A few more cutaway locks to show! (pics)

[SnowyBoy]

Hey all, I've been busy with my new machine

Here is a little selection of locks I cutaway when i had a spare couple of hours. All 1 time cuts, no testers, and all by eye.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/6607/cimg5849.jpg


I'm building my courage up with what I call 'dispoasable' locks so I can finally sit down and cut my ASSA 6000 Twin away.

Comments welcome

[laf]

done like a pro! keep up the good work.

[Varminter]

Nicely done mate!
Tried to get some graduates at my school to make a cutaway, and of course they did it just right but one of the teachers told them to take of 1 mm more. That made all the difference, now all the pins just fall out...
Luckily it was just a cheap lock that I had three identical of.

Just have to say it again, excellent work

[cryptocat]

Very nice! I don't think i could do quite that well with my dremel. I'm jealous...

[SnowyBoy]

Thanks guys

We all have to start somewhere..... here's where I started, before I even thought about getting a machine! This lock was done when I first joined here, with nothing more than a hacksaw and a file. It worked though

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1728/cimg5850.jpg

I'm going to get a lot more dangerous with my cuts when I get a little more knowledge about the locks I like working with. I hhad a sort of vision of a euro cylinder totally covered with 1mm holes, all in perfect grid lines to make it see through but still functional.... but I'll do that next week I think.

[SnowyBoy]

This is the machine.... only a hobbyist level, was actually worried about it cuttin the abloys, but its perect and very accurate

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9488/cimg5806.jpg

[unlisted]

This is the machine.... only a hobbyist level, was actually worried about it cuttin the abloys, but its perect and very accurate

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9488/cimg5806.jpg

I want one!

[MacGnG1]

WOW. those look reallly nice! thanks for sharing

[SnowyBoy]

This is the machine.... only a hobbyist level, was actually worried about it cuttin the abloys, but its perect and very accurate

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9488/cimg5806.jpg

I want one!

£415 for the machine plus £50 for the vice, then the cutters: 6mm £7, 3mm £4, 1.5mm £3.

I can do about 50 locks with one 6mm cutter if I am careful, they stay sharp for ages providing they are good quality to start with.

[patrick_lpk]

I'm jealous..

But even with the same machine, I'm not sure I'd be able to make so nice cutaway...

[SnowyBoy]

I'm jealous..

But even with the same machine, I'm not sure I'd be able to make so nice cutaway...

It's actually not that hard. I done that MTL cutaway in under 45 minutes. Was one of the simplest cuts I've done! It took a good few hours of visually checking the lock to see how the parts would behave, but the actual cut it self is very simple

[jamesphilhulk2]

axminster?

[Bas2888]

First of all, they are beautiful! They look like you bought them straight from a specialized website or something

Are you willing to sell them at some point? I would really like to have one, but they are incredibly expensive when you buy them on a locksmithsite...

[SnowyBoy]

First of all, they are beautiful! They look like you bought them straight from a specialized website or something

Are you willing to sell them at some point? I would really like to have one, but they are incredibly expensive when you buy them on a locksmithsite...

Those three are for sale on an auction site (3 guesses which one!) I'm not allowed to link to from here, sorry.

I start them at fair prices, some of my Abus full cut padlocks went for £12

[Baloopaloop]

Is your machine a vertical milling machine? That is what I've heard people use. I'm not increadibly sure I know what that is but I'm pretty sure it's just a drill press with a grinding bit