I'm taking it to the locksmith today after work if I can get there in time. This way ,I think, it will get resolved (I hope). And I won't be running all around Flee markets. Thanks everyone for your help, keith
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Miller Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 1:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Phono-L] the Herzog cabinet lock It's very possible you're using the wrong key Keith. I made the mistake of locking mine up and couldn't unlock it. Imagine my angst not being able to get to my cabinet full of Grand Prize Victors and Zonophones for weeks! It took me a month to find the right key! My cabinets both use single cut keys, not the more common double cuts you find. I now have a number of single cut keys, but many of them won't work because the locks in Herzog cabinets take a smaller key even though the cut is the same, you need one that has a small end on it, thinner and narrower than most. Sean >On Fri, 21 May 2004 12:30:24 -0400 "Carter, Keith" <[email protected]> wrote. >David, >Thanks, I will have to look into the locksmith. >I really think it's more of a lock problem. >I had cut down some on the edge off the back side of an old barrel key, so >it would fit into the hole.last night. It works to lock, but won't unlock. >So maybe it's just the lock itself. >Thanks, >keith >_______________________________________________ >Phono-l mailing list >[email protected] >http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com From mschester Fri May 21 12:07:38 2004 From: mschester (Mark S. Chester) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:41 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] the Herzog cabinet lock In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> It sounds like a key problem and not a lock problem. Locks are very precise. A close fit is usually not sufficient to throw the bolt completely in either direction, even if the key turns and the bolt moves. It's possible that the key fits enough to free the bolt and move it out, perhaps even all the way or not quite all the way. But if not a precise fit, even though the key may work well enough to pull the bolt back in, it will not be cut properly to retract the bolt all of the way. I have had this happen with several "self-help" locksmith jobs I have done on cabinet locks. Since I now have a professional locksmith as a neighbor, that is no longer the case. He even cut me a key for the original "bit-key" lock (what most folks erroneously call a "skeleton-key" lock) for the front door of my circa 1880s house. Get a proper key cut, and then and only then will the lock work properly. The locksmith can do that in a jiffy with his eyes closed and that is why the job will be a mere $10. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carter, Keith Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 11:30 AM To: phon...@oldcrank. Com ([email protected]) Subject: [Phono-L] the Herzog cabinet lock David, Thanks, I will have to look into the locksmith. I really think it's more of a lock problem. I had cut down some on the edge off the back side of an old barrel key, so it would fit into the hole.last night. It works to lock, but won't unlock. So maybe it's just the lock itself. Thanks, keith _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com
