My First Padlock Cut-Away

[illusion]

What kind of lock is it? I've never seen one before. The cut-away looks excellent by the way!

The lock is a disk lock mechanism.. similar system as Abloy.

I have a Blackspur disk lock that I might turn into a cut-away, if I can get the bloody faceplate off the front.

Once again, thanks for all the kind comments.

[Jason13]

If i where to send you my padlock can you make me a cutaway?

Once i get my own dremmel i will try.

[n2oah]

Once i get my own dremmel i will try.

Honestly, I don't think you are qualified to use a dremel.

[Shrub]

I can smell the blood soaked bandages now.

[illusion]

If i where to send you my padlock can you make me a cutaway?

No, but that is because I couldn't guarantee I'd make a good job of it.

And for the sake of my concience, please be careful when using your Dremel. Take it slow and DON'T TAKE SHORTCUTS!

[CVScam]

I am sure almost every one knows this but please wear safety glasses when using a Dremeal or any kind of grinder. 35,000 rpm and flying pieces of metal toward your eyes is a bad idea. I always try to use my vice or at least vice grips when grinding or cutting. One day I though why not use my cut off wheel and cut most of metal away from the hacksaw blade before I grind it that way I would have a lot less grinding to do. After I broke 2 cut off wheel blades I figured out was not a good idea for me. I also had forgot to heat up the hacksaw blade first to weaken it.


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[Shrub]

I also had forgot to heat up the hacksaw blade first to weaken it.

DO NOT DO THIS.

[skold]

What kind of lock is it? I've never seen one before. The cut-away looks excellent by the way!

The lock is a disk lock mechanism.. similar system as Abloy.

I have a Blackspur disk lock that I might turn into a cut-away, if I can get the bloody faceplate off the front.

Once again, thanks for all the kind comments.

You won't with out breaking it, if you have access to a lathe, you should just drill it out. The faceplate is kept in by a circlip, you will either break the faceplate or bend the clip (so logically drill the face plate until you get to the circlip then remove it and build a new plate)

Nice cutaway Illusion!

[Vincent-XXI]

'Tis the best cutaway I've seen. It looks less like a cut away and more like a prop from the next Superman movie...
X-ray vision lock prop: Superman sees its a disc lock using his x-ray vision and decides instead of super picking it to super explode it using his super red glowy eye rays, I digress soo smooth and round it is a pice of art. E-bay it as a superman x-ray prop..you'd make a fortune.

[p1ckf1sh]

And for the sake of my concience, please be careful when using your Dremel. Take it slow and DON'T TAKE SHORTCUTS!

Regarding Dremel's and locks/metal cutting... has anyone else experienced the same trouble as I did?

When I took up locks as a hobby I already had a cheap dremel copycat two years old and with the rotary part slightly untrue (wobbly). I did me good work at the beginning but one day after cutting brass and hacksaw blades it went nuts and would only work on highest speed regardless which setting I chose (had a click-slider for 6 speeds=. I figured it had gone the way of all machinery and got a real Dremel.

That Dremel showed exactly the same behaviour after a week. Returned it to the shop, got my replacement and went ahead. The new one went high-speed about 10 days later. I figured something is wrong and the people in the shop would crucify me if I brought another one with the same fault. So I disassembled it and noticed that the plastic piece with the speed selection slider has lots of room between the rest of housing. I figured metal dust could get in there and short-circuit it to highspeed one way or the other so I used a fine brush to clean it out nicely. Worked wonders, it was back to normal function again. I have to do this once in a while, and I wonder if any one else has this problem as well and found a permanent solution?

[sams choice]

35,000 rpm and flying pieces of metal toward your eyes is a bad idea. CVScam

35,000rpm...That is about ten times the speed of my bench grinder. Must fly through metal like it is nothing.

[Fogmeister]

That is a very nice cutaway and amazing for your first attempt!

Is it possible to do something similar with a pin/tumbler lock? Would the pins fall out?

[Shrub]

It is a common problem on poorly designed power tools with adjustable speed.

On some tooling you can simply add a piece of rubber underneath the case but on top of the button so that the dust doesnt get in it, maybe this could be your answer.

[hartigan]

who needs picks looks like a Dremel can do the job LOl

[illusion]

The time spent making this thing would have bought me enough time to get a shaman priest imported from a jungle to sprit the lock away.