Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . Elizabethan Lock. 172 Chapter XI. B UILDERS IIA RD WA RE. The various parts of a lock will need some definition andexplanation, in order to prevent any ambiguity in the Parts of a key. Elizabethan Lock. Figure 280 shows the general shape of the ordinary key, inwhich A is called the bow; JB, the shank, and0, the bit. The difference between the keysof to-day and those of two or three generationsago has been already alluded to. Many of thehand-made locks are still provided with theold-fashioned, heavy brass keys,
Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . Elizabethan Lock. 172 Chapter XI. B UILDERS IIA RD WA RE. The various parts of a lock will need some definition andexplanation, in order to prevent any ambiguity in the Parts of a key. Elizabethan Lock. Figure 280 shows the general shape of the ordinary key, inwhich A is called the bow; JB, the shank, and0, the bit. The difference between the keysof to-day and those of two or three generationsago has been already alluded to. Many of thehand-made locks are still provided with theold-fashioned, heavy brass keys, but the Yalelocks have prejudiced people against anythingbut a flat key, and nearly all them in one form or another. A few lock-makers have keys which are arranged to foldup like a knife, to be used in connection with rim-locks, or with locks requiring a very long key, butgenerally the key is of steel, nickel-plated, with aflat shank and a thin bit. When the cuts on the bit are on the side or edge, as shown by the cut, they indicate.
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