HoLRSG History of Locks Research & Social Group Meeting at:- MLA HQ, Rugby, UK, CV21 1TF All welcome
Gatherings:3rd Sunday of the month. Next meeting: 20th October from 10am
Itinery: 10:00am -12:30 Archive-Artefact access and research/Networking wiith other members + swaps table. 12:30 - 1:30: Lunch Break (bring your own sandwiches (tea, coffee & biscuits provided) 1:30 - 4:00Servicing/Resetting the SAM Lock – Chris Taylor will give a practical talk on how to dismantle and reset the SAM combination lock. The Chatwood SAM lock is quite different to normal mechanical combination locks and can be challenging; although the lock is vintage it is an essential lock in most collections. You can if you wish bring your own SAM lock, there will be a small number of locks available if you don’t have one. To book your place email: [email protected] There is allways time after a meeting for further socialising & networking.
That's a particularly nice one Syd with the Mappin's patent markings as well as Whitfield's. Had a lot of those (think I've still got 4 or 5) but can't ever recall seeing any marked Mappin's, all...
Does anyone here have any Hiatt Flexible pattern handcuffs they want to sell or trade? Photos attached. Also after Chubb Excort handcuffs with or without keys.
Example of Mappin’s Patent Best 8-slide safe lock as illustrated in Samuel Whitfield’s sales leaflet of 1865.
Walter Sandell Mappin was granted his patent 20th January 1862.
the first combination lock I came across when starting out, was given a cloth bank cash bag full of SAM parts and told, see if you can get that back together
I thought about the lathe/mill solutions and decided they would be a lot of work. I'd have to find a way to solidly grasp the lock body, yet be able to align it translationally in two axes, and also...
They are beautiful locks from a time when cost was the least consideration and brass and phosphor bronze were used everywhere- often half an inch thick !
can honestly say never saw a single one out...
That's a particularly nice one Syd with the Mappin's patent markings as well as Whitfield's. Had a lot of those (think I've still got 4 or 5) but can't ever recall seeing any marked Mappin's, all...
Is it a Mappin