What did you pick today?

[daniel22747]

Just got three new American padlocks in the mail. It is interesting... once you know how to pick these guys they are not really that hard. They still take me longer than your average padlock, but overall they are not that hard any more.

[seb0704]

Hello

I have picked today some dimple locks
- a Mul-T-Lock 7x7
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- a Iseo R6
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- a Abus EC850
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Best regards

[GWiens2001]

Seb,

Any way we can get a look at that dimple pick you are using? It looks interesting!

Gordon

[seb0704]

Seb,

Any way we can get a look at that dimple pick you are using? It looks interesting!

Gordon

Hello Gordon

That's picks produced by a french company. I think they are good made and very operational.
I used to try to pick such locks with picks. However picks work if the locks is on a vice but are really not sucessfull on a door.
Here a picture of that tool.
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I find these tools very easy to use. it's my opinion
If wanted i can send you the link of youtube where this french company demostrate these dimple picks.

Best regards

[phrygianradar]

Seb,

Any way we can get a look at that dimple pick you are using? It looks interesting!

Gordon

Hello Gordon

That's picks produced by a french company. I think they are good made and very operational.
I used to try to pick such locks with picks. However picks work if the locks is on a vice but are really not sucessfull on a door.
Here a picture of that tool.
[img][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/seb0704/eecf698d-aa92-4a87-b956-47c10a35c9d6_zpsb90b3c2d.jpg[/img][/img]
I find these tools very easy to use. it's my opinion
If wanted i can send you the link of youtube where this french company demostrate these dimple picks.

Best regards

Thank you for sharing those pictures. That is a really interesting pick you have there! I have never seen that one before.

[ARF-GEF]

It is very interesting! Thank you for posting Seb!

Why do you say it's not working so well when the lock is in a door?

[seb0704]

It is very interesting! Thank you for posting Seb!

Why do you say it's not working so well when the lock is in a door?

Hello ARF-GEF

I said that picks asnormal picks for dimple locks.
Theses picks are not easy to use on a dorr because it depends if it's a right hand or left hand and if you have got place to put picks in the locks.
With this picks you don't have lines showing the pin location.
http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00qC ... -1-13-.jpg

With these kind of picks you don't have this problem. You have a good tension tool (it's the key profile) and lines for pin location.
The pick of these dimple pick is rotating and i think it's better for the feeling.
here a sample
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8xalMPiVSM

best regards

[fgarci03]

Picked my Corbin MasterRing for the first time today:


I'm not sure to which sheerline I picked it, and I will be trimming a little of the cam so I can look at it when I pick it

[phrygianradar]

@fgarci03: nice job on that Corbin! I have wanted one of those for a while...

I got two Yale LFIC cylinders in the mail yesterday and they are both keyed alike, came with one operating key. I couldn't figure out how to get them out of the mortise shells... did a little research and figured out a way to do it. So I used a little insert, picked them right away, and got them out of their shells. They are pretty cool; when I get a little time I am going to gut them and take a look. I don't expect to see anything strange. I didn't feel any spools or special security measures, just a regular 6 pin lock, once I figured out how to get that last pin.

[fgarci03]

@fgarci03: nice job on that Corbin! I have wanted one of those for a while...

I got two Yale LFIC cylinders in the mail yesterday and they are both keyed alike, came with one operating key. I couldn't figure out how to get them out of the mortise shells... did a little research and figured out a way to do it. So I used a little insert, picked them right away, and got them out of their shells. They are pretty cool; when I get a little time I am going to gut them and take a look. I don't expect to see anything strange. I didn't feel any spools or special security measures, just a regular 6 pin lock, once I figured out how to get that last pin.

In my (very small) understanding of SFICs, they don't use security pins. They just rely on tolerances, bitting, and the dual sheerline thing. Not sure about the LFICs though...

[GWiens2001]

There are spool pins for SFIC locks. As I understand it, some restricted keyways are even likely to have spool pins, but that may be due to a skilled locksmith putting them into the locks when they are combinated. Have a BEST SFIC padlock in my collection (WC keyway) that definitely has spools in it.

Gordon

[fgarci03]

I have been explained that just now

I thought it was pretty rare. Good to know it then

[MrWizard]

Spool pins are very rare to find in a interchangeable core lock as they are to use specific pin stack that has to figured for each one keyed to a system and you are not going to find proper length drivers for them. If they are in the lock you can bet it has generally been improperly pinned.

Richard

[MrWizard]

If the factory kit has spool pins in it they would in fact have to be proper length. I cannot make a statement that all interchangeable core locks with spool pins would have to be improperly pinned in that case. I have seen many that have been pinned incorrectly as some don't know the proper stack length and just puts in what will allow it to be capped. As someone informed me they have a new Arrow kit with spool pins for some lengths but not all so I stand corrected in that case.

[Taubin]

Does the Super Maximum Security 7 Pin Easy Rekey Practice Lock from MrWizard count?


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