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Wafer Lock

Having read the FAQ's you are still unfulfilled and seek more enlightenment, so post your general lock picking questions here.
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Wafer Lock

Postby rover » 21 Feb 2004 3:55

Ok, So I was practicing on this safe the other day.

http://www.lockpicking101.com/viewtopic.php?t=1568&highlight=wafer+lock

Good News... I opened it
Bad News... It won't re-lock with the key (the key will not turn it back)

It is a double sided wafer lock. Do you think that I destroyed it while picking or something? I know wafer locks can be damaged easily. I was using a double ball pick. Can anyone recomend A) what they think happened and B) What I can do to prevent this in future picking?
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Postby Chucklz » 21 Feb 2004 10:48

Can you easily insert the key? Did you remember to turn it to one of the two positions from which you can remove a key when you picked it? Are you sure the key is completely inserted into the lock?

I have never seen a Sentry safe with a double sided wafer lock, I must admit. What brand of lock does it appear to be? Chigaco makes a great many double sided wafer locks.

I would recommend trying a squirt of a lubricant, and trying the key again. If anything, you probably bent a wafer, which is now trapped in a position that blocks rotation.
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Kryptonite Padlock

Postby rover » 25 Feb 2004 1:36

Thanks for the help on that one. I think that I must have bent a wafer. I will try to take it apart in the next week and will let you know the results.
I am also working on a kryptonite lock with six pins. I think they are serrated. I am using a brockhage pick set in conjunction with a majestic high tech set. Any recommendations on technique?? Other tools??
Also, if anyone has this pick set (brockhage): do you know what the two little z shaped tools do?

P.S. the lock has a ball bearing mechanism

--Rover

http://www.kryptonitelock.com/inetisscripts/abtinetis.exe/PublicArticleDetails@public?artid=3061&atf=products_item&pgrp=20
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Re: Kryptonite Padlock

Postby CitySpider » 25 Feb 2004 2:25

rover wrote:Also, if anyone has this pick set (brockhage): do you know what the two little z shaped tools do?


They're tension wrenches, intended to be put on a keyring.
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kryptonite lock

Postby rover » 29 Feb 2004 3:03

Hey, thanks for the info on the tension wrenches. For all of those who are looking at the lock that I have been working on for the last month... you can forget picking it. I took mine apart tonight and it has lower serrated pins with upper spool pins (all six). I tried my high tech set and it didn't work (for at least 10 minutes on each Majestic pick). So, I guess I can throw this one into the drawer until I buy a jack hammer. Catch you all on the flip side and good luck picking the new age of locks.
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Re: kryptonite lock

Postby CitySpider » 29 Feb 2004 10:22

rover wrote:For all of those who are looking at the lock that I have been working on for the last month... you can forget picking it.


Sounds like a challenge. Got a model number, link, physical description? Where'd you get it?
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