One of the biggest problems that the craftsmen face, is that they don't have a proper locking system that they can use in their products. For eg. when they make a product which requires to be closed or locked, like the battery opening of a torch, they dont know how to make it. Thus, we devised a locking system that would be possible for them to make in bamboo (could be translated to metal if needed).
This locking system is based on that of a bulb fitting into a bulb holder. An L-shaped channel needs to be cut into the inside of a hollow bamboo (considering 2 bamboo pieces of the same size need to fit into each other) and it needs to be filed to make the opening slightly larger. On the other piece, a rim needs to be created, for which, the outer side of the bamboo needs to be filed to fit exactly into the other bamboo opening, leaving one small circular extension (to fit into the L- shaped groove).Hope the description is comprehendable!
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