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: 16th June from 10am
Itinery: 10:00am -12:30 Archive-Artefact access and research/Networking wiith other members. 12:30 - 1:30: Lunch Break (bring your own sandwiches (tea, coffee & biscuits provided) 1:30 - 4:00On a theam of Barron – A cicular talk about the 'Double Acting Principal first apearing around the Industrial Revolution, many contiuing well into the 19th century. Barron and others found lots of interesting and novel ways to apply this principal. Bring examples of your own locks or refer to those in the Heritage Rooms. There is allways time after a meeting for further socialising & networking.
A lot of myths about the chemicals with these safes. The safes that bubble are thought to be the salt content in the sand. I have never seen a leaky smoke tube In the hundreds that I have seen the...
Hi guys!
In the last days I had some time to work on the model. And I was able to get an impression on the hinges and the door plate :(blush):
The plate is 460mm in diameter, those hinge...
I took a look into his videos about the vault door and I have to say, we work kind of similar. I can really relate to his thinking and his concepts... That doesn't mean I am as brilliant as he is, of...
The chemicals used are known to degrade, and then expand / leak etc. Sometimes jamming the safe shut and locked in the process. I would not use one, all banks went through a disposal process for them...
do not have the lock just old eagle code letters KLAHH
the padlock was old eagle barrel 1 1/2" o.d.
very few letter codes are available since eagle destroyed them in about 1955
and klahh is not...
Yes and now I see that the son was EF Miller Jr. However Luke could be another son. His 1858 patent lock has him listed as from Providence. Also interesting that the safe is very much like the EF...
A lot of myths about the chemicals with these safes. The safes that bubble are thought to be the salt content in the sand. I have never seen a leaky smoke tube In the hundreds that I have seen the...
Safe ID Tann.