What did you pick today?

[huxleypig]

He says no sorcery but really he is a wizard of the dark arts.

And far be it for me to go against what Femurat says but I have never had a lot of joy with the half diamond. Give me a shallow/medium hook any day. Maybe it is time to practice with one again...

[mikus]

Abus y14 deltus, 5 driver pins and 3 side ball pins. It was easier than i thought

[fgarci03]

Nice one mikus!

The side ball bearings were passive, am I right?
I would guess that the key has some side profile in it. I really like those keys

[mikus]

Thanks!
These balls are the pins, there is 4 of them becouse this lock can have 4 side pins (mine had only 3 ). They are loceted on the side of the keyway.

[mikus]

Oh well, i just checked and there is room for 4 ball pins and 5 key pins in the cylinder but in the body there is room for 5 ball pins and 6 for driver pins!

[mechanical_nightmare]

Very well done mikus. How long did the attempt take?

[mikus]

The first time it took me around 5-7 minutes, now i did it against the clock and it was open in 2:20 min

[KPick]

I locked the door to the bathroom so I could pick it open.

Today I picked open a doorknob lock. Generic brand im guessing.

[fgarci03]

Thanks!
These balls are the pins, there is 4 of them becouse this lock can have 4 side pins (mine had only 3 ). They are loceted on the side of the keyway.

Ahhh! Now I see how stupid my question was. Since those side pins are spring loaded, you ad to actually pick all of them right?
Very nice lock mate!

And awesome times!

[mikus]

Yeah, a dimple lock pick was very good at these side pins! I just wish it had more pins in it (cylinder is max for 5key pins and 4 sidepins while body allows 6key pins and 5 side pins) becouse im bored now, i have nothing harder to pick

[fgarci03]

Get a Medeco!

Fun for several days

[mikus]

I cant find any in Poland, maybe its under different brand name?

[fgarci03]

Nope, stricktly american!

But you can find people willing to trade! Drop me a PM if you're interested and we can talk

[mhole]

Have you got any pics of the keys to that abus IIRC I played with something similar that John Naughton had at the London hack space, and the ball bearing on stacks were passive, despite looking like they should be active.

[mikus]

I looked up at abus page and its not y14 deltus, from a cut threw it looks like TSXN but i couldnt find it anywhere else on the internet. I dont have a key to this lock but it should look like this


and here is a section of this lock i found on the abus site