Locksmith - Help

[Nasty]

Hi Guys

I have a cupboard that I can't get into ... cos he put the key somewhere, being dead now its hard to find out where ... so if someone can help me would be appreciated.

Beers are in it for ya.

Nasty

[shafty]

Can you tap out the hinge pin with a hammer? Good luck

[FJRider]

Keep looking... it'll be in the last place you look... :innocent:

[Evilgenius]

Two strong paper clips s, bend the one and use it as a tension wrench and straighten the other and use it to pick at the pins. Then voila she will open with some fiddling

[Smokin]

Most of the older cupboard keys are very basic and theres not too many different types, If you know roughly what it looks like a locksmith or key cutter will most likely have it on the shelf, if its a padlock, just cut it or if it looks like a door lock you can drill it straight through the guts and just replace the lock later.

[Nasty]

Most of the older cupboard keys are very basic and theres not too many different types, If you know roughly what it looks like a locksmith or key cutter will most likely have it on the shelf, if its a padlock, just cut it or if it looks like a door lock you can drill it straight through the guts and just replace the lock later.

Good point ... it is older ... so I will take a picture and take that down to the smithy :)

It doesn't appear to be a lock where you can drill without damaging other stuff unfortunately.

Cheers Guys

[Smokin]

If the key has a hole in the end of the shaft (can you see a pin in the centre of the key hole?) there are only 3 or 4 premade keys in that very popular type of lock. From memory that is.

[Swoop]

Can you post a piccie of the door + lock?

[Hitcher]

Free beer in a locked cupboard? I'll be over with an axe.

[Number One]

Hi Guys

I have a cupboard that I can't get into ... cos he put the key somewhere, being dead now its hard to find out where ... so if someone can help me would be appreciated.

Beers are in it for ya.

Nasty
Hey I'm from the Hutt - you want I can break into it? :shifty:

[Nasty]

Can you post a piccie of the door + lock?


here it is

[Nasty]

I checked the lock .. and there doesn't appear to be a pin in it.

[FJRider]

here it is

I know those one's... key number is on the other side of the lock... :innocent:











OR as been suggested, punch the hinge pins out. Spray a bit of CRC on it first...:sunny:

[Swoop]

It looks like an older style key, but it is a more modern cupboard.
The door looks like it overlays the carcase.
Is there the same door on the other side of the cabinet? If so, once again, piccies please.

[Nasty]

There won't be a pin in the lock. Hinge is tricky at the moment.
It looks like an older style key, but it is a more modern cupboard.
The door looks like it overlays the carcase.
Is there the same door on the other side of the cabinet? If so, once again, piccies please.

No its a single door in the suite ... only lock too .. bugger bugger bugger!!

[Swoop]

How is the back held onto the cabinet?

If it is in a rebate, it may be glued = slight problem...

If it is proud of the surface it might be able to prise it off (carefully) with a broad chisel.

[Trudes]

In true NZ Warrior style.... SMASH IT!!!!:2guns:

[Swoop]

In true NZ Warrior style.... SMASH IT!!!!:2guns:
Once Were Cabinetmakers?

[Nasty]

Its tacked and glued .. not rebated .. but it has a full huge mirror attached to the back. :(

[Trudes]

Once Were Cabinetmakers?
mhahahahahahahahahaa, "you'll be back Cabinet, you'll be back!"

[FJRider]

In true NZ Warrior style.... SMASH IT!!!!:2guns:

So WHAT is in the cubbard that requires entry, is it worth the effort to open... ??? :chase:

[Swoop]

Its tacked and glued .. not rebated .. but it has a full huge mirror attached to the back. :(
So the back is sitting up from the surface?
A broad chisel and a bit of TLC* would get this off and access gained. The lock can then be dealt with from inside.


*Tender Loving Chiselling.

[Nasty]

So the back is sitting up from the surface?
A broad chisel and a bit of TLC* would get this off and access gained. The lock can then be dealt with from inside.


