What did you pick today?

[awol70]

medeco keymark KnK and a mortise version.

[Warden Smith]

this arrived today and it took me a while to figure out how tension it. once i did, it went pop in 60 seconds. since then i have spp'd it in less than 10 seconds. wont tell you how i tensioned it unless you PM for the info.

[Rickthepick]

never seen one of those.

[sfi72]

never seen one of those.

Looks like a Maxis copy, standard tension wrench can be used against the side of the first pin to tension plug.
Or something could be made to grab the back of the plug to tension it, they are very fun locks

[Warden Smith]

you got it sfi72. its from isreal i think

[femurat]

Thanks LocksmithArmy, I love American locks

One of these was giving me a hard time, so I sprayed it with some unlocking oil. Then I added 3 small rubber bands to keep the shackle in a neutral position. It's a lot easier to pick these padlocks without having to fight with their strong spring.

Cheers

[Warden Smith]

they look tough fem

[femurat]

they look tough fem

Yeah, these are the famous 5200. It's always a nice experience to pick them. Some of them have all serrated pins, both top and bottom, and it takes a lot of concentration to pick them. Others have just a few serrated and many standard pins, so it's a lot easier.
The thing I appreciate most is the drilled cylinder, so I'm able to repin them without removing the C clip and without a plug follower. It's enough to undo the retaining screw, pull out the lock and rotate the plug 180 degree. Then you can change the drivers in seconds.

Cheers

[chriswingate]

Medeco m3, American 5200, American 700 picked with a new homebrew pick made by Jruther2

[chriswingate]

ASSA Twin V-10

Not sure why i couldn't get this picture to work on my previous post.

[chriswingate]

7-Pin Trioving VingCard

[Solomon]

Today I picked a nice big pile of euros. No high sec stuff (unless you count the garrisons, I guess)... just trying to get my touch back after a dry period. There were a few more I couldn't get to open, but I think I did ok.

[FarmerFreak]

The middle one was picked yesterday, and I had pinned it up. So it wasn't blind. The other two were pinned up by a co-worker. I picked them blind today and each one took roughly an hour to pick. I'm quite happy with myself. In the past, picking an Assa twin blind was a multiple hour ordeal at best.

And when I say that I picked them blind, I mean without knowledge of the regular pins or the sidebar configuration. I have built up a collection of Assa sidebars. When he pinned them up he had seven sidebars to pick from, and each one can be placed in the lock in one of two ways. So the sidebar configuration was any one of fourteen possibilities.

[chriswingate]

Awesome work, pretty astounding. Took me hours and hours and days to get my ASSA V-10 to open.

[FarmerFreak]

Took me hours and hours and days to get my ASSA V-10 to open.

Reminds me of the first Assa Twin series cylinder I ever picked, except, add a month or two.