Homemade cutaway

by **digital_blue** » 27 Feb 2005 23:30

I don't want you folks to think all I do is surf this site.

So here's a pic of a cutaway I made out of a cheap deadbolt cylinder I had kicking around. I used my dremel with a cutting disk (read several cutting disks). Sorry, once again, for the low quality image. My Palm can only do so much.

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by **digital_blue** » 27 Feb 2005 23:39

I should clarify that there are actually 5 pins in this lock. I left out the cutaway on the first pin because it was pretty difficult to get at it with the dremel.

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by **vector40** » 27 Feb 2005 23:43

You fool. The first pin is the mastermind of the entire conspiracy. Now you'll never know the truth.

by **pick_maker** » 28 Feb 2005 22:42

Yeah! Good work. I bet you wouldn't sell it for less than $35.
The reinforced cutting disk is best #426
4 pins?!
what brand is it?

More detailed photo- more praise from us.

by **Buggs41** » 28 Feb 2005 22:47

My Dremel cutting disks keep flying apart on me. Caught one on the beak last week. I'll have to look into that #426 wheel.

by **digital_blue** » 28 Feb 2005 22:48

I wish I could give you guys a more detailed photo. Lacking a decent digital camera I am stuck with the results I get from my Palm.

To be honest with you, I don't think it's worth $35. It was a cheap deadbolt to start with, not very hard to pick. Since it was my first attempt at a cutaway, I didn't want to try on something I valued.

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by **digital_blue** » 28 Feb 2005 22:53

Is the #426 the fiberglass wheel? If it is, I have those, but I didn't use it at first beacuse I thought it would be too thick. Then, when I got done making the cuts and trashing 7 or 8 disks, I discovered that I wanted the cuts to be thicker.

So, in the end I switched to the better disk. It does work like a charm.

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by **vector40** » 28 Feb 2005 23:02

Yeah, half of my cutoff disks are now scattered in various pieces throughout my basement. There's a reason they give a ton of them.

by **HeadHunterCEO** » 28 Feb 2005 23:16

you are letting them bind up

by **digital_blue** » 1 Mar 2005 0:09

It's one of those things. It's tricky not to let them bind. If you do not hold your dremel and make the cut perfectly straight, the buggar binds on you, and then, well you know... duck!

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by **vector40** » 1 Mar 2005 2:06

It's definitely one of those things where wearing safety goggles isn't a "precaution," it's the same idea as putting gas in your airplane -- if you don't, You Will Get Die.

by **omelet** » 1 Mar 2005 5:05

You could either wear safety glasses or just close your eyes while using the dremel...just as effective. Either way, you don't need to be able to see to pick locks anyways, so it doesn't matter IMO.

by **vector40** » 1 Mar 2005 5:34

Yeah, nice attitude, Daredevil.

by **digital_blue** » 1 Mar 2005 10:12

omelet, that's just STUPID!

... I close one eye. That way I can still see and have a 50% less chance of getting hit in the eye.

by **Chucklz** » 1 Mar 2005 14:48

Closing your eyes just plain isnt good enough. If a chip of metal/cutting disk/anything is flying fast and hard enough to insert itself into your sclera- the white part of your eye- it certainly wil have no problem going through your lid, which isn't as tough or as fibrous a tissue as your sclera.

Get a comfortable pair of safety glasses. I suggest something from uvex, www.uvex.com

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