> On Apr 7, 2025, at 4:05 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 7 Apr 2025, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
>> > > Can you post a picture of what you can see?
>> > Can't post photos here,
>> Tony and I assembled a page of photos, which can be found here:
>> https://yagi.h-net.org/philips_p3800_lock/
>> Opine away!
> 
> although time consuming, and requiring som moderate machining skill, that 
> looks like it shouldn't be an extreme problem to make a blank.
> I assume that Tony has, or has access to, a precision milling machine.
> It also looks as though it could even be bent out of flat stock with a 
> miniature bending brake.
> 
> The rear picture shows that it is not a fully paracentric keyway. (where 
> "ridges" and "valleys" of the milling of the keyway would cross the center 
> line, making it impossible to insert a very thin flat piece of metal)

I went looking for pictures of Lips locks, and found this 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki8ErnwFwe4 which clearly isn't the same model 
lock but does seem to have the identical keyway.  So that would be a logical 
starting point.

        paul

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