American Padlocks

[Chrispy]

Chucklz may be refering to a technique that I have heard of which is drilling away the lip that protects the shearline from shimming.

Do you mean the flange?

[raimundo]

yeah, the flange, that little lip that hangs over yer puddin, flan or whatever

[cruse]

but back to the topic of picking american padlocks... I agree with raimundo that they are pickable. I know because I remember picking an American 2010 which is supposedly high security. so just keep practicing and trying different amounts of tension - that was the hard part for me

[quickpicks]

I created just the right tensioner for the cyliner and now I can pick most 5 pin americans in about 5 to 10 minutes. I have bought a few new locks and there are only lower quality serrated pins in them has master gone super cheap with theese locks?

[raimundo]

If you add oil, that time will come down.

[Andyv]

I've been trying different tensions - different tension wrenches, all types of picks. I guess I've just got to be patient and persitant.

[SFGOON]

Yeah, padlock shims. Americans don't have locking dogs like most padlocks. You can shim any pin tumbler lock provided the flange doesn't get in the way.

duh!

[specialist]

Or you could drill it, then just use a blank to help shim the core. I still haven't been able to pick these things yet.