Where is this lock used?

[bluefish6900]

Anybody know right off the top of there head where this lock is/was used?
Other then possibly a mortise/rim cylinder, it has a very small throw (about 15-20 degrees) and it's counter clockwise.
Stopped by at a local locksmith and he gave me a few old locks, this one included...
Just a little curious
Thanks

P.S. I hope this works, First time posting Pics. If not Sorry.


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[squelchtone]

Anybody know right off the top of there head where this lock is/was used?
Other then possibly a mortise/rim cylinder, it has a very small throw (about 15-20 degrees) and it's counter clockwise.
Stopped by at a local locksmith and he gave me a few old locks, this one included...
Just a little curious
Thanks

P.S. I hope this works, First time posting Pics. If not Sorry.


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I fixed your links a bit.. you were basically providing a link to your photobucket page, not to the image itself.

That's a very interesting modification. I'm not sure if that is even factory or made by a locksmith. I have seen that style of cylinder mount used in P.O. Boxes, but the cam is typically secured by screws on the back of the plug, not to the side of the plug via a milled opening.

Thanks for sharing.

Squelchtone

[bluefish6900]

Thanks for the quik fix!!!!

[lunchb0x]

only thing that comes to mind is a roller door on a store front but all the ones I have worked on have the cam on the back not comming out of the side, also looks like the cam only goes one way to unlock so what ever it is on will always lock when closed.

[integritycs]

Hi, first post.

That is an old mailbox, like an old post office box or hotel, office building mail boxes.

Key should be Segal (SE1)

[integritycs]

The cam on the bottom engages a small latch.

Sorry for the second post, I hit submit to quick

[bluefish6900]

Thanks for the info.

[raimundo]

This type of lock is for a post office type box, one of those old brass doors in a rack full of brass doors. The only thing that makes me wonder is that it does not have the backwards 999 yale keyway. I do recognize the keyway, but I haven't done day to day locksmithing in so long that I forgot the number of that keyblank.

[integritycs]

This type of lock is for a post office type box, one of those old brass doors in a rack full of brass doors. The only thing that makes me wonder is that it does not have the backwards 999 yale keyway. I do recognize the keyway, but I haven't done day to day locksmithing in so long that I forgot the number of that keyblank.

Yup, the post offices used the 999R key way, this is a Segal key way (SE1 / 1022 depending on who's key blank reference you use). 5 pin, no mushroom pins unless the locksmith added them later. Should be as easy to pick as a Kwikset.

[greyman]

Yep - it's a post office box lock. It's very similar to the 7 pin lockwood ones used in Australia.

[squelchtone]

So I happened upon one of these locks in the wild today, couldn't resist taking a pic, and trying to look very innocent taking pictures inside the post office. =)

A bank of old P.O. Boxes:





-Squelchtone

[thelockpickkid]

I was doing some lock work and I had to take a picture inside a bank vault, (I had permission) talk about crazy looks from everybody that wasn't in the "know" of what I was doing!!! I can't imagine what they would say about taking one in a post office, great work! and a great photo!