Schlage everest (commercial keyway)

[Sirtank11]

For picking the Everest lock you have to have an additional tool to go along with your normal picking methods.

On the Everest Cylinders there is a small pin in the cylinder that goes down in the
bottom of the plug,
So to get around this you just make a small bypass tool out of thin flat steel 2mm wide and about an inch long. file the end to a bevel.
Just insert the tool in the small slit in the bottom of the key-way and it lifts the pin
so the lock can be picked in the normal fashion.


Tank

[gswimfrk]

I have had success with using a filed down Everest key blank (check pin area). This may be not necessary but it works as an absolute sure-fire tension wrench and check pin actuator.

[MacGnG1]

i've used the hard plastic edge from one of those clam shell packages electronics come in. cut a slight angle to it and just slide it in the cylinder, then pick as normal.

[Sirtank11]

That's a good idea with the key blank, but for those who don't have access to the blanks
the plastic is a neat idea.

Tank

[Greasemagnet]

Thanks for the plastic idea, cheap and effective.

[Tyler J. Thomas]

There's a company that makes a tension wrench specifically for Everest cylinders - it holds the check pin while allowing tension. I've made a tool, which doesn't take that much imagination or skill to successfully create, and found much success with it. In my service area, there are predominantly 3 Everest keyways - 2 without patent (123 and 145) and 1 with. I've modified a blank in each of these keyways that serves the same purpose as this tension tool. You basically remove all the material on the blank that doesn't interact north of the check pin, leave everything to the south (portion of the key bow included). It definitely doesn't have the versatility and control as the aftermarket tool, but once I learned to use it, it works just about every time for me.

I do the same with Sargent XC series keyways - which incorporate a design that's virtually the same as Everest.