I have, over the past month or so, amassed a small collection of padlocks. Some were bought, a couple were donated, and a couple I actually found in the scrap metal bin at work. I've been able to pick most of them pretty reliably, and I'm getting quicker at picking the ones that have been giving me trouble, but I fear I may have ruined one of my locks.
The lock in question is a Master No. 40 discus lock. I had a really hard time with this one at first, it requires pretty heavy tension to actually turn the shackle. Turns out I had it picked many times, but never put enough pressure on my tension wrench to actually rotate it.
So when I made this discovery and the lock finally popped for me, I was ecstatic. I immediately began picking it over and over, amazed at how simple it really was, but... then it stopped turning.
When I put the key in the lock, sometimes it works, and sometimes it won't. When it does jam up, you have to jiggle the key around a bit before it'll turn. Since it started doing this, I havn't been able to pick it open once.
So my question(s) is(are), have I done irreparable damage to my lock? Is there something specific I may have done that perhaps I could avoid doing in the future? Is there anything I can do to fix the lock?
Thanks for reading
