What did you pick today?

[Robotnik]

Picked up this WB on Ebay .. Didnt take anytime to pick it ..

Nice, was watching that auction. Out of curiosity, do you know which specific utility the "PPC" in this case would be?

No idea .. I did a quick search and the only thing I could come up with was Public Power Council out out of the Pacific Northwest. ..

That was all I was coming up with as well; believe the Public Power Council is a trade association of publicly-owned utilities rather than a utility in and of itself, though. Regardless, nice pickup and nice picking!

[slack96]

a normal day usually consists of a master 140, a master 570, a practice lock usually pinned with 5 or 6 stacks including spools, an american 1105, and almost an hour devoted to picking a 7 pin Best SFIC padlock usually with no success. I have read a lot on this site about good ways to go about picking Best locks, but it still crushes me. I opened it to the operating shear line 1 time using BOK tension and a hook pick, but weeks have gone by since I opened it. Any tips on cracking it will be much appreciated.

[MatrixBlackRock]

I opened it to the operating shear line 1 time using BOK tension and a hook pick, but weeks have gone by since I opened it. Any tips on cracking it will be much appreciated.

Make sure the core is nice and clean.

Wayne

[Robotnik]

Picked this large 6-pin Yale GD keyway padlock. Ordinarily not a huge challenge, but this is pinned with some manner of serrated key pins (somewhat visible in the second picture). Unlike American serrated key pins, these ones run the full length of the pin.

Took me a solid 45 minutes of playing around to pop this, but finally got my technique dialed in. The eBay lot I picked this up in has a medium and small version as well, also with serrated pins, so I'll get more practice on these soon.

[jeffmoss26]

Beautiful Yale. Does it have a key?

[Robotnik]

Beautiful Yale. Does it have a key?

No key, but I have another padlock with a 6-pin GD keyway, and will disassemble this one & key to match. It'll be my first disassembly of one of these; looking forward to it.

[Robotnik]

Sargent & Greenleaf Environmental, #107.

The turning force required once the discs are aligned is insane. Way more than I was expecting, having never used one of these before.

[GWiens2001]

Sargent & Greenleaf Environmental, #107.

The turning force required once the discs are aligned is insane. Way more than I was expecting, having never used one of these before.

Never had one hard to turn once the discs were aligned. Is it possible your turning tool was rubbing on something?

Gordon

[Robotnik]

Sargent & Greenleaf Environmental, #107.

The turning force required once the discs are aligned is insane. Way more than I was expecting, having never used one of these before.

Never had one hard to turn once the discs were aligned. Is it possible your turning tool was rubbing on something?

Gordon

My phrasing is perhaps a little off; I'm not talking 'popping veins in my forearm'- hard to turn. What I'm getting at is with a) using a mostly straight tool to turn the discs, thus lacking the rotational force-amplifying benefits of a bent/offset tool shaft, and b) never having opened one of these before (with a key or otherwise), I probably had the discs aligned several times before I finally turned it. Was sure everything was aligned, but cylinder wasn't turning; thought something was wrong until I abandoned my normal light-tension ways and put a little back into it .

[Korver15]

So today I accidentally picked a fully loaded medeco.



I say accidentally because I have only picked a medeco consistently up to 3 pins. I was lacking something to pick and I had this m3 sitting in the back so I decided to pick the non rotating part. Once completed I started playing around turning pins and after turning 3 of them it fell open! Took the thing apart to make sure it wasn't missing the sidebar or something and it wasn't! I will not be able to do it again... yet. But hey I can say it happened!

[jeffmoss26]

Beautiful Yale. Does it have a key?

No key, but I have another padlock with a 6-pin GD keyway, and will disassemble this one & key to match. It'll be my first disassembly of one of these; looking forward to it.

I would be happy to look up the code for you, that way you don't have to disassemble anything lol

[Robotnik]

So today I accidentally picked a fully loaded Medeco...I will not be able to do it again... yet. But hey I can say it happened!

Right there with you. I've picked three different Medeco locks, and with each one, when the plug turned I couldn't believe it.

Congrats on the pick!

[Robotnik]

Beautiful Yale. Does it have a key?

No key, but I have another padlock with a 6-pin GD keyway, and will disassemble this one & key to match. It'll be my first disassembly of one of these; looking forward to it.

I would be happy to look up the code for you, that way you don't have to disassemble anything lol

That would be greatly appreciated, and would save this nicely patina'd lock from some manhandling . Code looks to be 158984.

[jeffmoss26]

I would be happy to look up the code for you, that way you don't have to disassemble anything lol

That would be greatly appreciated, and would save this nicely patina'd lock from some manhandling . Code looks to be 158984.

I will check my software this evening and PM you!

[arielschoenberg]

today i was able to pick my first Yale 800 took me about 5 mins