I have received many phone calls from around the country of people looking for this hardware. I do not know where to purchase this hardware nor do I sell it directly.
If a local customer in Palm Beach County, FL wanted me to provide and install this hardware I would start looking in Google Images under Baldwin Flush Pull Passage Function Passage Set.
A customer contacted me about installing Baldwin Flush Pulls, he found me on the internet while searching for someone to install a mortise lock. This customer lived two counties away but was willing to hire me after dealing with the local locksmiths in his area.
Before this customer called I had never heard of a Baldwin Flush Pull, at least not a flush pull that would retract a passage latch much like a door knob or lever. I received some photos of the hardware but still did not understand how it all fit together on the door. I plainly told the customer, although I had plenty of experience with Baldwin I never installed a flush pull on a passage latch.
The customer still had confidence from reading my blog that I was the guy who could solve his problem within his deadline. When I arrived on site I examined the doors and the hardware. The holes in the door were only location holes, the cross-bore was too small and the hole for the latch was not deep enough. I was concerned about how the hardware was going to stay attached to the door. Baldwin knobs and levers (with a few exceptions) are held on the door by the knob or lever on the opposite side of the door. Each door knob has a set screw which tightens onto a square shaft called the spindle. The spindle fits through the latch hub and extends an equal length on either side of the door far enough to allow room for a decorative rosette and the knob set screw to get a good bite. The flush pull does not attach to the spindle with a set screw, in fact the flush pull came out of the box with a small ½ inch spindle attached to it.
Once all the hardware was examined I was delighted to find a special spindle made just for the customer’s application. Normally the spindle will pass through the latch hub unabated, but this spindle was crimped on one side which allowed the spindle to stop against the latch hub. When the lever was used to pull open the door the spindle simply pulled against the latch hub, a lever on the opposite side of the door was unnecessary. To fit the flush pull onto this latch I removed the ½ inch spindle that came with the “pull”. The square hole fit over the spindle already in the door and wood screws were used to attach the flush pull to the door surface.
