the first plastic wafer lock I've ever seen

[femurat]

Recently I've found this wafer lock. The plug is made of plastic. It seemed strange to me the cable was cut with a bolt cutter, since it could be easily opened with a screwdriver. I asked myself "Is it a true lock or is it a toy?". I don't know the answer, but the manufacturer thinks it's a true lock.



I just wanted to share this pictures. It's not easy to show the keyhole, I did my best.



SPP is almost impossible since the plastic plug is smooth and the wafers falls even if you set them.
I open it in less than 3 seconds with a bogota and wiggling tension.

Cheers

[unlisted]

heh.. FOR THE WIN!

[mh]

Bricard Bloctout is similar (but has a more interesting key, I guess)

Cheers
mh

[femurat]

I've just checked out bricard website. Yes, their keys are much more interesting than this. Thanks for the tip mh, it's always nice to find an interesting brand to add to my ebay scheduled searches.
They also have rebranded cisa padlocks, maybe both companyes are connected to (or owned by) ingersoll.

Cheers

[raimundo]

Taylor lock company once had cheap pin tumbler locks that had what I think was a white nylon plug, and what I see inside that keyway also looks like the white nylon, which might be enough for the job, as these interior locks, Not the front door, are made not so much to resist force as to show damage when force is used thereby notifying the person with the key that the lock has been forced or damaged.

[prag]

We get quite a few of similar lock but for fridges and recently for roof racks for motor vehicles. I have impressioned so many of these types of locks for customers deep freezers or fridges.

Sometime just the correct key blank or a few cuts are required to make a new key.

These are usually copies of Louwe and Fletcher cam locks, which were good ones.

[sir lot is here]

Dont take this the wrong way but.. i have a plastice lock simalar to yours
I know were mine came from ....toilet / loo cubicals ,
they lock away the loo/toilet paper round my way so the kids dont get at it and block the toilet

[Confederate]

Taylor lock company once had cheap pin tumbler locks that had what I think was a white nylon plug, and what I see inside that keyway also looks like the white nylon, which might be enough for the job, as these interior locks, Not the front door, are made not so much to resist force as to show damage when force is used thereby notifying the person with the key that the lock has been forced or damaged.

Yes. Ace sold a complete knock off of this design in the 80's and 90's. IIRC the plugs were split in half and held together with a brass scalp on the face of the plug itself. They were incredibly difficult to pin up because of horrendous tolerances and just complete pieces of junk.

[mastersmith]

Raimundo,
Along with the nylon plug Taylor Lock also made a gray plastic (I think) plug. Outside of the cylinder it would fold open along the keyway. Half of each pin chamber was molded on each half. They wern't very durable, nor very strong. I only recall seeing them as rim cylinders.