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What did you pick today?

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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby awol70 » 2 Mar 2011 22:29

medeco keymark KnK and a mortise version.

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amgor unpickable spp'd in under 60 seconds.

Postby Warden Smith » 3 Mar 2011 0:56

this arrived today and it took me a while to figure out how tension it. once i did, it went pop in 60 seconds. since then i have spp'd it in less than 10 seconds. wont tell you how i tensioned it unless you PM for the info. :D
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby Rickthepick » 4 Mar 2011 10:10

never seen one of those.
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby sfi72 » 4 Mar 2011 15:55

Rickthepick wrote:never seen one of those.

Looks like a Maxis copy, standard tension wrench can be used against the side of the first pin to tension plug.
Or something could be made to grab the back of the plug to tension it, they are very fun locks :D
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby Warden Smith » 5 Mar 2011 1:30

you got it sfi72. its from isreal i think
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby femurat » 6 Mar 2011 10:07

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Thanks LocksmithArmy, I love American locks :)

One of these was giving me a hard time, so I sprayed it with some unlocking oil. Then I added 3 small rubber bands to keep the shackle in a neutral position. It's a lot easier to pick these padlocks without having to fight with their strong spring.

Cheers :)
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby Warden Smith » 7 Mar 2011 1:32

they look tough fem
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby femurat » 7 Mar 2011 4:36

Warden Smith wrote:they look tough fem


Yeah, these are the famous 5200. It's always a nice experience to pick them. Some of them have all serrated pins, both top and bottom, and it takes a lot of concentration to pick them. Others have just a few serrated and many standard pins, so it's a lot easier.
The thing I appreciate most is the drilled cylinder, so I'm able to repin them without removing the C clip and without a plug follower. It's enough to undo the retaining screw, pull out the lock and rotate the plug 180 degree. Then you can change the drivers in seconds.

Cheers :)
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby chriswingate » 7 Mar 2011 10:51

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Medeco m3, American 5200, American 700 picked with a new homebrew pick made by Jruther2
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby chriswingate » 7 Mar 2011 10:56

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ASSA Twin V-10

Not sure why i couldn't get this picture to work on my previous post.
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby chriswingate » 10 Mar 2011 15:40

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7-Pin Trioving VingCard
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby Solomon » 10 Mar 2011 20:54

Today I picked a nice big pile of euros. No high sec stuff (unless you count the garrisons, I guess)... just trying to get my touch back after a dry period. There were a few more I couldn't get to open, but I think I did ok. :)
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby FarmerFreak » 11 Mar 2011 20:26

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The middle one was picked yesterday, and I had pinned it up. So it wasn't blind. The other two were pinned up by a co-worker. I picked them blind today and each one took roughly an hour to pick. I'm quite happy with myself. In the past, picking an Assa twin blind was a multiple hour ordeal at best.

And when I say that I picked them blind, I mean without knowledge of the regular pins or the sidebar configuration. I have built up a collection of Assa sidebars. When he pinned them up he had seven sidebars to pick from, and each one can be placed in the lock in one of two ways. So the sidebar configuration was any one of fourteen possibilities.
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby chriswingate » 11 Mar 2011 21:56

Awesome work, pretty astounding. Took me hours and hours and days to get my ASSA V-10 to open.
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Re: What did you pick today?

Postby FarmerFreak » 11 Mar 2011 22:46

chriswingate wrote: Took me hours and hours and days to get my ASSA V-10 to open.
Reminds me of the first Assa Twin series cylinder I ever picked, except, add a month or two.
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