Yale Peanut Rim Cylider

[KokomoLock]

This is an old Yale Peanut rim cylinder a customer gave to me with no key. I found an old original key and made a key for it. One of the chambers had no pin in it so I had to use an old Ford pin because standard and BEST pins were both to large in diameter.


Yale Peanut Cylinder


Peanut vs. Standard rim cylinder


Side View


All taken apart, 3 of the sprigs did not want to come out.


Close-up of the pins, number one looks like it used to be serrated but has worn down over the years.

[jruther2]

Great pictures Kokomo. I especially like seeing the worn out serrated pin, very cool!

[mbpick34]

are thoose spool pins or mushroom? nice lock btw

[ChemicalRobot]

are thoose spool pins or mushroom? nice lock btw

Yale cylinders often have that style of pin in it. Very fun and quite frustrating at times. I usually see them referred to as tapered spool pins or spoolshroom pins. Also, they come in different lengths.

[Solomon]

Very cool lock kokomo, never seen one of those before! Were they used as residential locks?

[KokomoLock]

Very cool lock kokomo, never seen one of those before! Were they used as residential locks?

Yes it was used on a house until the day the customer brought it into the shop. He wanted it keyed to a Kwikset key so I traded him a kwikset rim cylinder for the Yale. It was used on a standard Night Latch!

[Solomon]

Yes it was used on a house until the day the customer brought it into the shop. He wanted it keyed to a Kwikset key so I traded him a kwikset rim cylinder for the Yale. It was used on a standard Night Latch!

High security then eh?

Wonder why they made cylinders smaller than their regular ones, seems a bit pointless if you ask me. What's it like to pick? That keyway looks pretty forgiving!

[the lockpickkid]

Solomon, don't let the 4 pins fool you or the keyway, these can be hard as hell to pick, I am no pro at Yale anyway, they are all tough for me, but those special Yale security pins give these locks there own personallity. My sisters old ranch house has 2 of these on the old doors that go into the 2 porches that she has, they have since been painted over and are non functional, I wish I could have them, no luck on that though!

[Solomon]

Kid, I eat yales for breakfast... never had one I couldn't pick, never will

[awol70]

why is it called "peanut"?

[KokomoLock]

why is it called "peanut"?

Peanut cylinder is just what I have always heard the small cylinders called. After some time on google, I found I was wrong. Peanut cylinder refers to a cylinder which is 3/4" in diameter. Here are a couple links for you to look at.
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/very-small-yale-lock-cylinder-3-4-inch-peanut
http://www.locksoft.com/glosp.htm
http://www.mr-locks.com/info/13/Locksmith_&_Security_Glossary_P_-_Q_-_R/

[elbowmacaroni]

Nifty find there! What's next though? An onion cylinder?

[uklockpicker]

Kid, I eat yales for breakfast... never had one I couldn't pick, never will

Very true , walk around the uk you will see.. yale, yale and oh yale - mostly have spools pins round this way