Padlock cutaway: how not to make. i think i need some advise

[Chrispy]

83/45 skold?

[skold]

Yes..I have too many so i think some selling will happen..maybe some cutaway selling if i can be stuffed

[Chrispy]

I noticed the embossing. Is that done from the supplier or by the individual locksmith? We sell 83/45, 83/55, etc. with the company logo and details embossed on the back as well.

[skold]

Via locksmith

[جا&am]

Chrispy,
when i did my padlock, yours was my model. How did you make it without damaging the pins?? i see there's no holes.

[n2oah]

I'm working on a Mul-t-Lock interactive cutaway at the moment. Watch the Buy-Sell-Trade forum

[Chrispy]

Chrispy,
when i did my padlock, yours was my model. How did you make it without damaging the pins?? i see there's no holes.

First I cut into the side of the padlock about 1mm off where the chambers start. When I had removed the entire front half up to the chambers, I slowly and carefully ground down the remaining metal until I started to see the springs/chambers/pins. Then taking a small engraving attachment, I cleaned up the edges of the chambers and around the edge of the front.

Although I had to replace a spring

[skold]

The smart thing to do would have been to drill the retainers first.. ..

[Chrispy]

Had nothing to plug them with skold...

[skold]

Buy some brazing rod from your local welding supplies.

[Chrispy]

Pffft, I'll just get some from work.

[skold]

Pfft..

Thats cheating.

[Chrispy]

Pffft, that's a perk.

[skold]

Ok... I got off my arse today

I found my Protec cutaway

I made a picking video

And heres the pictures






Now to wait for this video to upload to filefront...waiting..waiting..going insane..waiting.

[Mad Mick]

Ok... I got off my arse today...

Good effort!



Nice cutaway skold.