M.S. Lock Co. - Padlock

[I Pik U]

Came across this Padlock in the shop the other day. A customer brought it in to have a key made.
It has M.S. Lock Co., Sohina, Aligarh written on the front. It has a very unique feature, a false keyhole, as seen in the top left pic, where if a key were used in this keyhole, the lock will not open.
There's a button on the left side of this false keyhole that opens the spring loaded cover showing the true keyhole, second pic.
The locking mechanism is a three lever design. The key can be seen in the last pic. Not very intricate in this case. Guess that's why a false keyhole was used to make manipulation more difficult.
The lock needed disassembly when the spring loaded keyhole cover broke off (not by me ) while attempting the making of the first key. Otherwise we would have never disassembled this lock.

[unbreakable]

Wow, thats a cool lock. I like the false keyhole design.

How did you disassemble it?

Thanks for sharing,

[darrel.h]

You can get one at lee valley tools. Here is the link: http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page. ... 43641&ap=1

This isn't the exact one but it is very similar.

[I Pik U]

How did you disassemble it?

It was disassembled by drilling the rivets in the centres on the backside. Then for reassembly, the original rivets were used; a hole dilled part way down the centre and re-rivted using slightly smaller rivets.

When I first saw how this was assembled, I had my reserves on taking it apart. It was done by a colleague, and he did a fine job. The front still looks the same and the backside has slightly different heads showing.

[unbreakable]

How did you disassemble it?

It was disassembled by drilling the rivets in the centres on the backside. Then for reassembly, the original rivets were used; a hole dilled part way down the centre and re-rivted using slightly smaller rivets.

When I first saw how this was assembled, I had my reserves on taking it apart. It was done by a colleague, and he did a fine job. The front still looks the same and the backside has slightly different heads showing.

I was afraid of that

Shame, at least he did a good job, I couldn't tell from the pics.

Anyways, you got some good breakdown pics. We have a Lee Valley in Halifax, about 1 hour away from me. I think I might ask for this as a Christmas present, or one of their puzzle locks.

[rohi]

I was afraid of that

Shame, at least he did a good job, I couldn't tell from the pics.

Anyways, you got some good breakdown pics. We have a Lee Valley in Halifax, about 1 hour away from me. I think I might ask for this as a Christmas present, or one of their puzzle locks.

Maybe because you didn't see the backside on the pics

Ronald

[I Pik U]

Here is the before and after of the backside:



Sintnicolaas.