HELP ME, PLESE I CAN OPEN THIS TUBULAR LOCK

[supermario]

I have purchased the tool southord 7 pin tubular, i can open with this tool ?



or exist any other method ? ....please help me, thank you very much.

[JackNco]

that looks like its mounted and so in use. we advise against picking locks that are in use, stick to plumbing mario.


John

[Eyes_Only]

Are my eyes playing tricks on me or does that look like a 7 pin offset? If it is then thats probably the reason why you can't open it with your 7 pin tubular lockpick from SO.

[nzleagle]

we have a tubular pick at work that will pick any tubular lock, even if one of the pins is ofset, I think it cost work about $150nz to purchase, but it comes in handy and the strangest of times.

[Gordon Airporte]

To establish that you own the lock please post a picture of yourself holding the lock, unmounted, and giving a thumbs-up. You don't have to show your face but we do need to be able to see the lock clearly.

[UEDan]

Are my eyes playing tricks on me or does that look like a 7 pin offset? If it is then thats probably the reason why you can't open it with your 7 pin tubular lockpick from SO.

Hey, I'm sorta new to the art. But what does being offset mean? I couldnt find it in the glossary

Sorry for the hijack.

[raimundo]

I looked and tried to figure out if its an offset, can't be sure, I tried to visualize a line from the notch straight through the center point to the fourth pin, and its not off enough to really be sure its and offset.

These seven pin tubulars come in a type that divides the circle into 8 equal sections, the common one has a notch at the center of one of the sections. then there is the offset left and the offset right, they sell picks for these, but you don't need one, just get the 8 pin model and that will do the offsets either way.

the off set can be recognized by the way there will be one pin closer to the notch than the one on the opposite side of the notch. its still on the 8 equal divisions pattern for the seven pins, but the notch will be closer to one or the other side.

[Nasydave]

Hey, I'm sorta new to the art. But what does being offset mean? I couldnt find it in the glossary

Sorry for the hijack.

A 7 pin offset is (more or less) an 8 pin with a pin missing.

On a 7, the notch lines up 180 degrees from a pin, and the notch will be equidistant between the 1 and 7 pins. On an 8 (or offset), the pins are moved a little...so the notch is about 1/32 an inch from the pin on one side.

But, easiest way to tell is the 180 degree check.