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My First Cut Away!

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My First Cut Away!

Postby eSTRICTLYFOREIGN » 25 Jul 2008 11:30

So I made my first cut away lock. I decided to buy a very cheap lock so that I could learn properly. I took a rotary tool with a cut off disk to it. I disassembled it first! Then, I slowly cut away the sides of the wall,
then... out of nowhere, to cut off disk gets jammed, shattering it instantly. So then I had to find another disk that was very thin, and wad the last one "hard to see". Then I needed to put the top back on but it was only solder filling in the holes. So I took out the tumblers and filled to top with hot glue than removed it to make a insert thingy.

As I said before, it is a cheap lock (look at the tumble pattern on the key :wink: ) But I had fun doing it.

Here is a picture, as you can tell my camera didn't want to focus on the lock, no matter how hard I tried)

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Postby mh » 25 Jul 2008 11:54

good start!

some cameras have a setting for objects close-by, e.g. a button with a flower icon.

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Postby lunchb0x » 25 Jul 2008 11:57

looks good for a first attempt, though cant really tell from the picture, does your camera have a macro setting?
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Postby eSTRICTLYFOREIGN » 31 Jul 2008 22:00

My camera does have a close-up setting (which it was set to), it would focus on it but then "unfocus" before I could take a picture... :(

But I shall reattempt again!
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Postby wolfie » 31 Jul 2008 22:02

you may have been too close, most macro's are good up to about 3-5 inches for really close up shots, come camera's can get closer, my lil samsung can go up to about 2inches depending on what im shooting
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