Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:35 pm
New toy, by Mosler
Picked up a new toy today...
Mosler 302-402 group 1R safe lock! My first Mosler, and it sure is purty.
Thick, very heavy steel body and dial.
Thought I would up my manipulation game.
Hand change, some form of plastic wheels so it can't be decoded by x-ray.
Wait a second... Those wheels are not exactly round.
16 sides on each wheel?!?
Umm... maybe this is gonna take some time.
Unlike the S&G locks in my collection, the drive cam is closest to the dial.
Hey... That drive cam's drop in point looks kinda funny.
Maybe it won't look so bad from another angle.
Poop. If anything, it looks worse.
Two different gate profiles, which overlap a bit. And is that a spring between those two sections?
Yep. Uh-oh. And the spring allows them to move slightly without the other one being moved. This might be a problem. What does the nose of the lever that needs to drop into the gate look like?
Crap! Two different contact areas at two different heights to contact those two different drive cam gate profiles. Well, will it make a difference when manipulating the lock?
In both sections' drop in points. OK, not too bad.
Errr. One profile raises higher.
And higher. ***getting worried now***
And the other profile kicks in. Well, the other way can't be as bad, can it?
***please please please***
Contact. :-)
More contact.
And more contact.
And the hand change wheels. Notice the center circle...
It is spring loaded, to absorb more feeling.
Well, once I get this mounted, think this is gonna take a L-O-T of graph paper, and don't think I'll be guessing a combination anytime soon.
This lock may be beautiful, but sure glad it is not on a safe I need to manipulate to get into. Manipulating this lock won't be easy. But it is certainly worthy of a nice display case, along the lines of the one I made before. White oak, clear Lexan, and a brass nameplate.
By the way - it ran me $35. :mrgreen:
Gordon
Mosler 302-402 group 1R safe lock! My first Mosler, and it sure is purty.
Thick, very heavy steel body and dial.
Thought I would up my manipulation game.
Hand change, some form of plastic wheels so it can't be decoded by x-ray.
Wait a second... Those wheels are not exactly round.
16 sides on each wheel?!?
Umm... maybe this is gonna take some time.Unlike the S&G locks in my collection, the drive cam is closest to the dial.
Hey... That drive cam's drop in point looks kinda funny.
Maybe it won't look so bad from another angle.
Poop. If anything, it looks worse.
Two different gate profiles, which overlap a bit. And is that a spring between those two sections?Yep. Uh-oh. And the spring allows them to move slightly without the other one being moved. This might be a problem. What does the nose of the lever that needs to drop into the gate look like?
Crap! Two different contact areas at two different heights to contact those two different drive cam gate profiles. Well, will it make a difference when manipulating the lock?
In both sections' drop in points. OK, not too bad.
Errr. One profile raises higher.
And higher. ***getting worried now***
And the other profile kicks in. Well, the other way can't be as bad, can it?
***please please please***
Contact. :-)
More contact.
And more contact.
And the hand change wheels. Notice the center circle...
It is spring loaded, to absorb more feeling.
Well, once I get this mounted, think this is gonna take a L-O-T of graph paper, and don't think I'll be guessing a combination anytime soon.
This lock may be beautiful, but sure glad it is not on a safe I need to manipulate to get into. Manipulating this lock won't be easy. But it is certainly worthy of a nice display case, along the lines of the one I made before. White oak, clear Lexan, and a brass nameplate.
By the way - it ran me $35. :mrgreen:
Gordon
Just when you think you've learned it all, that is when you find you haven't learned anything yet.
when he sees this post? He has probably seen then before, though. 
