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by digital_blue » 10 Jun 2006 13:10
Nice vid Zeke.
I do have a question. In your Medeco, how many of your key pins have false gates? This has been something that I've experimented with a few times myself, and found that the difficulty of the lock seems to be directly related to the number of false gates on the key pins. 1 or 2 is manageable, but anything more than that and I don't stand a chance.
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by zeke79 » 10 Jun 2006 15:45
It was either 3 or 4 of them. I'll pull it back apart and see in a bit.
edit **** 3 of the pins have false gates. with one of those 3 being a serrated arx type pin. The other 2 pins have no false gates and one of those is a serrated arx type pin.
2 with false gates
1 with false gate and arx type serration
1 with no false gate and with arx type serration
1 std pin with no false gate or arx type serration
That is the final rundown of the pins.
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by digital_blue » 10 Jun 2006 16:48
My hat's off to you good sir.
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by zeke79 » 10 Jun 2006 16:54
Dang db, your bald spot is getting bigger  !
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by digital_blue » 10 Jun 2006 17:37
My hat's back on.
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by zeke79 » 10 Jun 2006 17:40
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by LockNewbie21 » 11 Jun 2006 0:20
(Valiantly grabs jagged pick extractor and stabs into heart) Abosoluty brilliant video.. i know i complained enough about not being able to do just about anything with my biaxle basically the same as yours, but very well done i saw you swivel the pick to feel for the angle and such well done, well i guess its another all nighter staring at this video, haha and if this doesn;t shut people up there jsut mad becuase the can't do it. (bows to zeke then passes out forgetting about the key extractor)
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by maxxed » 11 Jun 2006 20:46
First I want to state that opening a Medico is quite an accomplishment!
'm curious, what is the pinning of the cylinder picked?
Also have you picked a Medico without any advanced knowledge of the keying, looking at the key of any lock does give an advantage in picking? ( even with this advantage I am impressed with picking the Medico cylinder in less than 1 min)
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by zeke79 » 11 Jun 2006 21:08
maxxed,
The lock is fairly high low pinned. I have not attempted to open a medeco "blind" without seeing the key. I may actually have my wife repin this lock so I can do a blind test. I know it will not be a double blind test so there will be some room for doubt of my word, but that will just be part of it I guess. If I have the chance over the next week or so I'll give this a shot if there is enough interest.
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by maxxed » 11 Jun 2006 21:34
I have a box containing 90 + Medico cyliders 60 - 70 have no keys now that would be a test. StillI did look at the key in the video noticed it did look rather flat and I was curious about the angles.
I, like you, had to teach my wife certain things about the trade so that I could give myself a real test.
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by zeke79 » 11 Jun 2006 21:54
Hehehe, the key is actually far from flat. I can take photos if you like and PM them to you.
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by n2oah » 11 Jun 2006 23:58
zeke79 wrote:I may actually have my wife repin this lock so I can do a blind test.
Now that's love! I wish I had a girl to repin my locks and make the occasional cutaway! 
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by USMAN » 12 Jun 2006 13:55
Wohoooo!! nice video, nice bg music  nice work!
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by raimundo » 12 Jun 2006 14:33
Totally impressed, and he started just two years ago.
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by pinsetter » 12 Jun 2006 14:53
Nice!!
I doubt ther'll be any disputing this video.
I'm impressed!!
I wish I had a Medeco I could take a crack at!
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