"City of Chicago" Logo Yale Padlock - Info Wanted

[MacGnG]

Nope, No blind code, if it did I would have looked it up.

[Timothy]

Guess can win it all as I do have some that don't have blind code. Yes hard to impression it those lock only if got lucky. What I did is pick the lock open and feel the pins of what is longer and shorter to give me some idea of what will look like to impression the key....Timothy....

[kwoswalt99]

I know it's different than those yale push key ones, but maybe there's some way to take it apart?

[MacGnG]

I know it's different than those yale push key ones, but maybe there's some way to take it apart?

its not meant to be taken apart and i really dont want to mess up the nice patina,,, it cleaned up real good.

[carlenebonstein]

seeing that it's unlocked makes it easy to take apart. might be wise to see a locksmith. being a city lock it probably has been masterkeyed. a locksmith
could rekey it for you. different from a city regulated key system.

[Timothy]

Any fool would be stupid enough to take any Antique padlock apart. I have about 6 of those padlock that impression to working. key. Problem with most locksmith they can't be patient enough to impression any lock. It does take time to just to get working key. Like I said before if you can pick the lock to open look inside the keyway to see what the pins level are or use a pick to feel the pins of which is longer or shorter. Once you feel which pins is longer or shorter than try to impression as you will know which is longer or shorter on your blank key to file down one step at time....Timothy.....

[Timothy]

Sorry forgot to add that there are time you may have to take it apart of if feel something not working right or the lock it all to rusty inside and out. I think I have two of them to take a apart because the pin spring was rusty and broken. Also the shackle was really bad rusty. I re-pinning the lock and clean up the shackle the lock working fine with working key...Timothy....

[carlenebonstein]

i'm not a fool. I have quite afew 830 840 850 and 2 870's very easy and simple to pick and rekey
an they all are in fine condition
thank you
bicentric' too

[Dean Nickel]

It does take someone that can impression well and knows the true skill of key making to fit keys to most locks. I agree many don't want to spend the time to learn well this skill. Once learned it only takes a bit of time.

On the topic of the lock. It is possible this lock was master keyed. So even if a key was fit to another lock it might not fit this lock unless by chance the master was discovered.

[MacGnG]

Just wanted to bump my old thread... maybe someone has one of these padlocks with a key that i can get copy of.

i was "trying" to impression it the other night and realized that it has those pins with the real tiny serrations... i think this might be why ive had problems fitting a key to it. :-/

anyway, if someone can help out with a pic of a key, or a code, that would be great. thanks.