Identifying a tool

[Stuart91]

The Amazon purchases arrived this morning, and look like they'll fit perfectly. Thanks, everyone.

[andy™]

budget key. more used on communal cupboards etc

[bigclive]

The Amazon purchases arrived this morning, and look like they'll fit perfectly. Thanks, everyone.

 

What are you using them to lock/open?

[alistermorton]

Also known as a coffin lock key, aren't they?

[Stuart91]

What are you using them to lock/open?

 

They're for some compartments that are sunk into the floors of our mobile stages. (They're manufactured abroad, so getting international shipping on something as small as this seemed a little silly, and of course the continentals have a completely different name for them)

[bruce]

We see them used fairly commonly for service hatches and risers. We recently opened a new building, and the contractor left us a large box of these keys. Unusually, they were plastic, and quite long.

[pritch]

Unusually, they were plastic, and quite long.

 

I've got a plastic one for my loft hatch at home. It flexes and twists alarming when you use it.

[Tezzachs]

there's a company called 'Replacement Keys" that do most styles of panel keys