CHRIS B pick

[Chris B]

[xlr8ed1]

the isp i use has been having trouble with delivering mail as of late - combined with a computer that has craped out has meant i have 'borrow' others computers when i have had a chance. but i have just looked at your email now. But otherwise have been trying to use the pick - rather than having two goes at using it and complaining it does not go - have been trying it when ever i had a spare time. i have been cutting keys since fixing locks since i was 12 so i know picking any lock takes time and practice. Having a engineering background i can say your pick looks very high quality in materials and design and am happy with the product.
it is just that in a chubb 3g114 for example the bolt is not pulled back evenly rather then bottom of the bolt is pulled up wards so the the gate of the levers do not engage at the top of the v stump rather at the bottom of stump. hence the bolt wont retract. But will work on with the tips from your email and report back with progress

[xlr8ed1]

having re-read what i posted earlier - i think i might expalin a little more on my thoughts. Any thing to do with locks to me has be commerically minded becasuse at the end of the day customers have to pay for my time. thus standing at a door 'picking' for 30mins and not getting anywhere is not good because they wont want to pay. decoding and/or taking a reading of levers will get you in regardless - although taking longer than picking/drilling a lock - it gets you in no guess work.

[chrisjc33]

xlr8ed1
what's the most common lock over there? mortice/rim cylinder or euro/oval cylinder?

[xlr8ed1]

a rim cly woud be the most popular followed by 3g114

have used this tool a few times on various curtained locks - but the chubb 3g114 is still to tricky for me. If this lock has a low lever say a number 7 or 8 i seem unable to to get the wire under the lever - does anyone know a way to get under it with out taking tension off?

[Shrub]

Have a look for my curtain picking thread, there are tips and pics on there to do that

[xlr8ed1]

That is a interesting era lock - no one here imports them anymore so we deal with from what i can tell from your photos old era models - dark brown were 'viscount' - grey/gold were 'insurance' and red case bs rated were 'invincible' -
all the levers were brass with the red case levers being different to the other two. Those keys in your photo only worked on the red case model - the others had 7g silver keys with a square head for insurance and hexagon for viscount.
But what interests me the most is how that era lock had a brass post - the models i know all had a steel 'post' that ran the length of bolt. The idea was to prevent the bolt being bent back by a force attack. Chubb posts can snap off easily if the burglar can get on to them. Almost feel a bit left behind really but owell

i would be interested in seeing the video but cant seem to download it - is there another way of getting it?

BTW. Thanks chris for email it was great reading!!

[Shrub]

I will post a link on that thread for the video in a min