What did you pick today?

[Robotnik]

And a little eyecandy to boot. Found this on a keybox bolted to a building, no attempt to pick as the lock is in use.

Mmm...yeah; good call on not attempting to pick that . Knox Boxes with those locks are used (around here, at least) exclusively to store Fire Dept. building master keys to commercial and large multifamily residential buildings. Taking an unauthorized crack at one of those is a great way to meet very upset law enforcement personnel.

Same thing here. Somewhere a good ways back I'd read something about ethics and not picking locks in use, yea you've probably heard it.

I most definitely have heard about it, along with not picking locks one doesn't own. No disrespect, and I'm not trying to dog you; that comment was tongue-in-cheek, not an admonition.

I agree, this is one of my favorite threads as well. FWIW, I don't think you're spamming it, but then again, look at how much I post here .

[MrAnybody]

Had an interesting afternoon with great keyway.

Burg Wachter Gamma 700. 6 spools in a nice paracentric keyway. Also some nice spooling on the key pins too makes things nice and confusing, until you get the hang of it. It's the Burg Wachter Diamant core. Well worth it.

[Robotnik]

Had an interesting afternoon with great keyway.

Burg Wachter Gamma 700. 6 spools in a nice paracentric keyway. Also some nice spooling on the key pins too makes things nice and confusing, until you get the hang of it. It's the Burg Wachter Diamant core. Well worth it.

Oh that looks fun. Definitely gonna have to get me one of those. Nice work.

[GWiens2001]

Had an interesting afternoon with great keyway.

Burg Wachter Gamma 700. 6 spools in a nice paracentric keyway. Also some nice spooling on the key pins too makes things nice and confusing, until you get the hang of it. It's the Burg Wachter Diamant core. Well worth it.

Nice one, Mr. A! Love that keyway.

Gordon

[Comrade627]

[/quote]Mmm...yeah; good call on not attempting to pick that . Knox Boxes with those locks are used (around here, at least) exclusively to store Fire Dept. building master keys to commercial and large multifamily residential buildings. Taking an unauthorized crack at one of those is a great way to meet very upset law enforcement personnel.[/quote]

Same thing here. Somewhere a good ways back I'd read something about ethics and not picking locks in use, yea you've probably heard it.

I most definitely have heard about it, along with not picking locks one doesn't own. No disrespect, and I'm not trying to dog you; that comment was tongue-in-cheek, not an admonition.

I agree, this is one of my favorite threads as well. FWIW, I don't think you're spamming it, but then again, look at how much I post here .[/quote]
All of the locks I pick aren't in use, I own, or I have permisson to take a crack at! I've got no room for gettting myself into trouble.
Edit: I break quotes on mobile.

[Robotnik]

Old school American dial combo padlock. Wait, this thread is "What Did You Pick Today?" Hold up...



That's better.

Have personally never seen one of these with a keyed bypass, so I was happy to pick this lock up. Cylinder resembles a much easier version of the American Series 10 wafer tumbler, and picks much the same way.

[GWiens2001]

Have not seen one with the wafer locks before. Can you tell how many wafers? Thanks for showing it, Robotnik!

Gordon

[Robotnik]

Have not seen one with the wafer locks before. Can you tell how many wafers? Thanks for showing it, Robotnik!

Gordon

It's gummed up pretty hard, but near as I can tell, it's a double sided four wafer lock. After some research, I'd found the A400K with a pin tumbler bypass, but the wafer tumbler is apparently a much older variant.

[teamstarlet]

Nailed these two today...

ABUS 72/40


Master 401 Series Safety Lockout. This was quite the challenge. We tackled it yesterday at the TOOOL Boston meetup but could get it. Today however...


The Master was particularly good I found as it took me back to the basics of tackling spools, not lifting when there's no counter-rotation etc.

If you haven't tried one, I highly recommend it. You'll have hours of fun

[teamstarlet]

An Jia Bao 4-disc padlock. Wanted to nail my first disc detainer, but don't have a disc detainer pick. So I made one out of a modified wall anchor and a hardened steel wire. Going to have to fashion something a little more advanced to take down anything better quality, though.

That's awesome! Excellent job

[Robotnik]

Assa 6-pin. This lock and I are NOT friends right now. I've picked an un-mastered V10 that was easier than this; these specific Assa security pins are my nemesis. Think I may have to put this and my un-picked Twin 6000 on the shelf for a good long while; these locks infuriate me.

[Robotnik]

[Robotnik]

Nailed these two today...

ABUS 72/40

Master 401 Series Safety Lockout. This was quite the challenge. We tackled it yesterday at the TOOOL Boston meetup but could get it. Today however...

The Master was particularly good I found as it took me back to the basics of tackling spools, not lifting when there's no counter-rotation etc.

If you haven't tried one, I highly recommend it. You'll have hours of fun

I've been meaning to pick up a couple of those Master LOTO padlocks to see what the deal is; how do they compare to an American 5200 as far as security pins? Serrated, spool and hybrid, or just spool?

[Comrade627]

Nothing fancy but sort of different from the daily.



And this, a good one pickers trying to master spools (5 by the feel of it) would like.

[teamstarlet]

Nailed these two today...

ABUS 72/40

Master 401 Series Safety Lockout. This was quite the challenge. We tackled it yesterday at the TOOOL Boston meetup but could get it. Today however...

The Master was particularly good I found as it took me back to the basics of tackling spools, not lifting when there's no counter-rotation etc.

If you haven't tried one, I highly recommend it. You'll have hours of fun

I've been meaning to pick up a couple of those Master LOTO padlocks to see what the deal is; how do they compare to an American 5200 as far as security pins? Serrated, spool and hybrid, or just spool?

I haven't stripped it down, but it felt like 5 spool + 1 standard pin. From looking at BosnianBill's video, he found the same.