This is the lock and the key that works it.
Nothing too unusual at this point. If you have friends that like to pick locks. You should make one just to play with their head.
It isn't difficult to pick this lock, but the shackle doesn't open when picked normally.
Taking the lock apart. Nothing too weird unless you noticed the spring in the back of the driver.
Normally the lock wouldn't need a spring here. But my modded cylinder needs it to work reliably.
Now you can see how it all works. The cylinder is still a six pin cylinder, but it has been cut in half.
I had to use two cylinders to make one. But only because I can't make a cut between two chambers and still have them both working.
It is important that the lock has a cap like this one to hold the front end of the cylinder in the lock. If you did this with most locks the front half of the cylinder would come out and give you a small headache every time you used the key.
Also note. The ways I can see to open this lock are as fallows: Use correct key, Impression a key, Key bump the lock, use a really long tension wrench, or risk breaking a pick using it to tension the rear plug and pick the last two pins.
Yeah it doesn't sound very secure when I list all those options for how to open it. But it's fun to play games with other lock pickers. Hand them the key and they can open it, picking it they can't. It's fun to watch.
This could make a keyway that requires top tension to have to have a special bottom tensioner to even give a hope of picking it. This lock would only be a confusing annoyance, but the potential for something seriously frustrating is there. Impressioning, like you said, is another story. Very cool.
