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Lockwood pin sizes

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Lockwood pin sizes

Postby grafla » 28 Oct 2019 21:39

I've got a rekeyable Lockwood padlock I've taken apart and I'd like to change the pins for some pick practice.

I'm a bit confused why online retailers are selling pin kits specifically for Lockwood - is there something unique about them?
Would any of the Lab kits suffice?

I also can't find any information about the pin diameter - are they 2.8mm or 3.0mm?

Appreciate any help.
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Re: Lockwood pin sizes

Postby grafla » 29 Oct 2019 23:59

I've managed to answer my own questions.

Diameter is given as 0.115" in a spreadsheet I found, although I suspect the true size might actually be 3mm

As far as pin sizing goes, the Lockwood pin kits only carry the pin sizes used in Lockwood products.
It's a subset of the 0.005" Lab kits.
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Re: Lockwood pin sizes

Postby Squelchtone » 30 Oct 2019 7:34

grafla wrote:I've managed to answer my own questions.

Diameter is given as 0.115" in a spreadsheet I found, although I suspect the true size might actually be 3mm

As far as pin sizing goes, the Lockwood pin kits only carry the pin sizes used in Lockwood products.
It's a subset of the 0.005" Lab kits.



Which country are you from? If you are from Australia or New Zealand then that Lockwood company is different than the out of business Lockwood company from the United States. I have a feeling the pin kits sold in the USA have the specifications for the American based Lockwood lock company of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Here is a photo of the old factory, it appears they were part of or shared space with Independent Lock Co (ILCO)
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Let me check which Lockwood the LAB pin kits are designed for. The LAB pin company is down the road from me.

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Re: Lockwood pin sizes

Postby GWiens2001 » 30 Oct 2019 7:35

grafla wrote:I've managed to answer my own questions.

Diameter is given as 0.115" in a spreadsheet I found, although I suspect the true size might actually be 3mm

As far as pin sizing goes, the Lockwood pin kits only carry the pin sizes used in Lockwood products.
It's a subset of the 0.005" Lab kits.


Most door locks and deadbolts use .115" pin diameters.

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Re: Lockwood pin sizes

Postby grafla » 30 Oct 2019 11:09

Squelchtone wrote:
Which country are you from?

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Australia. I didn't realise they were an international company.
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Re: Lockwood pin sizes

Postby grafla » 30 Oct 2019 11:19

GWiens2001 wrote:Most door locks and deadbolts use .115" pin diameters.


On English and Australian websites they offer either 2.8mm or 3.0mm pins which correspond to 0.110" and 0.118" respectively.
The 0.115" American standard sits right inbetween.

I don't know whether the 2.8mm and 0.115" are supposed to be equivalent, or whether there are three distinct sizes.
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