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Quoted from undrdog:I just scored three Wms Hi-Hand machines. 1957. No keys.
What are my best options?
Drill em?
Buy a lock pick set and try to learn how to do it?
Buy a score of keys from someone and hope one fits?
Are they numbered at all? I have a huge collection of old arcade keys if you have the numbers on them.
Lock picking is also super easy, most these locks are very low-security.
Quoted from Mikala:This method does work if you can find the correct file.
This is a method called raking basically that’s covered by the lock-picking lawyer on YouTube. If you buy the rake tool it’s even easier.
This only works with the cheapo locks some of them are double-bitted, they’re harder to pick.
Quoted from undrdog:Could not drill it. Not in a minute or ten. The lock defeated my bits. The new Milwaukee metal / stainless bit I bought didn’t touch it, either.
Ended up drilling out the door all around the lock. (It’s ok, I wasn’t going to use this cabinet anyway.)
For all that work, I was hoping for some treasure inside !
I got a 1991 dime, a coin box in good condition , nesting material and some styrofoam.
The treasure I was hoping for most of all was keys to the back box. No luck.
These locks have jagged edges on both sides of the key.
Yep that’s double-bitted. They suck to drill.
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