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Mosler 6-B (not B6 as I had been calling it for years)

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Mosler 6-B (not B6 as I had been calling it for years)

Postby Squelchtone » 14 Nov 2018 10:40

Ran across a pic from an old Mosler catalog showing variations of the Number 6 lock. Some have a mounting tube, some don't, some have a boss, and some use corner screws to mount the lock to the door.

I had it stuck in my head that this was the B6 model, but based on their other models like the 10 1/2 and the 5-H , 6-B makes a lot more sense!

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Re: Mosler 6-B (not B6 as I had been calling it for years)

Postby MartinHewitt » 14 Nov 2018 11:47

In HPC Safe and Vault Manual are also drawings of 6, 6B and 6BP.
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Re: Mosler 6-B (not B6 as I had been calling it for years)

Postby 00247 » 14 Nov 2018 22:43

Hey Squelchtone, Is there a date of print in that catalog? Mosler bought the Northern Bank of Kentucky building in Covington in 1918 and moved the production of locks and time locks there. Could you also post the pictures of the 5H that are in that great catalog?
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Re: Mosler 6-B (not B6 as I had been calling it for years)

Postby Squelchtone » 14 Nov 2018 23:42

00247 wrote:Hey Squelchtone, Is there a date of print in that catalog? Mosler bought the Northern Bank of Kentucky building in Covington in 1918 and moved the production of locks and time locks there. Could you also post the pictures of the 5H that are in that great catalog?


I wish I had the actual catalog, it is a pic I got from this page: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ ... 1926610535 the year of print is not clear, sorry.

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Re: Mosler 6-B (not B6 as I had been calling it for years)

Postby Squelchtone » 14 Oct 2021 23:06

An update per recent documents shared by a new member shows that the lock is listed as a B-6 on Mosler printed instructions that were included with a safe.

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Re: Mosler 6-B (not B6 as I had been calling it for years)

Postby MartinHewitt » 15 Oct 2021 0:25

I think there is both. B6 should be one of the flipper fence locks and the 6 with a letter afterwards is like a 5, but the fence is pushed with a spring loaded pin instead of friction. There should be two CPs on both locks.
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Re: Mosler 6-B (not B6 as I had been calling it for years)

Postby Squelchtone » 15 Oct 2021 22:32

MartinHewitt wrote:I think there is both. B6 should be one of the flipper fence locks and the 6 with a letter afterwards is like a 5, but the fence is pushed with a spring loaded pin instead of friction. There should be two CPs on both locks.


I think you're right that both models exist.
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