Wish Bone

[NIC]

I finally get to pick my Schlage 4spools 1pin on demand thanks to this tool!!I never got good response from a normal tension wrench. I don't know if alot of you guys use this tool the way i do ? I find i fits perfectly on the top of the keyway !!!

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[UWSDWF]

thats not the intended use for that tool but hey whatever works

FYI the deployment of that tool is to grab the top and bottom of the keyway

[nekret]

Wow! I would've never thought of that, I always thought I'd never use that wish bone wrench outside of wafer locks. Great job on finding a (at least to my knowledge) new and original technique!

[NIC]

thats not the intended use for that tool but hey whatever works

FYI the deployment of that tool is to grab the top and bottom of the keyway

I know, but i never did use it that way!! Always slips

[JackNco]

That is a clever idea, ill have to give it a try when i get one

[hesevil]

Wishbones do work great. I made one from street-cleaner bristle with serrated tips...works like a champ. It's really nice to have a tensioner that grips the cylinder without having to constantly hold it in.

-Matt

[taracor]

Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is a wishbone wrench designed for? I have one because it came with my set, but I don't really know what I should use it for.

[machinist]

to quote nekret:

use that wish bone wrench outside of wafer locks

double sided wafers mostly

[taracor]

I see, thank you. I am still a little hazy as to why not just use a regular tension wrench, but I'll take your word for it that it is easier. (I haven't really tried to open too many ward locks)

[RangerF150]

I see, thank you. I am still a little hazy as to why not just use a regular tension wrench, but I'll take your word for it that it is easier. (I haven't really tried to open too many ward locks)

It's used for a wafer lock, many of which have a small "cover" at the entrance of the keyway. Just look at your car door lock, the wishbone tension tool will hold the cover open and apply tension at the same time.
Also the keyway tends to be rectangle in shape, a standard tension tool will not hold in such a keyway.

[machinist]

Well its all about taste, to me for fighting a schlage 5 pin, my weapons of choice are a feather touch wrench in the bottom of the keyway and a solid rake. Anybody ever notice the 5 pins have a 6th hole? kinda insulting as a consumer how much more do they charge for a 6 pin model with a fancy name?

[Shrub]

They arent made for the cover over car locks im sorry to tell you but are used on car locks to tension the lock,

They are for double sided wafer locks that need manipulation on both ends of the keyway where a normal wrench would just foul on the bottom wafers,
They allow the pick to be inserted and manipulate each part of the lock without moving wrench all the time risking looseing the tension,

They are also used effectively on some keyways for putting an even turning pressure on the plug, the falle wrenches use this technique as their intended use,

Some locks will pick a lot easier and faster if an even tension is excerted on the lock instead of tension on one end of thelock, loose plugs surcumb very easily with even pressure where they may be hard to pick with an offset one,

As for the way Nic has used it here its interesting but has a few drawbacks, you will damage the tool doing that, you have more chance of the tool slipping and looseing you a succesful pick and you may mark the keyway,

But whatever works for you of course,


This is how you use a wishbone wrench,



This is how i hold the wishbone wrench and get no slip,

[Hunter666]

Yah. You do not supposed to use it that way. But, hey! If it works, it works. Just make sure you aren't putting too much stress on it. I have never used one of that type in the way you are using it, so I am not sure if it is prone to bending and breakage.

[NIC]

I don't see how the tool can break !?In a Schlage, the tools fits perfectly.I can actually leave the tools standing in place without it falling ! If you look at the picture correctly, you will notice that i'm not using only one side of the tool. Both sides of the wish bone are sandwiched in the keyway.

[raimundo]

the top of the keyway grip gives a tension that cannot be grounded at all by the cylinder wall, which normally takes some of the torque from single blade tensor also the tensor blade at the bottom of the keyway tends to put a tilt on the plug within the tolerance of the manufacturer, split tensio is more even, and does not tend to tilt the plug, (this is a very minute tilt, but probably not insignificant, as it would make the pins bind differently)
if his tensor fits there, in that lock or others like it, and it works for him, thats good. Thanks for the tip, I notice that the tensor in the photo is not spot welded, but appears to have two rivets, who is the manufacturer? when some of you others try this, if yours does not fit like that one does, it may be a difference in the gauge of metal or the cut of the tines,