*Tender Loving Chiselling.

Yeah .. but its the two by ones attached to the mirror that are resting over it I worry about ...

[Swoop]

Yeah .. but its the two by ones attached to the mirror that are resting over it I worry about ...
There will only be a couple of screws holding them in place. Easily removed from the back!

[Nasty]

There will only be a couple of screws holding them in place. Easily removed from the back!

Point .. I think this is gonna be a weekend job ... thanks guys.

[Winston001]

Excellent suggestions. Personally if there is a mirror involved, I'd be a bit windy about chiselling and hammering. You'd be better to take a few more pics of the lock and ask a locksmith. Or try to get the hinge pins out if they are accessible.

[HungusMaximist]

All I can say is that you have a quite a nice cupboard. Not really worth smashing it up or drilling it aye, however if you got to do, you gotta.

Pays to have spare copies of keys lying around!

[Kendog]

Try "The Locksmith Guy"

[Number One]

Try "The Locksmith Guy"
Do you mean the infamous *Lockshop Guy* :shutup: :lol:

[Kendog]

Do you mean the infamous *Lockshop Guy* :shutup: :lol:

Yep, that's who I mean, but he is known as The Locksmith guy.

[Kendog]

Do you mean the infamous *Lockshop Guy* :shutup: :lol:

Yep, that's who I mean, but he is known as The Locksmith guy.

[Number One]

Yep, that's who I mean, but he is known as The Locksmith guy.
Are you sure?

[Number One]

Yep, that's who I mean, but he is known as The Locksmith guy.
are you really really sure :lol:

Double posts FTW

[FJRider]

Point .. I think this is gonna be a weekend job ... thanks guys.

Hows your insurance... "accidental" damage... :innocent:

[Kendog]

are you really really sure :lol:

Double posts FTW

Exhibit A (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=1308766&postcount=6)

[The Baron]

Hi Nasty. Sorry to hear about your lock problem. Before you damage this nice cabinet take those photos down to the Lock Doctor in Porirua centre and see what he has to say.

[Nasty]

Hi Nasty. Sorry to hear about your lock problem. Before you damage this nice cabinet take those photos down to the Lock Doctor in Porirua centre and see what he has to say.


Thanks .. I have taken pics and have them on the camera to take down today :)

[Swoop]

Personally if there is a mirror involved, I'd be a bit windy about chiselling and hammering.
The mirror will be held on by a simple clip system and will be able to be lifted off before starting.

[Fatjim]

Maybe you're better off leaving this alone. Maybe he hid the keys for a reason.

[Nasty]

Maybe you're better off leaving this alone. Maybe he hid the keys for a reason.

I already know what is the cupboard ... I don't want you to though ;)

[Nasty]

Ok .. so went to the locksmiths .. and they sold me a key ... they think is the right one ... rather generic.

[Hitcher]

The offer of the axe still stands...

[FJRider]

So.... did it (the key) work...... ........ and so we wait.....
















................Still waiting.............

[Madness]

Try "The Locksmith Guy"

I hear he offers really fast service and is great at splitting locks open.


I already know what is the cupboard ... I don't want you to though ;)

I for one don't want to know.

[FJRider]

I already know what is the cupboard ... I don't want you to though ;)

Perhaps a poll, to guess the contents... One free infraction ("courtsey" of Nasty)to the username of the winners choice (or to the winner).....

[Nasty]

Fark me ... its the right sort of key ... but NOT THE RIGHT KEY!!! Tomorrow I ring a locksmith!

[piston broke]

can you just give a deposit and take all the keys of that kind,probably only 10 of them

[Winston001]

The mirror will be held on by a simple clip system and will be able to be lifted off before starting.

Maybe I have it wrong - I thought this was a mirrored cupboard with the mirror inside attached to the back. Or mirrored shelves supported at the back. Wonderful mystery...:lol: