AGE Snack Attacker crane top lock question

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I need to buy the lock that locks in the front window for a Snack Attacker. Happ has it for $40 (yikes). S&B has it for $22, but they have a minimum order of $75. Does anyone know what type of lock this is? Maybe they sell it at Home Depot?

-Mike
 
Do you happen to have link for buying it at Happ? I looked but couldn't find the lock... I have a lock but no key for it. I need a replacement lock and key or the key for this lock? Any ideas?
 
I remember using the "plug type" cams and grind them down to shorten them on those AGE cranes.
Like the "Ace-Type" lock plug that would normally insert into a T-Handle lock ( like on a change machine )
Hey, it worked.
 
I emailed Ron at S&B... hopefully I get a response sometime this week. If I can't ever find a replacement key or lock and key set then I will have to rig something like you said.
 
I remember using the "plug type" cams and grind them down to shorten them on those AGE cranes.
Like the "Ace-Type" lock plug that would normally insert into a T-Handle lock ( like on a change machine )
Hey, it worked.
Hey I came up with a pretty clever solution, if you ask me. I combined advice from @coinopshop and @bungelowbill and came up with this:
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I used a file and sandpaper to take down the threads quite a bit on a nut from a standard cam lock. I left a little bit of the bumpiness from the threads but definitely had to open up the inside diameter quite a bit. I then used a sledgehammer to persuade the nut onto the face of a vending plug lock. there's no way this is coming off, it's not just threaded on. Also now this top lock is like keyed to the rest of my stuff.

edit: after installing the lock I realized that it wasn't coming back out of the hole easily. The locking tang or the nub that comes out when locked doesn't fully retract into the body when the key is in the open position. It leaves maybe an 1/8" proud, so that was keeping it from coming back out. The solution to this is to take a file to that nub and reduce it by an 1/8 or just round over the tip so that it will push it in a little more as you pull it out and not catch.
 
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Hey I came up with a pretty clever solution, if you ask me. I combined advice from @coinopshop and @bungelowbill and came up with this:
IMG_1690.jpg


I used a file and sandpaper to take down the threads quite a bit on a nut from a standard cam lock. I left a little bit of the bumpiness from the threads but definitely had to open up the inside diameter quite a bit. I then used a sledgehammer to persuade the nut onto the face of a vending plug lock. there's no way this is coming off, it's not just threaded on. Also now this top lock is like keyed to the rest of my stuff.
That looks like it would work. Good job !
 
In retrospect I am going to add some epoxy to the nut. Not a lot, or I'm scared it will flow down into the lock. Just going to dab it along the inside edge in a few places.
 
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