Master Lock No. 5 trick

[riskable]

Thats because your lock has incredibly stupid pinning. Next time research before making a topic.

I started the topic as a joke... To make fun of the "security" in Master Lock No. 5s.

...but next time, I'll "do more research".

For reference, before posting this topic I searched the forums for any references I could find to:

"Master Lock No. 5"
"No. 5"
"No.5"
"Number five"
"Master Lock" (clicked through many threads)

...and I tried the "trick" on two locks that were keyed differently.

All of it is moot anyway. You can rip open a beer can, stick in the lock, twist it around and it will open.

[l0cked0ut]

"Number 5 is alive!"

What? You never saw Short Circuit?

[devildog]

I'm wondering if it's possible that what you did is along the lines of the american 700 bypass with the peterson tool, as peterson says that the tool will work on a lot of other padlocks besides the 700, esp. cheaper ones (hmm...Masterlock?). If this is the case then pinning has nothing to do with it as you are bypassing the pins altogether...

[riskable]

I'm wondering if it's possible that what you did is along the lines of the american 700 bypass with the peterson tool, as peterson says that the tool will work on a lot of other padlocks besides the 700, esp. cheaper ones (hmm...Masterlock?). If this is the case then pinning has nothing to do with it as you are bypassing the pins altogether...

This is an interesting theory. I found the Peterson site selling the tool in question, but do you have a link that describes it in detail?

[skold]

What the tool does is bypass the pins and trips either the locking dogs or the locking cam.

[devildog]

Right, and I'm wondering if maybe he's got something thin enough that he's sticking far enough up there and just happens to be wiggling it about the right way...

If the Peterson website doesn't have anything on it in detail, I'd say security.org MIGHT have something on it...

[Chrispy]

"Number 5 is alive!"

What? You never saw Short Circuit?

I used to love those movies!!