How it's made:

[ARF-GEF]

So I've always been of fan of factories and machining in general so I've always enjoyed the "how it's made" series of Discovery channel. I've found a few episodes which could be interesting on YT. Here they are. I hope you'll enjoy them:


How padlocks are made: (Laminated master locks, I think M5XT)


Assa Abloy's Yale type lock 6 pin pin tumbler:


Dudley combination padlocks:


Steel body safes:

[zeepia]

Thanks for posting this, very interesting!

It´s funny that laminated padlock has a protective casing which is mimicking laminated layers...

[ARF-GEF]

I'm glad you've enjoyed it. I too have enjoyed greatly several of your posts!

[Falc0n]

Thanks for posting these
I was actually looking for how its made lock edition a while back

[averagejoe]

There was also an episode where ABUS made little green lever padlocks for the German military. You cannot find this model anywhere on the Abus website so I had a German friend get a couple for me

I have not been able to find this episode anywhere online and it has never been replayed so I think they played the wrong episode that day.

[vinnie]

anyone know exactly what the laminating process is? They completely skipped over that part. It is just using some sort of glue? or are they fused together?

[LockDocWa]

The manufacturing process they use is incredible
And fun to watch..Thanks for posting

[phrygianradar]

Great post, thank you! I thought it was impressive that the guy operating the press still had all his fingers!

[fgarci03]

Thanks for this great post!

I love watching "How It's Made", but because of my schedule I can't follow it as I'd like.
I've also seen once (I think it was on the same show) how vaults are made. Dude, it was awesome. And they talk about a very important thing IMO:

- Vaults aren't made to be "unbreakable". They are made to sustain an attack for a pre-determined amount of time. For example: If a professional needs 12h to crack it, it's considered secure enough, since the bank won't be "alone" for 12h. And the burglars also need to pass other security measures, as cameras, detectors, alarms, etc.
What leads to "no system in 100% secure. the time and effort you need to crack it determine if it's worth to do it or not".

[averagejoe]

anyone know exactly what the laminating process is? They completely skipped over that part. It is just using some sort of glue? or are they fused together?

They are usually just stacked in the correct order then have the rivets driven through the top. The they put in the locking parts and cylinder, put on the bottom cap then finish compressing the rivets.

[ARF-GEF]

Here, I've found another one:




PS.: I'm glad that you've enjoyed them!

[daniel22747]

This is a great and very unusual post. Very informative.