Lock Identification!

[Isterik]

Im trying to find out how i can pick (without damage) or perhaps buy a key for this lock. The problem is i dont know the name of the lock nor the name of the tool to unlock it. A friend of mine gave me this box but he had lost the key. He got the box from some sort of flea market, im not sure to be honest.

[Isterik]

I appologize, a picture was supposed to be uploaded however i see that failed.

[MortimerDuke]

Hmmm.. hard to tell from the photo, but the Y on the center post usually indicates a Fetzer. They have a glass tube surrounding the cylinder designed to break and jam the pins in the event of a forceful attack such as brute force or indelicate picking. In addition to the "normal" pick tools, you'll need 30 lb. ball bearings and some anti-freeze. Preferably Quaker State.

[MBI]

Hmmm.. hard to tell from the photo, but the Y on the center post usually indicates a Fetzer. They have a glass tube surrounding the cylinder designed to break and jam the pins in the event of a forceful attack such as brute force or indelicate picking. In addition to the "normal" pick tools, you'll need 30 lb. ball bearings and some anti-freeze. Preferably Quaker State.

There are a lot of Fetzer clones out there. We need to see the entire lock to be sure of it's brand/origin. To the original poster, can you please post a couple of additional pictures, this time showing the entire lock, preferably front and back. It's important that no part of the lock is left off the picture, some of the clones are VERY close copies.

MortimerDuke, why Quaker State? I've never found any difference between brands, as long as you're using an antifreeze that's Ethylene Glycol based. Although admittedly you want to avoid a Propylene Glycol based formula.

[keysman]

Hmmm.. hard to tell from the photo, but the Y on the center post usually indicates a Fetzer. They have a glass tube surrounding the cylinder designed to break and jam the pins in the event of a forceful attack such as brute force or indelicate picking. In addition to the "normal" pick tools, you'll need 30 lb. ball bearings and some anti-freeze. Preferably Quaker State.

You failed to mention that the ball bearings must be between 31and 35 degrees F ,that’s why the need for the anti-freeze. Unless that is a model 42, then the necessary temp is 27-29 degrees F.

[MortimerDuke]

Quaker State is just my personal choice, although Pennzoil is a close second. As Keysmam pointed out, maintaining the proper temperature is really the important thing.

[MortimerDuke]

Just got back from vacation and I see this thread has languished. I take it the collective advice offered enabled the OP to open it? I'm curious to know if it was, in fact, a Fetzer or one of the Baluchistani clones that have flooded the market in the past few years.