Lockpicking Dictionary/Glossary/Terminology

[unlisted]

very nice! ...could I have this in finnish?

google translate? (Or Jaakko)

[Jaakko]

Yep, as I said Wizer, if you need something I can help translating :)

[Sam Lock]

Yo pick all these locksmithing terms up pretty quickly as an apprentice.

[Greggor]

Do you think it would be appropriate to have a definition of "bump key" or "bumping" here?

[ElbowMacaroni]

Since google is my friend, I long ago determined the definition of a paracentric keyway, but it might be a nice addition to the main list.

-EM

[tballard]

The Lock Industry Standards and Training Council and Associated Locksmiths of America have long produced a fairly comprehensive glossary of lock terms. It's been mention on this site, but only in passing, and not within the last 3 years or so, which I think qualifies it for a bump.

http://www.locksoft.com/gloscopy.htm

[Squelchtone]

[quote="tballard"]The Lock Industry Standards and Training Council and Associated Locksmiths of America have long produced a fairly comprehensive glossary of lock terms. It's been mention on this site, but only in passing, and not within the last 3 years or so, which I think qualifies it for a bump.

http://www.locksoft.com/gloscopy.htm[/quote]

Thanks for that link tballard, very good info. I get very bent out of shape when people on ebay say they have a padlock with a 3/8" inch SHANK. shackle people shackle.. I've seen other very creative names for a shackle as well... can think of any at the moment...

Squelchtone

[eppiotic]

Imagine selling padlocks man.... They call them hasps or shanks all the time. I thought about making a prison shank and keeping it under the counter and handing them a padlock and a shank and say "that all for you today?" lol

'Oh you meant SHACKLE' Thats our word of the day. Brought to you by the letter 'G' and the number '6'. :b

[tballard]

[quote="squelchtone"]I get very bent out of shape when people on ebay say they have a padlock with a 3/8" inch SHANK. shackle people shackle..[/quote]


I dunno, I'm more "okay" with this than you are. The correct technical term is shackle, but "shank" is an well established mechanical term for a generally round/cylindrical attachment point. Working against this though, I'd argue that it usually implies something straight, and usually at the base or end of an object, and this would disqualify it as being a reasonable synonym. But, on the whole, I see it as an understandable corruption of terms.

Just to mess with your mind a bit further, if we were discussing a padlock which only released one leg of the shackle (so most padlocks), and the other leg was somehow retained in the body of the padlock, I would almost certainly refer to the location on the captive shackle leg where the fixture was attached as the "shank of the shackle".

[Squelchtone]

I get very bent out of shape when people on ebay say they have a padlock with a 3/8" inch SHANK. shackle people shackle..

I dunno, I'm more "okay" with this than you are. The correct technical term is shackle, but "shank" is an well established mechanical term for a generally round/cylindrical attachment point. Working against this though, I'd argue that it usually implies something straight, and usually at the base or end of an object, and this would disqualify it as being a reasonable synonym. But, on the whole, I see it as an understandable corruption of terms.

Just to mess with your mind a bit further, if we were discussing a padlock which only released one leg of the shackle (so most padlocks), and the other leg was somehow retained in the body of the padlock, I would almost certainly refer to the location on the captive shackle leg where the fixture was attached as the "shank of the shackle".

I'm going to F'in shank you man.. seriously.. with a shank made of filed down 833 padlock shackles.

[lsphinx]

Great post, I've to study it thoroughly. :-) Great work.

[LocksPicker]

Awesome post. This is going to save me a ton of time for sure. Thanks.

[mrlocks]

Nice post and very informative - I was looking for this type of Glossary - thanks for sharing

[saurabhink]

Awesome Helpful Dictionary to understand locksmith .........
Thanks for posting.............

[salmanchap]

thank you for sharing, It is a great post.