[Jewelry making - Article 00290] - Re: [Orchid] Hatch latch

[John Donivan]

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>     I'd love to have a push-to-release mechanism much like you'd find
>     on a stereo cabinet - where you push the upper corner and the door
>     pops out just enough to get a hold of it to open 

    Bobi, it's possible but not very practical for two reasons. First is
    that every time you pick up the box you'll run the risk of popping
    the catch - a small but irritating issue. More importantly, when a
    cabinet door has a catch like that there is a gap which is cunningly
    hidden. That gap allows you to push on the door and spring the catch.
    If you make a box like that you'd have to leave a gap all around the
    seam to permit the user to push the lid down and spring the catch,
    which I'm sure isn't in the plan. You could do something like an
    accordian (or tambour) thing in the front that's flexible, but that's
    also funky and more complicated. Also I haven't studied that
    mechanism, though I'm familiar just from stereo cabinets. It's
    relatively complicated, though - maybe you're willing and able to
    make it, or maybe you can buy it to the scale you need. All of which
    is to say that yes, anything can be done and if the issues above are
    solveable by you and it's what you want then fine. It's probably not
    the right catch for a box, though. 

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