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LaGard F Series by Tom Moore
The La Gard F series locks are proving very popular and I think there will soon be a large amount of these locks out there. I think La Gard hoped the TL11 was going to be more of a succes than it was giving that it had time lock facility but because the unit had no display it was never user friendly, plus the fact that new time lock settings had to be put in via a laptop proved a real pain.
Installing time locks
I have installed a fair few time locks over the past few years, and although it's not that difficult, sometimes seeing someone else do a job may just give you an idea of how to make your own life easier. Chris recently asked on the forum about which time locks to fit to a Tann European, and as I already had this article half finished, I thought that it would be a good time to finish it and put it up on the site....Kaba Mauer Code Combi VersionB
Today we have an article written by Gerald on the Kaba Mauer Code Combi B which is the latest Version of the Code Combi Series.(Code Combi 125/Code Combi A).This is an Electronic Lock with a emergency-lever Lock. The old one was a 9 Lever Lock (Levers like the 71071)....
The Cotterill Climax Detector Lock
The Pleasure of Working on an Antique Lock This lock was manufactured by: EDWIN COTTERILL AND CO, CLIMAX WORKS, LUDGATE HILL, BIRMINGHAM...Fuhrmann Corkscrew Safe Lock
A while ago, we had these pictures on the site (the old dot com site if I remember correctly) and I thought there may still be people who didn't see them, so I decided to salvage them and re-post here....Wittkopp 11 lever dual lock by Keith Bradley
A short article on a dual operator coffer lock by Keith Bradley I came across this unusual little lock the other day whilst installing an Epic Nova fitted with an internal coffer. As I had not seen one before, I thought other members may be interested....
Secu Locks by Bruce Rutter
SECU 2700U and 4700U Mechanical Locks This article is based on the Secu family of high security safe locks. The main two locks in the series are the 2700 and the 4700, these are eight and eleven lever key changeable locks. The bigger brother is the 6500 fourteen lever non key changeable lock (Separate Article).2700U and 4700U locks....
