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  1. #1
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    Default October 20th meeting

    A great meeting and excellent displays, and we got to play with the Chatwood letter lock or SAM lock

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  2. #2
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    Default Servicing/Resetting the SAM Lock

    Shout out to Chris Taylor for an excellent hands on demonstration of how dismantle and service Chatwood's SAM lock.
    The SAM lock was patented in 1888 and was still being manufactured in 1936.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Chatwood no. 4426 A.D. 18880001.jpg   Chatwood no. 4426 A.D. 18880002.jpg   Chatwood no. 4426 A.D. 1888 0003.jpg  

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    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 in the field in all my years doing safes- the only ones I ever saw were those that Chris Taylor took around the MLA meetings, and from memory he once had a table covered with them !

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    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

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    Default SAM lock

    A few pics of the one I had a few years back.
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