by devildog » 14 Aug 2006 20:21
No, he was talking to noah.
I do think that making cutaways is definately not as simple as 'just look at a picture of one and copy it'. No, I've been thinking of writing up a post just like this one suggesting that someone experienced in making cutaways post a guide on how to do a SIMPLE BASIC PIN TUMBLER (i.e. a Schlage 5 pin mortise, Kwikset/American/Schlage KIK, a basic Euro, etc.) cutaway, and then anyone who's particularly good at doing cutaways of certain locks, or has just done one before, can post guides and/or suggestions on how to do them (i.e. Medeco, Primus, ASSA 6000/Twin/V10, Abloy, Mul-T-Lock, etc.).
Look, I've got a pretty good idea how to do a simple 5 or 6 pin pin-tumbler mortise cutaway, like a plain Schlage/Sargent/Yale/etc., and I've never done a cutaway before, but I have been screwing around with locks of all shapes and sorts for over a year now and know the insides and outsides of some of them quite well--other people (noobs) may not have that advantage and could, therefore, genuinely need help with something simple like that. Also, the more sophisticated locks, i.e. anything with a sidebar, will almost certainly require you to get help if you've never done one before.
I, too, think that a Tool/Shop/Fabrication forum would be an EXCELLENT idea, and in such a forum we could have a nice little dedicated stickied thread about fabricating cutaways where everyone shares knowledge back and forth, posts pics and guides for various locks, etc. It's a great idea, and if a few would give this a shot I think others would get involved and it would snowball into a massive amount of knowledge, just like the 'homebrew hall of fame' thread or shrub's 'how I made an electric pickgun' thread--we got a whole bunch of info. on how people made all these different types of picks.
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- that's an ABUS Plus padlock cutway, still working fine)
