Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1992-October - Vol 14 Issue 8


STAR* TECH Journal
October 1992
Loc:K AMERICA
HIGH SECURITY LOCKS
ARE VERSATILE
Todd Erickson
Summit Amusement
St. Paul, Minnesota
SUBJECT
SOLUTION
Choosing the right lock for your
route is important.
The operator today would like to
hear that a high security lock cost
less than the cheap lock, but let's
face reality.
PROBLEM
Everyone knows that a high secu-
rity lock is better than a cheap
medium security lock but the
tradeoffis that they cost more.
But with the Lock America/Alloy
type lock that may be just the
case. It's like buying a good diesel
truck for your moving vehicle. It
may cost more initially, but in the
long run it is cheaper.
I purchased a pick for ace locks
from a vendor that called me. (I
use them for my home gamEi re-
pair, not collecting on my coin-op
route). It takes 2 minutes to pick
a lock.
THINK LONG TERM
The Lock America/ Alloy high se-
curity lock is cheaper for many
reasons.
The locks that come with the
games are even worse. I have
even seen a few smaller operators
using a #7 Wico key.
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MONITOR UPDATES
All monitor articles
covered in 1989 /'90
The drawings above and left
show the inside of the lock and
the discs that must line up for the
round pin to be able to go in -so
that the lock may turn.
REPLACEMENT PARTS
The biggest reason for having
these locks is when you have a
break-in and the end of the lock is
There are only 3 different discs in
the lock which are either right
side up or upside down which give
6 different combinations.
Removing the back ring or
screwed-in disc allows the inside
of the lock to come out the back. If
the stud is broken off the back,
replace the cylinder (F).
or 1990/'91 or 1991 /
'92 published in a
handy easy-to-read
format. Over 25 new
video monitor Symp-
toms and Fixes in
each. These tips pre-
viously appeared in
STAR*TECH Journal's
KEY REPLACEMENT
If you need to change the key, I
recommend just flipping one disc
over and order the keys as neces-
sary from Lock America.
broken off, the cylinders can be
replaced. This is much more rea-
sonable (and economical) than
replacing the whole lock.
UNIQUE KEYS
The lock key consist of 180 de-
grees of two concentric circles.
These may be up to 11 cuts in the
key with 6 different depths. This
comes up to over 10 million differ-
ent combinations which elimi-
nates the possibilities of 2 keys
being the same.
NOTE
I originally used Alloy and they
had a deep cut in the back of my
key causing more key breakage
than I should of had. Be sure you
don't have any deep cuts in your
lock if you are ordering these
locks for the first time.
SOURCE
Lock America can be reached at
800/422-2866. They also can be
seen at ACME and AMOA shows.
Volume 11, 12 or 13.
Update your techni-
cal library with these
valuable references.
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S*TJ
PO Box 1065
Merchantville, NJ
08109.609/662-1080.

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