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Ball Catch Latch

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0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 15% infill
0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 15% infill
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1 plate
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Description

I have hollow doors on my pantry and the ball for the catch latch keeps falling into the door.  After replacing it twice I decided to come up with my own solution.

The threaded ball is adjustable by screwing into the threaded base if you have higher clearance.  You can also use it without the Threaded Base if you need it shorter.

Once you set the depth, I recommend gluing the ball in place onto the spring so it doesn't jump back out during use. You could also glue the bottom of the spring to the main body as well.

 

EDIT: After a few weeks of use I decided the spring would be more effective with a little more strength.  Attaching “Spring 2.stl”.

 

Video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IuZWMy26fGjPDP-PulBVvw3qhFRvrj-Z/view?usp=sharing

 

Dimensions:

   Main Body:

      26 x 52.8 mm - wide
      40.83 mm - tall
      4.2 mm - screw holes

 

   Spring:

      15.3 x 22 x 7.65 mm

 

   Threaded Ball

      12.43 mm - wide

      14 mm - tall

 

   Threaded Base

      15.3 mm - wide

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EDIT:  I found that the slot in the threaded ball would catch on the top of the door frame.  Re-uploading with a smooth ball top.  It's still easy enough to adjust by hand without the flat-head screwdriver slot.

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0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 15% infill
Printer one and scaled it to fit the original hole in the top of the left door. It holds better than the original metal ball which doesn’t raise up high enough to catch, and allows the right door to stay slightly open (see right door).
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This was amazingly helpful. I had 4 closet doors in the house with this kind of latch. None of them still had the balls in them. This is EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you so much for creating and uploading this. New to 3D printing, and this is just the sort of thing I was hoping to be able to do. You Rock.
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Great to hear! Glad it helped you solve a problem.
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