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[LockNewbie21]

Update: GM sidebar

I really don't like this lock.. i got it.. but i can imperssion it in 5 mins.. maybe ten for a 2nd or 3rd try.. no sence in pickign it, but it was a scrap off a hood i got got for my car at the up pull.. buy a trunk get a free lock.. gotta love america

I wish mcdonalds would have a free medeco or assa in there happy meals... I'd be a kid all over again tearing through the bag

[What]

got the repinned Medeco Biaxial KiK after ~1.5 hrs

JERK! .... j/k well done buddy.. blew me out the water with pick time.


Does anybody find that once in a while, you just open it in a minute.. zeke...don;t answere that ITs one of those things, only happned to me once before the whole lock took a nose dive.

I love medeco's beucase if you make a good tool.. its fair game for patenting.. if it actually works.. A mightly beast to be tamed i must say.

well after experimenting today, it seems to me that in a normal lock a 'hard' picking setup is HiLo, but in this biaxial it seems the 'easier' the pinning, the harder the pick...

[LockNewbie21]

I noticed on some locks the higher and lower the key combo, the easier the pick,

[Bud Wiser]

Just added to Picked...

Kwikset Ultra Deadbolt - not as easy as the regular kwikset, but still easy to pick, can not be raked as easily as the reg kwikset either. This would probably be a better lock for beginers to practice on as it does provide some challenge

Master 930 - This is a $20 master lock labled Construction Quality, 2-1/2 heavy duty steel, wieghs about the same as the american 748. It was easy to pick and rake. Just need a rigid tension and need to turn it harder to open and also it does not pop open, you need to pull it open, but nevertheless, easy picking.

[What]

picked best padlock for a park ranger, he had picks but couldnt use them correctly....

[LockNewbie21]

Update. Chigago double sided wafer

Not impressive.. but a lock picked i supposed

[Spossum]

Well, I am not going to impress you guys but I am pretty proud of myself considering the short time I have been doing this. I have picked in order:

1. Defiant deadbolt
2. Master padlock #1
3. unknown cheap looking padlock (using two bent paperclips) this lock was being used on the back door of a grocery store I deliver to, the owner was amazed at how easily I opened it (so was I)
4. Master padlock #5


Currently I am stumped by:

Master padlock #3 (please don't laugh, I don't know why I can't get it)
American padlock XFF series 3600 (any advice?)

I really haven't had much free time lately, but am trying.

[LockNewbie21]

I am pretty proud of myself considering the short time I have been doing this

Cheers to that thought buddy , Witht he american.. stron plug srping, so have a screw driver handy, so when you think you might pic it give it a turn with the crew driver

[Bud Wiser]

updated...

PICKED

Older Kryptonite pin tumbler called Krypto

zig zag keyway restricts use of normal picks


This lock is not your typical kryptonite lock. I bought it about 4 years ago at a bike shop and have not seen any since then. It's actually a decent bike lock. Although it employs a 5 pin pin tumbler cylinder, what makes it a little difficult to pick or rake is the zig zag keyway which makes using a normal pick too difficult to pick. So I made a special thinner and smaller pick from a hacksaw blade. In addition to the thinner smaller pick, I also used a smaller tension wrench I made from a wiper blade.

You can see the tools I used to pick the Krypto in this photo.

to view larger pic click herehttp://anarkey.net/small-hook-set.jpg.

Once the correct pick and tension was used, the krypto was pretty easy to pick, but was near impossible to pick with normal tools. I also have a couple of hair pin tensions too. A large pin is pictured here. Comes in handy on some locks, but not this one. My small hacker was perfect.

[Bud Wiser]

updated...

Faultless Dead Bolt

Price $7.95 Walmart, dare I say it may be better then a kwikset?

While I can pick it under 2 mins (feather light tension), I can pick the kwikset on average in 20 seconds

[iNtago]

picked

brinks deadbolt
masterlock#1#3#7#10#40#576 and more
brinks you key
moutain sicurity padlock/deadbolts
a handfull of wafers

unpicked

none that i own i plan on buying more

[pinsetter]

I've now managed to pick the two Corbin-Russwin mortise cylinders that I have with 5 spool pins each, and also an American brand mortise cylinder.

I still haven't had any luck with my Medeco's

[pH]

Well I'm new to the forums but I was figuring maybe if I posted my list now, in a month or two I can look back and see how much I've improved...

Padlocks:
Master No. 1, 3
Fortress w/ 1 spool pin
Generic brand warded padlock

Regular locks:
Kwikset KiK both normal pinning and with 4 spools
Schlage commercial deadbolt repinned with normal top pins
Schalge Everest

Currently working my way up to 4 spool pins on the Schalge commercial deadbolt, and on my Sargent & Greenleaf 831b

[Spossum]

You can stop laughing at me now, I finally cracked that tuff little Master #1 padlock. It was just really old and stuck. I also have picked several more Quikset and Defiant doorway locks.
I still am extremely frustrated by my American Padlock. It is a lock I found and have no key for. It says "XFF Series 3600" on the back. It has an IC core that says "Medeco 516" on it. Is that my problem?

[illusion]

It has an IC core that says "Medeco 516" on it. Is that my problem?

When you see the word 'Medeco' on a lock, it's always a problem.

Don't be too down that you can't pick that lock - few can pick these locks at all, and even fewer can pick one with an unknown pin and sidebar combo.

Search the site for 'Medeco' and you'll probably see some cool threads on it.