sometimes seen on the drop-down part of trucks ... it has a lozenge shaped plate of metal with a cutout in the centre which is fixed into a bolt which screws into the substrate. The flap has a hole which this faster passes through, and you then slide the metal plate which drops down and locks the flap in place.
Can you get small (c. 5-10mm ?) ones for a DIY project to screw into wood ?
It is called an antiluce.
You can get small ones for DIY trailer building but possibly not as small as you want. They are generally bolt on or weld in.
hth
Bob
Great - thanks. My vague plan, is, having bought and built our BBQ/ Smoking shelter:
Oh well, I shall experiment.
There are some about with 8mm shafts - not sure if the op was specifying shaft clearance or the diameter of the main toggle bit:
maybe my original idea of cutting a keyhole into the plastic is the way to go ...
You can get threaded inserts that go into wood - might work with one of the bolt ended ones?
Nowhere near as strong but used to hold my tonneau cover on:-)
Turnbuckle fastener....
As they rely on weight, small ones don't work too well anyway. For smaller sizes, you start to need some sort of spring in there, hence the Dzus fastener.
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