Made a padlock cutaway today...

[jzz20]

This is the first cutaway padlock we have made, turned out pretty well for a prototype.
The lock is a Lockwood 334B45, available at any hardware store/locksmith in Australia!

Hopefully we can eventually sell a few once we have worked out the best way to cut, hopefully we will do some high security locks as well







Looks a whole lot better in real life, camera really sucks!

[femurat]

Well done!

Don't worry: it looks good even from the picture. Check if your camera has a "macro" setting, usually a flower icon. It's useful if you want a good picture of small objects like locks.

Cheers

[SnowyBoy]

Very nice... the inner core looks lovely!

I must say I've only really done ABUS pads myself.... but they are fun & well made which helps with the finish. I remember doing a bronze Yale padlock which had an inner core... was quite time consuming :/



Here's a little video of me on my mini mill :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9RmEA-Iy5Y

[jzz20]

Ahhh thanks femurat!

[jzz20]

Very nice... the inner core looks lovely!

I must say I've only really done ABUS pads myself.... but they are fun & well made which helps with the finish. I remember doing a bronze Yale padlock which had an inner core... was quite time consuming :/

Here's a little video of me on my mini mill :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9RmEA-Iy5Y

Wow, thats neat! I wish i had a mini mill, this thing cant be moved around too well



I wish we had some smaller ends so that we could do the traditional slot for the pin stack view, but we came up with a neat way of doing it in the end i guess

[SnowyBoy]

Very nice... the inner core looks lovely!

I must say I've only really done ABUS pads myself.... but they are fun & well made which helps with the finish. I remember doing a bronze Yale padlock which had an inner core... was quite time consuming :/

Here's a little video of me on my mini mill :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9RmEA-Iy5Y

Wow, thats neat! I wish i had a mini mill, this thing cant be moved around too well



I wish we had some smaller ends so that we could do the traditional slot for the pin stack view, but we came up with a neat way of doing it in the end i guess

I started out on a machine 4 times bigger than yours!! All i had was a 6mm and a 3mm cutter. Was good to learn though.

Add me on MSN Lightside55 AT hotmail DOT com I'll put some ideas and pictures your way to help you along....

[Rickthepick]

I love these theyre just pure art

[Phatphish]

Sorry to hijack thread.

Snowyboy what make of mini mill are you using? Has it been reliable?

[SnowyBoy]

Sorry to hijack thread.

Snowyboy what make of mini mill are you using? Has it been reliable?

Its an Axminster Sieg X2 - a generic chinese thing. It's been faultless.... its more than accurate enough for the cuts I do and the tables are pretty solid. There is a knack to using it, but that comes with time... its mostly making a habit of locking the axis you're not working on to stop the bit biting and draging. But yeah, pretty good all round, must have done about 500 locks on it.

[Phatphish]

Thanks for the info snowy. I'll take a look at that one and a few others before I commit.
I am quite familiar with mill machining, as I used to set and operate a bridgeport at work for many years ,but I dont have the room for a full size machine in my current home workshop.

[/return hijacked thread to OP, thankyou]

[MacGnG1]

HAWT!

[nostromo]

Very nice work, VERY nicely done!

[jzz20]

Thanks

Looks better in natural light, thats for sure!

[jzz20]

Some more cutaways, just some Abus padlock cylinders this time







They need to be cleaned and deburred a little yet!

[nostromo]

I hope you will be ready to ship a few soon. I teach Keyless Entry and the number one request from the students on the critiques is to have a prop lock that helps them understand 'shear line' better. The current price on a simple cutaway is a bit dear for me to buy a dozen.