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Old lock and lost key

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Old lock and lost key

Postby Maleingenir » 2 Jun 2016 4:33

Hello! I really need some help with my old lock safe, we have lost the key, and lock doesn't open without one, even if we try with some tools..

Can someone please give me some advise how can we reopen this old safe, because of valuable thing that are inside...

I don't trust any workers who take money for this type of work...


So I am attaching the picture of the lock ...
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Thank u in advance for your comments!!
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Re: Old lock and lost key

Postby GWiens2001 » 2 Jun 2016 5:57

Take it to a locksmith.

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Re: Old lock and lost key

Postby Maleingenir » 2 Jun 2016 6:04

The biggest problem is that is built-in... So is not transportable :/
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Re: Old lock and lost key

Postby Tyler J. Thomas » 2 Jun 2016 6:25

Maleingenir wrote:The biggest problem is that is built-in... So is not transportable :/


Luckily, most locksmiths are mobile.
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Re: Old lock and lost key

Postby Squelchtone » 2 Jun 2016 11:23

Confederate wrote:
Maleingenir wrote:The biggest problem is that is built-in... So is not transportable :/


Luckily, most locksmiths are mobile.


perhaps not in Solvenia, their locksmith shops still double as shoe repair shops.

Maleingenir: if you do not trust to pay a worker to open the lock, you will have to find someone in your family or friends who have tools and can cut the door to get the items inside.

There is no simple trick we can teach you to pick the lock, it is not a beginner lock.

good luck,
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Re: Old lock and lost key

Postby Maleingenir » 2 Jun 2016 13:10

Squelchtone wrote:
Confederate wrote:
Maleingenir wrote:The biggest problem is that is built-in... So is not transportable :/


Luckily, most locksmiths are mobile.


perhaps not in Solvenia, their locksmith shops still double as shoe repair shops.

Maleingenir: if you do not trust to pay a worker to open the lock, you will have to find someone in your family or friends who have tools and can cut the door to get the items inside.

There is no simple trick we can teach you to pick the lock, it is not a beginner lock.

good luck,
Squelchtone


Thank u a lot for your quick answers ... I hope we will manage it somehow, but the problem is that we didn't want to destroy it, if thats possible.. I still hoped that there is some trick to try first that u can teach us, before we cut everything and completely destroy further use of it...

Thanks again :)
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Re: Old lock and lost key

Postby Squelchtone » 2 Jun 2016 16:59

Maleingenir wrote: I still hoped that there is some trick to try first that u can teach us, before we cut everything and completely destroy further use of it...


We are not holding back information, there just isn't any trick to open that type of mechanism using something like a bent piece of metal or a coat hanger.

Your best bet right now is to look everywhere again and try to find the lost key. That would be the easiest thing to try before you cut the door open. or call up the safe box factory and ask if they can look into records of who purchased the safe box and maybe they can send you new keys in the mail.

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Re: Old lock and lost key

Postby GWiens2001 » 2 Jun 2016 21:47

Or perhaps if you can find a blank, impressioning would be an option.

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