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Yale and Towne 4 lever lock

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tpark

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Post Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:23 am

Yale and Towne 4 lever lock

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I've obtained this lock in a trade, but I don't know much about the keys that are used in this kind of lock. I would like to make a key for the lock, but it doesn't look like the blanks are readily available.

1) Is there a place where I can obtain equivalent keys or originals? The Ilco 611 blank looks close.
2) Is space and depth information available for this lock? I dug around in the documents I have, and although I see there's a zillion types of Yale lock, but all the info I have seems to be for pin or safe deposit boxes.

My plan right now is hack up some JMA RV-4 blanks and use those for my keys - they have some additional warding in the key, but for this application I don't think it'll matter too much. In Lauren's book, he suggests using brass stock to make the initial keys, but I have a bunch of these and hopefully it won't take me too many tries to make a good key.

If you've got suggestions or comments, they would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

--Ted
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Post Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:29 am

Re: Yale and Towne 4 lever lock

Check with the guys on antique-locks.com forum - someone may have the blanks you need.
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Post Tue Jun 28, 2016 5:55 pm

Re: Yale and Towne 4 lever lock

They are still in the ILCO catalog.

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Post Tue Jun 28, 2016 6:18 pm

Re: Yale and Towne 4 lever lock

Sending you a PM with the info.
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