Hello Tony,
That looks like a thoroughly good start and I can see that you have got a good grasp of how it all works - well done! It is true, unfortunately, that it does make your head hurt trying to think it all through!
I have had a
QUICK look at your Powerpoint - but let me say I have not had a chance to go back to the locking table to double check.
My main comment would be that you could compress things together quite a lot. For example, your 32 locks ... bridle, which you currently have in the 5th tray could be moved up to the top one along with your 7 locks ... This would mean that they could share loose nibs on 23 and 26 and the lock on 7 could use the same 7 releases 6 port. Now you could also move the 2 locks ... bridle into the same tray as I don't think I see any conflict (I might later retract that statement!) but of course, you currently have that sharing ports with the EW locks on the 4 locks ... bridle, so that would mean moving both of them, along with the releases in the tray below. Given all that, I think it is better left as you have it not least as you have to worry about the condition lock on 4 - 4 locks 10 W 13R or somesuch if I remember rightly and therefore this move might not be worth it - not least because you are very unlikey to run out of space.
I have had a look at how to fit the conditional lock in and it is easy enough so don't worry about it for now - have a go at it and if you struggle, I will show you how when the rest is coming together.
This kind of Chinese puzzle is a bit the way of the job I am afraid but it is a very interesting excercise - at least to me!
A couple of tips - one is to label all the bridles and to "Group" the text with the bridle, its nobs and its pins - that way, you can easily see what does what just be selecting the text - this image shows you the idea (done in CAD rather than PPT but the principle still works)
Locking example.jpg
This image corresponds roughly with the photo of the locking I posted before.
A second tip is to keep successive versions (on different "slides" in PPT for example) that way, if you have to roll back a change - and you will run up blind alleys - it is easy to do so.
(a third tip you are already doing - go back to the metalwork to give yourself a break!!)
Hope that helps!
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