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[QUOTE=Steve48;292 This thread will now await completion of the painting of the body, so although this could take a while, I as someone once said will be back. But I will of course respond to any...
Good find your safe there, lovely example and a fantastic restoration job
Whitfield from yesterday, single action boltwork and no curtain in the lock but externally looked very similar to the "City"
Doug, I just received the lock and newly constructed fence. I can honestly say you are as much an artist as a very talented technician. Thank you so much. David
Once soon a time I was a stripper! This is the first I have heard about the EU taking the most effective paint strippers away from us. The remaining ones are caustic soda based (Sodium Hydroxide)....
I recently acquired a lock that is said to have been used by the Budapest Postal Service. I believe the lock was made by Szladeky and has both Budapest and Szladeky stamped on the lock. This lock...
I sometimes wonder why they didn't keep the keyway to extract the key solid. That way they would have had a key retaining lock, which would have been superior. Possibly at that stage nobody had...
F Whitfield "The City...