Feltwell
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Oooo Matron........
When Feltwell Towers was purchased by ourselves, the downstairs doors had an array of hideous 1960's glass doorknobs which were duly replaced by myself to match, as closely as possible, the nice original wooden beehive ones that were upstairs. These are apparently much rarer than the brass ones as the wooden ones tend to split and break, which is presumably why none were left downstairs.
The new ones look like this:-
And are secured to the spindle by a simple grub screw underneath, as can be seen here:-
I now need to remove one of the original upstairs sets, so I can make a key for a bathroom lock - but I can't see how the knobs are secured to the spindle. They look like this:-
There is no grub screw in the wood. The brass ring at the end of the knob is stuck fast on the outside of the door, but on the inside (the side with the rim lock) the ring does wobble slightly in relation to the wood, although it will not turn under hand pressure.
My inclination is that it must be this ring that secures the knob on somehow, especially as it it knurled slightly (which could be for decorative effect but could also be to provide a bit more grip), and it needs to be turned to release it from the spindle - but before I apply more force to test this theory out, has anyone come across these in the past?
If not, I'll tentatively try turning it with a strap wrench (bit like the one below) - I've got a couple of these, they are very useful for turning things without damaging them.
http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/handtool..._wrenches/B-and-Q-100mm-Strap-Wrench-11247647
When Feltwell Towers was purchased by ourselves, the downstairs doors had an array of hideous 1960's glass doorknobs which were duly replaced by myself to match, as closely as possible, the nice original wooden beehive ones that were upstairs. These are apparently much rarer than the brass ones as the wooden ones tend to split and break, which is presumably why none were left downstairs.
The new ones look like this:-
And are secured to the spindle by a simple grub screw underneath, as can be seen here:-
I now need to remove one of the original upstairs sets, so I can make a key for a bathroom lock - but I can't see how the knobs are secured to the spindle. They look like this:-
There is no grub screw in the wood. The brass ring at the end of the knob is stuck fast on the outside of the door, but on the inside (the side with the rim lock) the ring does wobble slightly in relation to the wood, although it will not turn under hand pressure.
My inclination is that it must be this ring that secures the knob on somehow, especially as it it knurled slightly (which could be for decorative effect but could also be to provide a bit more grip), and it needs to be turned to release it from the spindle - but before I apply more force to test this theory out, has anyone come across these in the past?
If not, I'll tentatively try turning it with a strap wrench (bit like the one below) - I've got a couple of these, they are very useful for turning things without damaging them.
http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/handtool..._wrenches/B-and-Q-100mm-Strap-Wrench-11247647
. On further checking of all the doors, none of those brass rings showed any signs of damage - if they were the key to removing the knobs, by now I reckoned at least one of them would have been damaged by a ham-fisted attempt to remove them.
