Great video. I have those mortise locks all through my house, and the front door is a two key version much like that one. Now that I'm retired, I'll give a try at restoring a couple of them to operation - the video certainly helps.

That sir was AWESOME!!😳 I love to restore old locks. Make them working once again!! Great job on this one too. Looks perfect!!!

I enjoyed watching your craftsmanship. There are way too few people nowadays with this type of mechanical skillset. Good job!

Ah, I love bring an old lock like that back to life, pretty satisfying ! thanks for sharing buddy!

Excellent video. Very interesting mechanism! Really cleaned up nice and must be cool to have the old lock working on the door again.

GREAT creative restoration

Looks like a totally different lock. Great work Jason.

Yes sir i did enjoy all the good info. i enjoy the old locks. thanks for sharing

Awesome job I also like restoring old locks. FYI plain old white vinegar works great for removing rust. Just let the parts soak in it a couple of hours. When tropical storm Debby hit in 2012 my shop flooded I had 2 feet of water in the shop for days, had to close for 2 weeks. Needless to say any tools or parts (keys also) in lower drawers rusted. Vinegar saved the day. Also lemon juice works pretty good for tarnished keys.

Thanks for the info. Our house came with a beautiful, but hard to find, Russwin mortise lock that I want to restore and make a key for. With the information from your videos, I now know what to do.

my coworker works on at least one of these a week...we call her the mortise lock whisperer :D

Beautiful lock! Thank you for pointing out his out to me Jason! I dont know how I missed it the first time around....

Great job!

Хорошая работа, хороший мастер!

Great work and wonderful restoration. Any idea who the original maker was? The different approaches to the detent design on the rocker switches seems to be one of the biggest differentiators for locks from that period.

Thought there for a minute , I was going to have to hide all the knives in the house ( thank God for fast forward ) !

I found an antique mortise door lock in my backyard while metal detecting. Its probably the biggest metal detecting find that iv'e ever gotten. It was caked in rust and barely recognizable but after a jug of rust remover, all of it came off. Whats weird about the find is the location it was in. I found it in a particular spot, which is about 2 feet in range where there was a particular amount of glass. Pieces of mason jars, broken bottles, and even a whole plate! Iv'e never seen so much glass in one area, especially with a door lock in it. Can somebody help me figure out why I found it like this? My mom told me there could have been a house or something near by long ago. Since there was so much open land at the time, no one had anywhere to put their trash, so they just threw it out side.

Evapo-Rust is good for removing rust, just soak the parts in it, and it's not as nasty as some.

I just picked up another 4 of these locks. And I lucked out getting a "biscuit tin" for Christmas. What the best way to figure out which blanks I need? Measure the keyhole?

where did you get the bands to make the new springs. ???

really interesting lock. Any idea who the manufacturer was? Do you heat your replacement spring steel to bend/form them to shape?

Is that a double bit key?

Sensacional demais,e não é que o filgo da mãe conseguiu!sou só eu que acho ou os videos no you tube parecem ser bem mais faceis que no dia a dia comum?

I know you'll hate me, but trying to give constructive opinion. the over the shoulder camera angle means we see lots of hands and a lot less of what you're doing at the desk. Is there an option to have the camera clamped to the woodwork above the new mic (which sounds great btw) facing down on what you're doing ? you can tell me to do one, but I enjoy your content and just wanted to provide some good feedback.