Yale Skeleton Key Lock - Gutted (25)

Found this old Yale lock at a antique shop and just had to have it. Works great and it is neat how simple it is.

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[maggiejolitz]

Thank you! Just bought an old house and I’m restoring all the door hardware that’s been painted over a million times

[ElPasoTubeAmps]

Just took one of mine apart to clean and make work smooth again. Ever so slightly different from yours but from the outside they look the same. Mine are from my house build in 1930. Thanks for the post.

[ThreePhaseHigh]

I sure wish I could get my hands on a key like that. I have a skeleton key that works but it’s thin and passes all the way through the actual locking mechanism . The proper key won’t do that.And it looks like that’s the one you have there . Where can I steal it. 😉

[thinktankindi]

Saw a skeleton key lock on western. Stopped the movie because I always wanted to see internals of the mechanism. Thanks!

[dlpi]

Hey just FYI, you are demonstrating a bitted key, not a skeleton key. A skeleton key is the term used for a key for which the bits have been filed, thus enabling it to open any lock.

[coyles]

We have these on our doors from 1927. Ours needs a Yale #5 key.

[pinpickers]

Played with several easy to pick open with a bent coat hanger

[asus]

I watched this hoping tp see the spring that looks like a cotter pin that pushes against the door handle cam, but I see yours is missing. Mine is broken. Also that cam the handle shaft goes through is backwards in your lock. The part that looks like an old fashioned mustache.

[nicholasd]

What if you dont have a key and want to rekey it by using a new key, like if you dont have the old key.

[OokamiTheWolf]

You can still buy key blanks for this lock. It's an ilco 2B key.