done

[dmux]

he wears a kilt..like a BOSS. Nice work Jos, very impressive.

[raimundo]

I think I remember that he only renews the impressions five times throughout the entire process,

thats pretty good,

@ guilderan, the pins bind hard when the key is turned either left or right. when the pins are bound tight, and a jerk up or down on the keybow is made, the bound pins leave a mark on the edge of the keyblank that can be read to mean the position of the cut along the key and the fact that the pin there is binding, where no impression is seen the pin is not binding and is probably at the shear line, it might however be a pin that is not binding because other pins are taking the pressure off of it, in this case, it will start binding when those pins are cut to the shear line.

when the pin collumns are at the shearline, there is no binding and little or no impression.

As you start out in impressioning, the first pins to bind are worked down, with the file, and other positions that are not binding because the first binding pins are taking all the pressure, will begin binding when the first pins are cut to shearline.

I hope that helps.

[Schuyler]

he wears a kilt..like a BOSS.

hehehe

[Rickthepick]

Obviously a key to to many deep positions takes longer.

]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_UGDnIQde_nA/SokKhFApsiI/AAAAAAAABBc/wsdSPJCc79A/s1024/IMG_1655.JPG[/img]took me 1:27

i'll try to get an image of the 0:57 one soon (camera died)

thats incredible

[raimundo]

check out that impressioning handle, the key seems to be drilled for those screws.

obviously Jos file cuts faster than mine!

[jos weyers]

hackaday picked up the video.

like!

[gilduran]

I think I remember that he only renews the impressions five times throughout the entire process,

thats pretty good,

@ guilderan, the pins bind hard when the key is turned either left or right. when the pins are bound tight, and a jerk up or down on the keybow is made, the bound pins leave a mark on the edge of the keyblank that can be read to mean the position of the cut along the key and the fact that the pin there is binding, where no impression is seen the pin is not binding and is probably at the shear line, it might however be a pin that is not binding because other pins are taking the pressure off of it, in this case, it will start binding when those pins are cut to the shear line.

when the pin collumns are at the shearline, there is no binding and little or no impression.

As you start out in impressioning, the first pins to bind are worked down, with the file, and other positions that are not binding because the first binding pins are taking all the pressure, will begin binding when the first pins are cut to shearline.

I hope that helps.

Thank you for that explanation. That definitely clears things up for me.

One more question, though, how would one get started in impressioning? And not the comedic kind either (for all the smart @**e* out there). I'm still having a good time with the SPP'ing but this looks like it would be fun, and handy for those times when you have a lock with no key.

Thanks again.

[Schuyler]

http://openlocksport.com/pdfs/impressioning.pdf

[gilduran]

http://openlocksport.com/pdfs/impressioning.pdf

Awesome! Thanks for the link.

[jos weyers]

how would one get started in impressioning?

as I stated earlier in http://www.lockpicking101.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48205 :

THE way to go:

buy Oli's book
attend a workshop
ruin a couple of hundred blanks

[Bad_Jason]

Jos, I bet the guy with the pony tail behind you despises the $hit out of you.

Thoughts of your impressioning skills probably keep him up at night.

[jos weyers]

Thoughts of your impressioning skills probably keep him up at night.

apparently that did the trick -> that's ArthurMeister, he won.....

You see him tapping some device at the beginning. That thing makes little scratches on the key. After seeing that I had to have
this little gizmo. <pic>

which Jord kindly made for me ]http://blackbag.nl/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/back.jpg[

[edit killed image- WAY TOO LARGE-unlisted]

[jos weyers]

outch.
that's rather big.....

actual size is a tad smaller .

[Schuyler]

Could you detail it's function?

[jos weyers]

Could you detail it's function?

The pinstacks are replaced with single solid pins.
The pins are aligned in a way they will scratch the key surface. The barrel is cut to enable it to turn even if the pins are not even close to any sheer line.
Because it made from an original cylinder the scratches are on the exact right place you should start filing.

love it.