On Friday, January 3, 2020 at 2:06:19 AM UTC-5, Jay Hennigan wrote:
> On 1/2/20 19:04, llemo...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I found a old Slaymaker combination lock in the woods and I've tried almost everything to get it open it looks like it goes to a old locker and I haven't been able to find any pictures of it on the internet and the back has 416B on it any way you can help me out here?
> Turn it several turns to the right and stop on 32.
>
> Then turn to the left, pass 48 once and stop on 48 the second time you
> get to it.
>
> Then turn to the right, stop on 30 and pull on the shackle.

Jay, read your posts above and wondered if you could advise me on a lock i have. it was my dad's and i will probably never use it but its sentimental.. it is a Slaymaker and has patent #'s 1837071 & 2047102.
Chris

On 2021-09-27 16:34:06 +0000, Chris Stotler said:

> Jay, read your posts above and wondered if you could advise me on a
> lock i have. it was my dad's and i will probably never use it but its
> sentimental. it is a Slaymaker and has patent #'s 1837071 & 2047102.
> Chris

You can Google the patent numbers for a technical description and
internal diagrams. Patent 1837071 was issued in 1930 for a laminated
lock and 2047102 was issued in 1936 for a combination lock, which the
patent describes as a "permutation lock". That gives you a ballpark
date of the lock as being made after 1936, but probably not much after
or there would be more recent patented improvements made and mentioned.

Making a key or determining a combination from a patent number isn't
possible, as it describes the invention of the lock and not the
individual charasterics of a specific sample lock. Sometimes there is a
code number stamped or inked on the lock that can be looked up by a
locksmith to make a key or find the combination.