Question about car door locks and practicing

[nextlevel]

is there a good way to practice on these types of car door locks as in a mounting board or something along those lines????? I have a test board i am constructing right now for home/pad locks but what about car door locks. I know I will need practice on those and not sure what the best method of installing them in a "test board" type situation would be......

[fixer]

There are plates available at locksmith supply stores for bench mounting automotive locks.

[n2oah]

At least you weren't like that kid who wanted to pratice on his neighbors lexus with a pickgun!
Go to the scrapyard and try to find some locks there. Some of the locks will have mounting hardware that fits right on the board with little or no modification. Also, as fixer said, go to a lockie or auto supply store and ask there.

[SFGOON]

Automotive locks are fairly unique, and have special security features such as sidebars, etc that make bypassing them much more difficult. Start out with basic pin and wafer tumbler then move on to the more advanced (and delicate) devices...

[AUTOLOX]

if you go to the scrap yard and take the locks off the cars your self you will get a good idea how these are mounted.
i find clamping them in a g clamp and clamping the g clamp in a vice the best way to practice

[Eyes_Only]

go for a early 90's Toyota or Nissan car locks, They're some of the easiest to work with in the beginning. The newer models for Toyotas have something called a split wafer lock or something that i hear can be easily damaged by picking so avoid those.

[helix]

I'm not sure about 1990 upwards, but I don't see how a car lock
could fit easily to a practiceboard without modifying. (not mine, anyway).

Of all the locks I've seen, (1990 down) they have those clips on the
back that are spring loaded.

If it were me, I'd have a biscuit tin or something with all car locks
mounted in it for practicing, using the clip that holds it tight in the door.

If a bikkie tin is too thin, use a 3kg pineapple tin.

[fixer]

I'm not sure about 1990 upwards, but I don't see how a car lock
could fit easily to a practiceboard without modifying. (not mine, anyway).

The commercial 'boards' are not boards but a steel plate with four or five cutouts that match the most common automotive lock patterns. You remove the lock from the door and use the original hardware to mount the lock onto the plate.

[helix]

AAAAAHHHHHHHH.....

[carloski]

you could always just remove the cam from the back of the lock and then hold the lock in a vice, only a few car door locks come apart this way so you would be ok doing it

[Mad Mick]

If you wanted to be less picky about the auto locks, look for the ones on damaged doors and chisel out the surrounding panelwork. This will give you the correct mount for clamping in a vise, without the added cost of buying the whole undamaged door.

Or, you could buy a hole-cutter, some sheet metal, a door lock reforming tool, a couple o' files and make up your own 'board' (termed loosely, since it wouldn't be a 'board'....saves Chrispy correcting, or rolling his eyes. )

[Chrispy]

If you wanted to be less picky about the auto locks, look for the ones on damaged doors and chisel out the surrounding panelwork. This will give you the correct mount for clamping in a vise, without the added cost of buying the whole undamaged door.

Or, you could buy a hole-cutter, some sheet metal, a door lock reforming tool, a couple o' files and make up your own 'board' (termed loosely, since it wouldn't be a 'board'....saves Chrispy correcting, or rolling his eyes. )

*Scans post.....* Everything seems to be in order. *Strolls away*