What did you pick today?

by **fgarci03** » 17 Jul 2013 20:24

GWiens2001 wrote::shock:

Good job, fgarci! Nice Stack-O-Locks there. How is the impressioning of them coming along?

Gordon

One key broken! :mrgreen:

I believe the tolerences can make it more difficult? If so, I'm screwed, as these are very tight!

P.S. - Tomorrow I'll go buy new batteries for my flashlight to help me see the marks, as these are already weak :lol:

by **phrygianradar** » 17 Jul 2013 22:48

Yeah those are cool looking locks! Well done, as usual! I tried to look up what is in the cylinder, but couldn't really find out. What model are they? It looks like there are different types? I might be off my rocker like usual though... In any case, nice picking.

As for me, I got two Abus 34/55s today off eBay and picked them in no time. I am a little miffed though because I expected a bit better of a lock than I got. They were only ten bucks each, so you get what you pay for in most cases. When I got them, they came in boxes that said "made in China" on them. The shackle said "Special Alloy" on it, and they just didn't have a real feel of quality to them... I am about 99% sure they are knock offs. I pulled the cylinders out and they all had six pins, five spools each but the tolerances are all sloppy feeling. The good part is that I tried to put an original American lock cylinder in one and it fit like a glove! So I got two American cores pinned alike and put them in instead of the "Abus" cores. The American cores are nice; serrated pins, spoorated drivers; nice cores. Now I have a couple of hybrid locks to use at work on a couple of locked cabinets. They are key retaining, so that is good. I have been having trouble with the guys at work unlocking the cabinets to get something out of them and then just leaving them unlocked. That is when stuff goes missing...

Perhaps I will take a few pictures if anyone cares to see them. The locks are nice and beefy, but I'm not real confident in the quality of the metal. Al least the cores are nice American cores now though.

by **fgarci03** » 18 Jul 2013 10:56

I'd like to see them Phygianradar! :mrgreen:

Don't know the model of them. Just know they are TESA's. The keypins have 1 serration on them. The drivers I have not seen them yet, as they aren't mine, so I don't want to risk not being able to assemble the cylinder again if I take the drivers out

by **l0ckcr4ck3r** » 19 Jul 2013 2:04

@fgarci Nice going on that pile!!!

@phrygianradar I had my eye on those as well.... kinda glad i didnt bid now! Abus should have stuck to making their stuff in Germany :roll:

Im on a monumental high right now.... played with this lock a couple of times before but only for a few minutes. I finally gave it a serious attempt this evening and bagged my first Medeco

Only a 5 pin Biaxial but the pin 2/3 combo was a 8itch to work round and finally found a use for my long hook!!!

by **phrygianradar** » 19 Jul 2013 7:41

l0ckcr4ck3r wrote:@phrygianradar I had my eye on those as well.... kinda glad i didnt bid now! Abus should have stuck to making their stuff in Germany

Im on a monumental high right now.... played with this lock a couple of times before but only for a few minutes. I finally gave it a serious attempt this evening and bagged my first Medeco
Only a 5 pin Biaxial but the pin 2/3 combo was a 8itch to work round and finally found a use for my long hook!!!

Nice job! Getting a Medeco open is an awesome feat! Well done!

Those Abus locks are nice enough with the excetption of the cores in them. Since I swapped the cores out with nice American lock cores they are actually nice lock now. For ten bucks, they are good enough for work! But still I would have loved to have gotten some really nice German ones...

by **fgarci03** » 19 Jul 2013 21:14

Slayed my first high security lock per se:

Medeco Biaxial 6 pin

Still not consistent, it was just my first time picking it with 6 pins. But I'll get it eventually!
Used a short hook with a small groove I made in it.

by **l0ckcr4ck3r** » 19 Jul 2013 21:31

Great job on the Medeco fgarci03!! I managed mine 3 more times today in about 20 mins... Strange but the security drivers didnt make any difference to the pick, it was just like standard pins. I guess the side bar prevents the normal rotational feedback that i was expecting. Just gotta find some more cheap ones to practice on now, maybe without keys this time.

by **fgarci03** » 19 Jul 2013 21:37

l0ckcr4ck3r wrote:Great job on the Medeco fgarci03!! I managed mine 3 more times today in about 20 mins... Strange but the security drivers didnt make any difference to the pick, it was just like standard pins. I guess the side bar prevents the normal rotational feedback that i was expecting. Just gotta find some more cheap ones to practice on now, maybe without keys this time.

Thanks!

Did you pick yours CW or CCW? This one only has a mushroom on the first pin. Dosen't bug me, only the trouble of having to set 1 or 2 pins stacks again. The rotation is what kills me. I need to get consistent at rotating them and KNOWING exactly what I'm doing!

by **GWiens2001** » 20 Jul 2013 0:24

Two Commando padlocks.

Different from the normal ones. Notice the upside down U.S. on the left one? :-)

How about the matt chrome finish on the boron shackle on the right one? Oh, yeah. One more difference...

Yeah, Baby! Prototypes from Patrick!!! A couple more differences even beyond the brand new Y1 keyway. Thread soon to be posted. But many thanks to Patrick Smith of Commando Lock Company!

Gordon

by **fgarci03** » 20 Jul 2013 10:46

Just poped the ignition of a Smart:

Now I have to make a key for it! :mrgreen:

P.S. - For those who don't know which car is a Smart, here it is: http://www.tuning.online.pt/noticias-tu ... ser-02.jpg

P.P.S. - I know the image doesn't prove the lock is picked, but I can't post an image of the inside of the lock on the open foruns :roll:

by **HerrMannelig** » 20 Jul 2013 11:26

Twp Sentry cash boxes (one of my old ones, whose keys I lost, and the one I am using for a few things). Simple wafer locks, but now I can open them easily after a bit of practice.

by **GWiens2001** » 21 Jul 2013 23:35

Thirard Cobra M+, both sides. The 'outside' side requires one additional step to engage the cam.

Gordon

by **fgarci03** » 22 Jul 2013 5:21

GWiens2001 wrote:Thirard Cobra M+, both sides. The 'outside' side requires one additional step to engage the cam.

Gordon

Already? Congrats my friend :mrgreen:

by **Luissen** » 23 Jul 2013 3:22

Moved up to 5 random pins on the abomination I constructed out of a pile of junk locks (free pins

) and the hulls of a Kwikset and a Schlage. I think the Kwikset itself has problems with wear on the chambers themselves, while the Schlage's original pins were the abused portion. No matter what pins I put in the Kwikset, it pops open before I can even feel quite what happened... Not experienced enough I guess :cry:

by **GWiens2001** » 23 Jul 2013 18:07

Biltema 7 pin Scandinavian oval cylinder. Picked open once last night and three times today.

Thanks for the trade and the fun, Norwegiandude!

Gordon

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