Magnetic locks on Vintage Nishijin

[wrkey]

That's pretty smart! I'd love to see a photo of a key that works... wondering what they actually look like. This lock looks like the ones on my vintage machines. What years are locks like this made?

[Cystic]

That would really explain a lot as when I tried to use some picks to open one of my machines and I felt no pins inside just a smooth "slot". I then looked inside with magnification and light and it looked smooth inside. I have been quite confused as to what the deal was with them.

[cardwwi]

That's pretty smart! I'd love to see a photo of a key that works... wondering what they actually look like. This lock looks like the ones on my vintage machines. What years are locks like this made?

I have three Nishijin with these type of locks a 1976, 1977, and 1978 one is a model B and two are model C

[cardwwi]

Over the weekend the locksmith at work made me a master key, that I can change the magnetic pins around in to open any magnetic lock on the Vintage Nishijin pachinko machines. There are 5 slots drilled in the key that you slide the magnets in and out of, once you figure out the position and polarity, the lock opens right up.

[Lazarus]

Now the question is: Can he make more?

[cardwwi]

Now the question is: Can he make more?

Yes, what are you willing to pay for one? He is telling me the more he makes at one time the lower the cost. The one in photo is just a prototype for testing.