New found respect for Brinks

by **LockNewbie21** » 25 Mar 2006 2:37

Back to the topic, i finnaly just now defeated my Binks 6pin lock!!

And i absoluty have the fullest respect for it. This was by far the most challenging lock for my money, and the highest number of pins i picked..finally i can sleep tonight.

This is a deffinate practice lock i would recomend to anybody with a spare ten bucks, absolutly excellent challenge.

Andy

by **brugge** » 25 Mar 2006 16:27

Nice Congrads!

by **pinsetter** » 14 Apr 2006 20:56

I finally got my Brinks R70 picked tonight. That thing was FULL of security pins. While messing with it I learned to correctly identify spool and serrated pins as I'm quite sure my lock had 2 spools and 1 serrated pin, coupled with a high low keying. (I looked through all the brinks locks and picked the one I felt had the hardest keying to pick.)

I will say this about these locks:

It's all in the tension. The spring on the plug is actually not too tight at all. Where you get into trouble is putting too much pressure on the plug to the point of also engaging the bolt spring. This is the tight spring that you feel after very little plug movement. When you feel that you are picking up the bolt spring, stop applying pressure and hold it steady. You want to barely feel the bolt spring pressing against the wrench. Any more tension than that and you're creating problems for yourself. You'll feel the plug release when you get it picked correctly, then you can apply the force to open the bolt.

by **devnill** » 15 Apr 2006 2:00

Jason13 wrote:I wonder who will get the lock picked first. since im on hoilday with no picks you might pick it before i get back, but who knows

Let the race begin but i dont get to pick it till 4 weeks

I know the time has already elapsed, but in the future you could always try rapping

by **LockNewbie21** » 16 Apr 2006 1:49

Well beign able to pick my 6 pin brinks lock every time now, i descided to buy another, the trick? well them put a blue slip over the key so you cant see the cut, well i took a gamble and got another, the key combo was a little harder then my old one so i made a cut away, and wow, honestly for ten bucks its the best cut away for practicing more than 3 or 4 security pins i should post a pic but i have some minor filing to do and sanding the cleaning lubing then were ready. Anybody else got some good picking stories of the harder Brinks locks?

Andy

by **jimb** » 16 Apr 2006 14:31

zeke79 wrote: As far as taking it apart, you have to drill out the pin on the right side of the lock and the cylinder will fall out.

I've managed to get the cylinder out of this lock without doing any damage. Is it possible to remove the plug without damaging it?

I checked the cut-away photos at you site hoping to get a hint of how to remove the plug. But, there's not any with the plug out, which makes me wonder if it's possible to re-pin.

by **jimb** » 17 Apr 2006 11:11

I figured out how to get the plug out.

Sorry about the poor quality photo I'm still trying to figure our how to shoot close up photos with this digital camera, and yes I have read the FAQ on shooting photos.

In the back of the plug you will see a slot with a hole in it. There is a pin in the cylinder at the top that rides in this groove that holds the plug in and only allows it to turn 1/4 of a turn to the right. You can get to this pin by entering the back of the plug with a short hook pick. Just push it down with it unlocked and it will slide out.

I may have pushed too hard, as the pin has jammed in the down position.

Out of 6 pins this lock had 5 serrated spool pins and 5 serrated bottom pins.

by **pinsetter** » 17 Apr 2006 12:00

Brinks seem to love the security pins don't they?

My R70 had some that I'm sure about, but I don't think near that many, plus the R70 that I have is just 5 pin stacks, not 6.

I'm pretty sure my R70 did use a serrated lower and a spool upper in the same position though in the center stack.

Has anyone ever taken apart an R70 to see the pin configuration?

Now I'm gonna have to buy one of those 6 pin shrouded shackle ones.

I love challenges!

by **lockedin** » 17 Apr 2006 12:22

pinsetter wrote:My R70 had some that I'm sure about, but I don't think near that many, plus the R70 that I have is just 5 pin stacks, not 6.

I'm almost definite the R70 has 4 pins.

by **pinsetter** » 17 Apr 2006 12:48

Oops, I meant 4 pin stacks........I hit the wrong number key on the keyboard.

by **LockNewbie21** » 17 Apr 2006 23:12

I am thinking of disecting my R-70 becuase i can pick it in literly seconds everytime, i wil le toy know how it turns out, Hey if any body has a camera and the brinks 6 pin pins all taken out could you post a picture of the buggers, my cut away is okay but i cant see the pins in there whole, shows a very nice example of the pins in action plus false sets and negitive plug rotationt hough.

Andy

by **jimb** » 18 Apr 2006 0:16

LockNewbie21 wrote:Hey if any body has a camera and the brinks 6 pin pins all taken out could you post a picture of the buggers,

Andy

by **LockNewbie21** » 18 Apr 2006 1:29

Thanks jimb, Its a very impressive ureay of security pins, i have even more sence of accomplishment not that i see what i picked and had no idea. And to anyone else who has congrats, Thanks again jimb for the pics buddy.

Andy

by **illusion** » 18 Apr 2006 7:55

Those are some nifty security pins.

for $10 it's a pretty good investment.

by **pinsetter** » 18 Apr 2006 13:42

OK, that's evil!

I didn't realize the spool pins that Brinks use were also serrated, but I did realize they use serrated bottom pins.

That picture is worth a thousand words!

Thanks much for posting that pic!

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