Brass, riveted Lever lock repair

[LarryC]

Hello,
I am a enthusiast of picking padlocks and have also moved over to collecting them. I collect old, rare, and unusual padlocks and have a couple lever style locks I would like to repair springs on. Does anyone know of some good tutorials for taking brass lever padlocks apart for repair?
Thank you for any help with this! Larry

[MBI]

Goes more into picking and decoding than disassembling, but you might be interested in The Extreme Antique Padlock Collector by Lauren Arndt and sold by Blurb. There is a free shipping sale through Dec 31st, coupon code "FREESHIP2015".

He also has a thread on the forum showing many of the locks he's decoded, and posted some nice picture threads documenting his process for making custom replacement keys after decoding them.

[LarryC]

Thank you for the information! I will definitely check it out.

[kwoswalt99-]

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