What did you pick today?

[Squelchtone]

Nice work, Comrade. What did you use for the check pin?

Gordon

That fella makes great friends with a Southord half diamond. You can practically scrub it into place. Fits snuggly at the bottom of the keyway "laying down".

The Everest is actually master keyed. I was thinking of taking out the little wafer things to up the difficulty.

You're becoming scary good very quickly.

Keep up the good work!

Squelchtone

[cheerIO]

I received my NATICK hasp today and it had a little surprise along with it. Thanks Squelchtone!!!

Before I could play with my hasp I had to pass a test and get through a Master Pro 6121.

It was a bit of a challenge but I prevailed.



As you can see it was "a bit" dirty inside. Even the shackle hole and the bearing cutouts were packed with gunk.



Original pins on the bottom: 4 spools and a serrated, not bad for a Master lock.

I kept the 4 spools, added another stack to the 6th hole, upgraded the serrated's to the new American style, and changed all the key pins to serrated as well.



It's quite a bit more challenging now.

[1mrchristopher]

That looks like quite a workout to pick through! What is the purpose of the bend in your pry bar?

[cheerIO]

That looks like quite a workout to pick through! What is the purpose of the bend in your pry bar?

I don't really like prybars. I'm not really sure how use them well besides in a vise. The most comfortable way for me to hold a lock while picking is like this:


I bend my prybars so that I can get a little more angle on them when picking in my hands. It's not as much as the windshield wiper wrenches, but it helps.

[1mrchristopher]

OK, that makes sense. I'm often using them on mounted locks, so I have a hand free for tensioning. I hadn't thought of trying to use one whilst (and at the same time)* holding the lock I was picking.


If you don't recognize the reference, look up Peter Seller's as the special guest on The Muppet Show.

[cheerIO]

If you don't recognize the reference, look up Peter Seller's as the special guest on The Muppet Show.

Just looked it up. Peter Sellers was Awesome. He was so hilarious in movies when I was a kid. I have no idea how I missed him on The Muppet Show. Crazy as always.

While we are talking about classic TV, I have to comment on your picture. I mean this in the greatest way possible, your picture reminds me of Radar O'reilly from M.A.S.H. He was my hero when I was a kid. I was always trying to be Radar for my Father. Taught me to be good, considerate, always look ahead. Always reminded of that when I see your pic.

[1mrchristopher]

I take that as quite a compliment!

[nick08037]

That looks like quite a workout to pick through! What is the purpose of the bend in your pry bar?

I don't really like prybars. I'm not really sure how use them well besides in a vise. The most comfortable way for me to hold a lock while picking is like this:


I bend my prybars so that I can get a little more angle on them when picking in my hands. It's not as much as the windshield wiper wrenches, but it helps.

When you make your wrenches do you heat the metal or just bend them cold?

[cheerIO]

When you make your wrenches do you heat the metal or just bend them cold?

Wiper blades I bend cold with two pairs of pliers. Prybars you have to heat or they may crack.

[Comrade627]

Sploosh.

[GWiens2001]

Nice job with the Abus Strongboy padlock, Comrade.

Gordon

[Comrade627]

' nother 5200. This one, dated September 09, has the old keyway and pinning setup, but with the post ML body and shackle alloy. Yep, weird. I know.

[Comrade627]

I'm not sure why, but using a homebrew single peak as an SPP works surprisingly well. Gordon, this is the 5200 with the large shackle.


That should be the 5260 series American lock. Fun pick. IIRC, it has all serrated pins. Is the bitting 27224?

Gordon

[Comrade627]

Body has "series 5200" stamped, and "102" scratched into the other side. AM3 keyway, 5 pins, 4 very sharply cut spools, no serrateds.

Now I'm curious as to which you're talking about. Nice hijack btw.

Edit: Gordon thinks I have a way to check bitting.

[BSG_314159]

I made a drinking game. Pick a pacific lock then drink.



And now a hour later.



9 more to go tonight. Good thing I have a new bottle of Texas whisky!!

For the whiskey fans this is a awesome bottle!!!