On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:13:30 +0000, G r o g wrote:

On 09/11/2019 18:44, David WE Roberts wrote:
I bought a two drawer wooden filing cabinet (well, one filing drawer
and one shallow drawer) on Gumtree. No key, but checked it out and all
looked good.

Now we have lugged it up to the office it won't open.
It seems to be locked.
I assume the mechanism may have shifted during transit.

Does anyone know how easy these office furniture locks are to pick?

I could always drill it out, I suppose, but it would be nicer just to
be able to undo it.

The furniture is labelled "Project" and the key number is 125 and (we
think) 78 on top. Could possibly be 7R?

Bloody typical!


Cheers



Dave R


Buy a new key? That's what they did in an office I once worked in,
there are places that specialise in such things. Then you'd have a key
for too, to complete the set!

My son knows about these things (office furniture supplier in a past
life).

He says you can sometimes remove the base (screws etc.) to access the
vertical rod that locks the drawers.

Failing that, new key is what they did. He always used these people:

https://www.fastkeys.co.uk/


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