finding anything suitable at all.
I've tried the usual Screwfix, Toolstation, CPC, Farnell, etc. and have not found anything like what I'm after. I either want some big[gish] toggle latches (much bigger than Screwfix or CPC have) or maybe some sort of elastic loop and hook arangement.
Can anyone suggest suppliers of this sort of thing?
Can I take this opportunity to nominate the traditional rabbit-hutch latch:
Why is it so perfectly balanced when it so obviously needs a bias so gravity tends to keep the door latched?
Isaac Lord ?
Anne summers?
NT
ironmongerydirect.co.uk?
Something like
Flight case suppliers..Adam Hall?
They seem to stock all the same sorts of things I can find elsewhere that I don't want. They have the standard suffolk/norfolk latches and 'automatic' gate latches but I can't see anything much else. They do have one possibly useful toggle fastener:-
Same as Isaac Lord, a few toggle latches (called Cabinet Case Latches) but nothing in stainless steel or really suitable for outside doors.
All indoor stuff I think.
Boat chandlers? Bring the big chequebook!
I'm sure I've bought such things in the past from RS
Bob
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