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I finally picked a medeco biaxial

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Postby n2oah » 1 May 2006 8:27

He uses a Peterson lockpick (I think it's a normal hook, but I can't tell) and what looks like a Flat 5 tension tool. No lock is unpickable.
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Postby zeke79 » 1 May 2006 17:11

Noah is right, it is the standard peterson hook and their a flat tension wrench. I also find the standard gem to work well in more difficult pinning combinations.
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Postby n2oah » 1 May 2006 19:02

zeke79 wrote:Noah is right, it is the standard peterson hook and their a flat tension wrench. I also find the standard gem to work well in more difficult pinning combinations.


Can you pick this Hi-Shear that I just bought off of eBay? :P
I'm an idiot; I just bought a Hi-Shear without a key. I can just see the mass of broken drill bits already! :D
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Postby zeke79 » 1 May 2006 19:14

The hi shear is a real pita due to the depth of the cylinder in the lock. If you want, send it over and I'll see what I can do with it.
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Postby Shrub » 1 May 2006 19:19

Drill bit? why drill if youve bought it for pcking practise?
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Postby zeke79 » 1 May 2006 19:22

I would say he bought it for his collection as they are fairly rare 5# high security military padlocks used in the early 80's. They are a monster of a lock and easily the heaviest padlock in my collection.

Drilling likely is not an option with the spinning front escutcheon. It may be possible, but not without a lot of hard work.
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Postby n2oah » 1 May 2006 20:09

zeke79 wrote:I would say he bought it for his collection as they are fairly rare 5# high security military padlocks used in the early 80's. They are a monster of a lock and easily the heaviest padlock in my collection.

Drilling likely is not an option with the spinning front escutcheon. It may be possible, but not without a lot of hard work.


Yup, it's for my collection. I've never heard of the spinning front escutcheon,b but I did heard it has some cermaic stuff to screw up your drill bits. I'll talk to you later when I finally get it.
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