Gone, gone GONE - I want it gone!

It's hard to explain why, but I hate the fact that there's a useless lock on my machine. Ideally, I'd replace it with a modern tubular pin lock, or perhaps a handle to unlatch the cabinet.

Here's the front side (the decorate plastic plate is hanging upside-down by it's bottom screw)...




And here's the back... yeah, I sawed off the cam with a reinforced cutting wheel. That was fun, but accomplished nothing.



It looks like the lock cylinder was hammered into place - there are friction ridges on the outside of the cylinder (look close in the front view). It's securely fastened to the metal bracket on the interior with a couple of tabs. They're too small and the metal too solid for me to bend/pry them loose.

Anyone know how to get this bloody thing out?


-Dito