What did you pick today?

[Rickthepick]

well this is my first post and i am sorry if this does not fit in with best cores and master padlocks, but as i only open safes its all i can really contribute,
but today I picked open the following,

first call one newer style Chubb 6k202,
second call seven lever Chubb 6k75
third and forth call not pick opens but openings of LaGard 33e's
fifth call Chubb safe with a variant of a Chubb 3g114 but opened with 3g114 pin and cam all the same.

You must be a pretty good lever picker! If i remember right the 6k75 has some monstrous antipick notches. Am i right in thinking the front lever is just to secure the curtainwheel in place or was there an 8th lever for that?

[UnlockD]

Brinks weatherproof padlock , I've picked locks with more pins, but this one was the bane of my existance for a while.

[gilduran]

Had some time to sit down and work on a few locks I recently picked up. The first one's a Brinks Disk lock. Not much to it other than a small keyway and some security pins (serrated/spool).



Next up was the American 5260 I have been struggling with due to it's pin stack arrangement. The last stack is a 2, with a 7 directly in front of it. After working on it for a WHILE, I finally realized that the pin stack I was trying to lift was actually the empty 6th hole, DOH!! Needless to say, after I figured that out I got it open.

Brinks weatherproof padlock , I've picked locks with more pins, but this one was the bane of my existance for a while.

I hear ya there. I have a Master weatherproof that I was sure I'd never be able to open, but I finally got it opened.

[femurat]

Hey gilduran,

I didn't know it was possible to pick small keyways with such a huge hook! Good job.

Cheers

[Wizer]

I picked an Abloy!!!
Pl 318 AVA.
I´ve been scared of even trying, but it was really easy.
No wonder they don´t make these anymore. I hope the Chubb Ava is more difficult, I´ll have to look for one.

[femurat]

Congrats Wizer!

In Italy we use to say "chi la dura la vince" that means if you keep at it you'll do it.

Cheers

[gilduran]

Hey gilduran,

I didn't know it was possible to pick small keyways with such a huge hook! Good job.

Cheers

Thanks femurat

It's a little tight to get in there, but it ends up working real well. I've tried the small hook and half diamonds, but I end up having to rotate those a funny direction to lift the stacks. Maybe if I was a lefty it would feel more natural.

[gilduran]

Finally opened my Stanley CD8820. I've been unable to get any of my picks down the keyway enough to lift the rear most pins, but I just received my Peterson Reach pick, and it did the trick, along with a short hook for the 6 pin. The keyways on these are (I'm not sure what the correct term is) very obstructed.

Pins 5 & 6 on this particular lock are high/low, so it was a little tricky getting past the low 5 to reach high 6 with the reach.

[gilduran]

Finally opened my Stanley CD8820. I've been unable to get any of my picks down the keyway enough to lift the rear most pins, but I just received my Peterson Reach pick, and it did the trick, along with a short hook for the 6 pin. The keyways on these are (I'm not sure what the correct term is) very obstructed.

Pins 5 & 6 on this particular lock are high/low, so it was a little tricky getting past the low 5 to reach high 6 with the reach.

Since I can't edit my post, this will have to serve as my edit.

[edit]The keyways on these are very warded.[/edit]

Thanks to the Lockpicking Dictionary/Glossary/Terminology for the answer.

[gilduran]

Picked (no pun intended) this Baldwin SmartKey deadbolt up a week or so ago, along with a Schlage Securekey deadbolt. Haven't managed to open the Schlage yet, but got this one open after a bit of trial and error with different wrenches. Ended up using one of my light tensioners, a piece of 1/16 welding rod I bent and filed. Only problem with this tensioner is it twists real easy, so I had to finish the lock off with a standard wrench down the keyway.

[psychofish]

I discovered a local ReStore by my house (thanks LP101!) and went to pay them a visit. Not a lot to choose from but did snag a schlage door lock a no name, and a General Lock series 4000 grade 2 "store room function" lock. Only the no name one gave me some issues which I guess is good, and bad. Even got to try out my new home made bogota picks I made this morning, opened the Schlage and the General right away.




Not a bad day I thought.


One question though, when I pulled the plug I found these.... What the heck are they?

[gilduran]

I discovered a local ReStore by my house (thanks LP101!) and went to pay them a visit. Not a lot to choose from but did snag a schlage door lock a no name, and a General Lock series 4000 grade 2 "store room function" lock. Only the no name one gave me some issues which I guess is good, and bad. Even got to try out my new home made bogota picks I made this morning, opened the Schlage and the General right away.




Not a bad day I thought.


One question though, when I pulled the plug I found these.... What the heck are they?

Not sure about the ball bearings, but those other bits look like master wafers (or whatever their called) to allow for a master key.

I've got a ReStore in my city too. Never thought about checking it out for locks, until now.

[psychofish]

Yeah I figured they were part of some kind of master key or construction key setup, Pretty strange who ever removed the lock, left them inside (as in not inside the core, but inside the housing between the two locks.

[unbreakable]

2 corbins, 2 Russwins (one with balls ) a Sagrent an Ilco with a surprisingly mean keyway, and two nameless.

Good job everyone, keep picking!

[v12v12]

Masters of the Universe! No.1, No.3, No.5, No.7; for some reason I just have a nack for these common pad-locks. But... failed on an unusal Excelsior UG-330; I didn't have the right tools apparently, but nor could I get anything down the flat keyway b/c a piece of internal metal is blocking it...hrmm