Lost cabinet keys

[faza]

Im looking at buying a project machine Bally Midway but the current owner cant find the cabinet keys.
Besides drilling out the locks is there any other way of opening the machine

Thanks

[ddstoys]

There are many ways to open it up but i dont think the owner will like them???

[Ballywannabe]

Front door can often be carefully jemmied with a large screwdriver with no or minimal damage (the lock usually breaks at the screw).  You may find a backbox key inside.

With the backglass they can sometimes be forced out by pushing up hard, but drilling is preferable.

Also, check they have not put the keys in the coin return for safe keeping

cheers
Ian

[ddstoys]

Good advice Ian always drill the door first the amount of times ive drilled both locks to find the keys inside the cabinet GGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Strangeways]

Front door can often be carefully jemmied with a large screwdriver with no or minimal damage (the lock usually breaks at the screw).  You may find a backbox key inside.

With the backglass they can sometimes be forced out by pushing up hard, but drilling is preferable.

Also, check they have not put the keys in the coin return for safe keeping

cheers
Ian

Works every time. Find the strongest screwdriver and use a shifting spanner or large pliers near the head and twist.

[millsy]

Daniel will open it for you 

[ddstoys]

Good one Millsy lol

[faza]

Would a key from another bally be keyed alike or are they all different?
 

[Strangeways]

Would a key from another bally be keyed alike or are they all different?
 

All keys will be different.

The only difference will be if during the Operation of the pinball, the locks may have been changed to be the same so the Op had one key to open all machines.

[ddstoys]

Im amazed at the collection of pinball keys ive kept ive never found one to suit another lock

[ajlaird]

Would a key from another bally be keyed alike or are they all different?
 

If they were keyed alike you could play for free any time you saw a Bally pinball machine, once in possession of a set of keys.