Anyone Else’s Key Break?

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    #1 lycanthrope, Sep 16, 2022
    I don’t post often but my experience in the last 48 hours is something I don’t think I’ve seen discussed. I’m curious if anyone else has had a similar experience, how they felt, and how they dealt with it.

    I was scheduled for jury duty and decided to take off my Cherry Keeper because I wasn’t sure if the brass cylinder lock would set off the security metal detector at the courthouse. The key just snapped off in the lock, and even with needle nose pliers I wasn’t able to get the thing to unlock or remove the part stuck in the lock.

    Interestingly, I wasn’t remotely upset. In fact, I really liked the fact that I truly couldn’t get the thing off.

    As for jury duty, the lock didn’t set off the metal detector, so that answers that question….

    Last night I ordered a new Cherry Keeper and this morning I took a power drill to the broken lock. It took about 20 minutes to drill the lock out and I was pleased I was able to do it without damaging my current Cherry Keeper - or my junk. I am relocked with a new lock.

    When I ordered the new Cherry Keeper, I also ordered their Permalocker. I couldn’t believe the sense of peace that came over me when that key snapped. Truly, the only reason I drilled the lock out this morning was so I can quickly switch Cherry Keepers and put the Permalocker in when they arrive.
     
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    #2 Nebiyam, Sep 16, 2022
    What an interesting turn of events. Even with permalocker, you can always drill your way out, yet it somehow seems more permanent solution. And I guess that sense of peace You mentioned is worth locking yourself away.
     
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    #3 madams-sissysub, Sep 16, 2022
    I didn’t have a key break, but I did have a lock cease up through corrosion, madam went to unlock me and the key just wouldn’t turn, I tried to force it and the key began to twist, it was a padlock not a internal lock. So a pair of small bolt cutters soon had me out.
     
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    #4 lycanthrope, Sep 16, 2022
    Yes, after drilling the lock out I looked at it’s remnants and could see the corrosion.
     
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