Unknown Domestic Keyway
Posted:
Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:42 pmby piotr
Can anyone assist in identifying this domestic keyway:
unknown_domestic_keyway 003.jpg
On the face of the cylinder it has inscribed :
M
LI bought it off ebay without keys and thought I'd try impressioning it.
I'd also be interested to know what
ML denotes.
Re: Unknown Domestic Keyway
Posted:
Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:43 amby bezza1
hay mate shoot me a message and ill send ya some precut keys
Re: Unknown Domestic Keyway
Posted:
Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:08 amby rai
I don't know domestic australian locks, schlage may have an M keyway, perhaps theres a cataloge of them on line, the schlage L blank is a masterkey blank that is thin and passes into other schlage keyways I don't know of any locks with the L keyway,
Dosent help you, but still good to know. possibly you will find that keway on a schlage cataloge,
the good ones are always international.
Re: Unknown Domestic Keyway
Posted:
Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:19 amby s1deshowmick
Re: Unknown Domestic Keyway
Posted:
Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:29 amby LocksmithArmy
i had a schlage mx lock... its got the same keyway... (mine is also keyless) the locksmith that gave it to me told me it was a restricted keyway
Re: Unknown Domestic Keyway
Posted:
Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:21 amby s1deshowmick
LocksmithArmy wrote:i had a schlage mx lock... its got the same keyway... (mine is also keyless) the locksmith that gave it to me told me it was a restricted keyway
Yep, I'm sure it's also restricted in AU...
Re: Unknown Domestic Keyway
Posted:
Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:42 amby piotr
Thanks guys. Bezza also reckons its a restricted keyway. Bezza tells me that the "ML" denotes the
Master Locksmiths Association of Australia. Apparently the MLAA administered a system of restricted keyways. It wouldn't surprise me if they just imported the Schlage system of restricted keyways and branded them "ML". I salvaged the KIK and a rim cylinder from a Lockwood 001 deadlatch and on close inspection the rim cylinder looks like it is a Lockwood 201 cylinder but with a non-Lockwood plug. I suspect it is non-Lockwood because the chrome finish on the rim cylinder and its plug don't match.
Re: Unknown Domestic Keyway
Posted:
Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:51 amby piotr
FWIW they pick and rake very easily.
Re: Unknown Domestic Keyway
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Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:01 amby Wizer
Re: Unknown Domestic Keyway
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Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:54 pmby 10ringo10
hmm...Could be the one just logged in as i have a trade account with sks 62p each x 4 blanks works out at 2.98 incl vat.
Re: Unknown Domestic Keyway
Posted:
Thu Nov 08, 2012 4:17 pmby Aedalas
piotr wrote:Thanks guys. Bezza also reckons its a restricted keyway. Bezza tells me that the "ML" denotes the
Master Locksmiths Association of Australia. Apparently the MLAA administered a system of restricted keyways. It wouldn't surprise me if they just imported the Schlage system of restricted keyways and branded them "ML". I salvaged the KIK and a rim cylinder from a Lockwood 001 deadlatch and on close inspection the rim cylinder looks like it is a Lockwood 201 cylinder but with a non-Lockwood plug. I suspect it is non-Lockwood because the chrome finish on the rim cylinder and its plug don't match.
Certainly sounds more logical than my theory
You have to admit though, that's a hell of a coincidence.
Re: Unknown Domestic Keyway
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Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:05 amby piotr
Aedalas wrote:You have to admit though, that's a hell of a coincidence.
Or maybe they just want you to think it's a coincidence and it is a hidden Masonic code. "ML" probably stands for "Masonic Lodge" and this proves that the Freemasons run the world. Dan Brown was right!
Re: Unknown Domestic Keyway
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Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:37 amby rai
Pete, thats why yer one of my favorite posters to read
