New here, and relatively new to lockpicking.
Recently got an old box which used to belong to my grandmother. According to my mother it hasn't been opened since the eighties, and I don't have a key. I don't expect it to contain anything valuable or important, but it would be fun to open it "not-destructively".
What I have found out so far:
The centre part is just a slotted cylinder and it rotates freely 360 degrees. There is a plate about 10 mm behind the front and nothing within key's reach in this space.
Behind the second plate I think I can feel four levers. They are all spring loaded and have longer travel on the left side (CW rotation) than on the right side.
Behind the levers something blocks the pick between 10 and 2 o'clock. Feels fixed with no flex or "springyness". I initially tried this for tensioning.
If I guide the pick outside the range a normal key would reach where the first lever is I can move something larger which is very "springy" and obviously is closely connected to the lid. The lid moves slightly when this manipulated. Again, don't think a key would reach this, but may be wrong.
I've tried tensioning the fixed thing behind the four levers, but all of the levers feel the same regardless of tensioning force. Then I thought maybe the first lever should be tensioned and made a bent tensioner giving better access to the pick. Had problems with the tensioner slipping when using the pick wire so I came up with a more stable contraption. Still same result, if I tension the first lever, the others feel the same regardless of tensioning force.
Not sure how to proceed since all the levers just return by the springs when the force from the pick is removed. Guess I need to apply tension somewhere I've not though of. Any ideas?
Eivind
