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CNAB 6 Stripping and servicing
This article is from Lars on:
Stripping, servicing & re-assembly of the Rosengrens CNAB-6 (Engineer’s Alverius and Bergendahl invented this lock in 1940. The name CNAB 6 is short for Combination-Number-Alverius-Bergendahl-6 wheel)
George Davis, part II
George Davis, Locksmith in Ordinary to the King - George III and IV (1798 to 1827)....George Davis, part I
This is the first, hopefully of many, articles which I have been able to obtain by kind permission of Tony Beck & The Lock Collectors Association. This article is on George Davis, Locksmith in Ordinary to King George III and IV (1798 to 1827) ...
Wittkopp 1839 by Keith Bradley
Wittkopp 1839 single bit key lock The Wittkopp 1839 appears to have been designed with the British replacement market in mind. The lock is being marketed by Roger Painter ( of SLS, Absolute Protection, Municipal Security Ltd & more recently, www.1010security.com fame). It is being marketed as a replacement for the Lips single bit, SLS/SMP and Powerlock Euro-footprint locks. This can’t be too bad considering the cost of these locks even when you can get hold of them....The CT12 by Keith Bradley
This article is on the Willenhall CT12 and is described on the Willenhall web site as a “7 lever pillared post office lock available in deadlock or slamlock versions”. ...
Wilenhall S2 & S5 locks. by Keith Bradley
Willenhall locks started as Keys Of Steel in 1952 and were incorporated as Willenhall locks in 1959. One of the locks in their range, the S2, is well known throughout the British safe engineering world. ...
A BASIC GUIDE TO RECOGNISING BUMPING
Contents: INTRODUCTION KEYWAY DAMAGE BASIC DIAGRAM OF PIN CYLINDER BUMPING ACTION MECHANICS CHAMBER DAMAGE SPRING DAMAGE PIN DAMAGE...FAC lock
Todays artcicle is by Paul Cunneen of Cork in the Republic of Ireland on one of the FAC ranges of lock which is found on a range of wall and floor safes finding their way to our shores from the continent....
