Talk:Disc tumbler lock

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[edit] Origin

I am trying to find out who invented the Disc Tumbler lock. Does anyone know?

Apparently it was invented in 1907 by a certain Emil Henriksson in Finland.

See also the finnish page fi:Kiekkohaittasylinteri. Unfortunately I do not understand enough Finnish in order to really translate something. --Samwz (talk) 18:11, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Are you sure this is a disc tumbler lock?

I think it's a wafer tumbler lock. I think a lot of people use "disc tumbler lock" exclusively for the Abloy type mechanism.

Why or why isn't this lock preferable to a pin-tumbler lock? They seem to work about the same. Perhaps the differences could be in the article.

Hmm, there seems to be no article on that "Abloy type mechanism". Maybe someone knowledgeable could write one. I have some rough idea how it works but I don't think I'm up to the task. Ossi 09:33, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

This is a wafer tumbler lock. The editor who started this article really screwed up. Disc tumbler locks are different.--Fahrenheit451 04:15, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

I am rewriting this article to correct the error.--Fahrenheit451 05:41, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Moving articles should typically be done with the "move" button, since that preserves the history... copy/paste moves are problematic in that respect. Not sure how to best fix that. --Delirium 22:34, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Is this a "disc tumbler lock"? Youtube video <-- this, in any case, is the standard door lock found in Finland (maybe also in Sweden ?). Its keys characteristically have got a half circle cross section. --Samwz (talk) 18:15, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:14, 2 January 2008 (UTC)