What did you pick today?

[safecracker33]

I see safecracker33 is picking a lot, so I try to keep up with him with these two padlocks

I just got the small one, it reminded me of the other. So I pulled him out of his hook and picked it a couple times. I've got the big one for a while now, but it's still a nice pick.

Cheers

I consider myself good with safe locks and so lever lock padlocks I don't normally find to be a problem, but some of the cylinder and high security stuff some of you guys are picking I find amazing. I will keep at it though and hopefully get better at the stuff I am not so good at, I think I find the dimple stuff easier than the conventional pin tumbler stuff because it reminds me more of lever lock picking and when I look at the rotor tools that vetal makes they are like safe two in one or clicker picks in their operation.

[Robotnik]

After several years, finally shook the monkey off my back - I can pick tubular locks!

[GWiens2001]

Congrats, Robotnik! Now work on making tubular keys.

Gordon

[UnlockingBoredom]

SPP picked a BEST to control (still have not picked it to open) picked 2 tubular American locks then made keys for them.

Hey Robotnik, Im just down in Salem if you ever need some tubular keys made...

[AceOfShades]

Master #3, Master #5, Master 6121, American series 700, one of those plastic master lockout locks, a Kryptonite padlock with no model (basically a master #5), and the cylinder out of a Schlage doorknob. Spent several hours trying to pick an Abus Titalium but still haven't gotten that picked yet.

[femurat]

An old SQUIRE sliding door lock. I need to secure an aluminum sliding window so I got 3 of these and I'm going to install them. I couldn't help picking one.

Cheers

[adi_picker]

Lane (AU) 245 alike



Cool Astra restricted key. This is a Corbin restricted profile, that Astra licenced to use in the 80's down here, before being acquired by Lane. This is the same key / profile I was trying to identify in this thread. Brutally tiring lock on the fingers, super super hard springs, including the plug spring. Sprang shut 3 times while I was trying to snap this pic, so this ones well earned! Tight profile, only enough room for the tiny hook.. If thats what its called?

[handcuffsdude]

Got an Australian Made Lockwood 234/45. 6 pins with mastered pins and a KIK style core.

The tricky thing wasn't picking in the end, it was the amount of tension needed to open the lock once I had picked it, was rusted through pretty bad (picked it up in the sand on the beach!) and I thought i was just getting false sets! Ooops.

[safecracker33]

had a call out to a burglary at 2am, got part of the basta lock to play with and picked and gutted it today, also a little squire padlock. Seem to be struggling to upload pictures on imgur at the moment, will try later.

[adi_picker]

American 700 5 Pin



Pretty happy with this one. Seeing as everyone here seems to go on about it a bit, I bought a few cheap. Ripper lock, such metal. Not a bad pick, reminds me of the Lockwood 334C45 or similar for skill.

-adi_picker

[adi_picker]

ABUS 83CS/50



This one has been troubling me for a while. Nothing special, no spools or security, just a standard 6 pin ABUS factory core. For whatever reason, it always felt like I was not getting any feedback, but tonight when I sat down, it seemed like the most natural lock to pick in the world, and I had it open in minutes. It is a very tight core, excellent tolerances, so perhaps I was just using more tension today? Either way, its open.

-adi_picker

[GWiens2001]

Nicely done, adi-picker. Feels great when one that has been defying you opens.

Gordon

[C locked]

American 700 5 Pin



Pretty happy with this one. Seeing as everyone here seems to go on about it a bit, I bought a few cheap. Ripper lock, such metal. Not a bad pick, reminds me of the Lockwood 334C45 or similar for skill.

-adi_picker

Had to pick one of those today(American 700)
And i agree, they are like the new lockwood 334 series with its spools
However the American has a tighter keyway
Speaking of which
Adi are those picks in your picture standard or did you have to thin them down

[adi_picker]

No, just the standards clocked. The ones in the picture are the ones from the pick. I do have some of the .015? Blue Handle Peterson thins here though, I use them on Masters a lot it seems, some real strange keyways.

Thanks for the props Gordon, it is a great feeling Until you find the next one!

[adi_picker]

Lockwood V7 Padlock - MLV Profile Core



Picked! Finally!



Didnt know that Lockwood ever made V7 padlocks until I came across a few. I have a couple more, unbrutalised, unlike this one if anyone wants to trade for something. PM me.



This poor poor thing.. Ive been picking on this poor lock since I started 6 months ago, and recently for at least 2 hours a night for the last few. Really shows on the keyway, you can see the first pin so clearly because I managed to break the little bit of brass that seperates the V trying all types of tension. This is the MLV profile core, which was a doubly restricted core given that the whole range was restricted, and then this one was restricted to just MLAA members here in OZ. Suprisingly, I come across this profile much much more often than the others, most of which I have only ever seen in digital form. The 'SLS' marking is the locksmiths stamp, they used to stamp all the cores in locks they installed in this fashion, kind of a cool trait if you ask me.

I searched high and low on the net for picking tips on this lock, and found nada, so for the record heres mine. HEAVY TENSION. This can also be seen in a few of the youtube videos of this being picked. It has amazingly good tolerances, and no pin will stay set unless you muscle it. Leave as much space between the pick and the pins as you can as well. This is probably a given for most locks, but due to the tight keyway, I had mostly been trying to lever off the second ward just below the pins with a thick pick. The reason it took so long to open is because I was just slightly oversetting a pin by touching it with the picks shank. I ended up using a .015 and levering from the third ward down, which is obscured by the tension tool I inserted to keep it open, top tension was used. The pick was a little stuck, but I didnt overset anything. Lesson learned for me, as once I stopped oversetting, it was really rather straightfoward, each pin bound up just as expected.

Hope you dig this lock as much as me,

adi_picker