Which pick to use?

[Schuyler]

Eric343 has a slick little puzzle padlock. You push past the sheer to release the shackle, rather than turn the plug. Picture:



ain't square, though.[/img]

[cav_king]

How deep are you require to push it?

Does that mean you dont need a tension wrench?

[Schuyler]

How deep are you require to push it?

Does that mean you dont need a tension wrench?

Exactly as deep as that picture demonstrates. I don't believe you could use a tension wrench, the only way to put pressure on the pinstacks is to push in, the plug does not rotate at all.

[raimundo]

dosent show the brand on that lock, perhaps its ilco like the key? I wonder how old that lock is, musta got it at the flea market? eh?

[Afisch]

This was the sort of thing i was thinking of in my post, making tensioning the pins ?impossible?. Would this padlock however be easily bumpable then, or any other way to manipulate it which is ok for these forums?

[Schuyler]

dosent show the brand on that lock, perhaps its ilco like the key? I wonder how old that lock is, musta got it at the flea market? eh?

I'm sorry, it's a Yale! They've put out small numbers of weird locks over the years

[raimundo]

for push in tension, one could make a flat spring that would wrap from the top of the lock body to the bottom and press lightly on the plug. I think this would work after you got the tension right. or you could make a caliper and adjust the tension with rubber bands wrapped around the two legs,

[nekret]

I too have one of these Yale locks and applying tension is even simpler than pushing on the face. Instead, you can apply tension to the shackle and if you wanted a special tool for these, a spring wedged between the shackle and lock body would suffice.

However I've found it's a lot easier to just shim these from the front as their cylinder face is the same diameter as the hole in the lock body.

[XOR]

The pick with the ball on the end is excellent for disc wafer locks. I actually prefer the double stacked ball pick (http://www.lockpicks.com/browseproducts/Slim-Line---Double-Ball-Pick.HTML for image. I'm not advertising for them.) for raking disc wafer locks. I have found very few one sided wafer locks that can withstand a few rakes with the double ball pick. If the raking doesn't work I'll put the pick all the way towards the end of the lock and move it to the front with a small up down rocking motion. Between raking and rocking with the double ball pick you can open just about any disc wafer lock very easily. It also works well with many file cabinet locks.