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Identifying an old Yale lock.

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Identifying an old Yale lock.

Postby Solomon » 18 Jun 2009 18:50

Some of you may remember this; I posted asking how to dismantle it a while ago. I was having some trouble picking it because of the small keyway, but I took it out earlier and got it after a few minutes... not sure what I was doing wrong before, but I'm all pleased. :mrgreen:

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So, what kind of lock is this? I've had it for almost 10 years, and when I originally came across it, it looked pretty much the same as it does now. Based on that, it's pretty safe to assume that it's a good bit older than that. I'm not sure whether it came from a house or a commercial premise, either way they don't seem to be in use anywhere nowadays.

The profile is smaller than any lock I've seen before. To put things in perspective, a 1A profile is 10mm tall, and this one is 8mm. What is this profile called, and have you ever came across one? I'm interested to know how old this actually is, and what they would have been used for. Also, it'd be cool if this particular profile was in use by any other companies at the moment because I'd like to get my hands on a brand new shiny one. :mrgreen:

Thanks for any input, guys.
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Re: Identifying an old Yale lock.

Postby awol70 » 19 Jun 2009 23:29

this is a desk/cabinet lock,to the best of my knowledge.
i own several,quite similar to yours,but mine are corbin,& chicago.
looks like a prime candidate for top of keyway tension.
as for the profile i am a total beginner at key/profile ID'ing.
cool old lock, and nice job picking it..( one of my corbins is in a million pieces,.... :|
they are more complicated inside
than i expected...
mine seems to have a conlrol sleeve of some sort,as well.
"the more you pick the more you open...the more you open,the more you pick"
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Re: Identifying an old Yale lock.

Postby Squelchtone » 20 Jun 2009 11:51

awol70 wrote:( one of my corbins is in a million pieces,.... :|
they are more complicated inside
than i expected...
mine seems to have a control sleeve of some sort,as well.


look into Corbin Master Ring, when properly pinned up, very hard to pick, because you could be picking and set your pins to 2 different shear lines and never know if you were set to the change shear or the master shear.

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From service manual:
http://nynex.s5.com/TOOOL-US-Boston/locks/CorbinMasterRing/CR_CylinderManual_35_1.jpg

is this like your cylinder?

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