Vintage Sarcen Door Latch

[Ah Pook]

Where to find them? Seems the places I used to know that carried this kind of stuff are now closed. Resource is in the middle of renovating the buildings and have gotten rid of most of their stuff.

The bottom of the latch has worn away to the point it is getting stuck behind the plate. All my attempts at fixing it have failed.

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[Lurch]

Call A&A Glass in Aurora. My brother and sister in law own it have can or may have it.

[Fentonite]

I might have one. I'll rummage around in the basement tomorrow. If I have one, you're welcome to it.

[Clint45]

There are several antique stores on South Broadway that have all sorts of vintage door latches and other hardware.

[gnihcraes]

dang it, threw a lot of this stuff away from my current house, nobody wanted it on craigslist. :( bummer.

there was a store on broadway at about florida ave, that sold all this stuff.

[Mtn.man]

google antique door hardware. we had to find some repro stuff for a build in Aspen.

[Ah Pook]

Thanks for all the leads!

[Fentonite]

Sorry for the delay. I found two. The first is an exterior mount, for a utility door:
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz339/fentonite/8B9C8A97-2704-4AEE-B5DF-4A370BEE47B8-14395-000016EC4A238814.jpg

The other one is still in an old spare door. Does it look right?:
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz339/fentonite/92EAC0B7-CB9B-4523-B26D-478AF437FA53-14395-000016EC4D180556.jpg

shoot me a pm if you want me to remove the mechanism.

[Ah Pook]

#2 looks real close. I'll get some measurements tomorrow and let you know. Thanks!

[Great-Kazoo]

I thought it looked familiar. I even have the key for it. I see them all the time at garage sales up here, Those krauts didn't let go of anything. I'll ask my guy tomorrow if he has any in his scrap bins.
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u129/51jim/100_0885.jpg

[Ah Pook]

Got some measurements. Turns out the name is Sarcent & Co.

The box is 4 1/4" tall x 3" deep x 3/4" thick. From the bottom of the box to the base of the latch is 1 1/4". The base plate is 1 1/8" x 6 3/8" with the screw holes being 5 5/8" on center.

Looks like the latch is turned the opposite direction on mine. Probably an easy fix by flipping it over.

[Fentonite]

Sounds like a no-go. Mine is 5 3/8" tall, bottom of plate to latch 2 3/4", and it's 7/8" thick. See pics below showing these measurements, but it sounds way off...

http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz339/fentonite/F4551A03-EE3E-4B03-9869-FDD3BDA4FEAF-15161-000017B26D132B49.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz339/fentonite/9B6B3E53-1BB7-439E-9623-9CC3751AA588-15161-000017B26A873D03.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz339/fentonite/BED44762-7184-4D1C-8E61-9764C50138C3-15161-000017B267C085E6.jpg

[Ah Pook]

Too bad. Thanks! [Awesom]