Tubular Key Question

[stassone]

I have been getting into lock picking for a few weeks now, but I have a couple of questions.

I purchased a Southord 7 & 8 pin set and have had good success in figuring out the locks that I have to practice with. One of the locks though is smaller than the other. The picks are too large to fit into the hole to try to pick it. My confusion is that I don't know if that means its a small bore or mini? Its very similar to a lock I have on one of my Dell servers at work if that helps at all. The picks I believe are for standard bore. I tried to purchase a mini 7 pin pick, but they aren't shipping till after the middle of April. This particular lock was cut off a small 10" by 10" by 4" plastic "safe". I also am considering getting a cutter to try to duplicate keys and maybe make it a hobby to do that as well for people for fun. However the cutters I have seen online (Herty Gerty) would not take this size key. It would be to small to fit onto the Herty Gerty. My main question is whether or not this is considered small bore or mini? Secondly what type of tool should I look at for picking these also.

Thanks,

Steve

[Squelchtone]

pictures are worth a 1000 words. pic of the lock in question next to your tool for size comparison would be great.

upload pics to http://imgur.com/ and paste link here.

most of us getting into lockpicking dont start off with tubular locks. are you getting into this as a hobby or because you had to get into a particular lock and now you're getting more into other types of locks as well or is this more of a one time project?

as a 1st time poster asking about locks that are on cheap gun safes, money boxes, and some older vending machines, we're gonna tread lightly, because we dont want to offer help in case someone is up to something that isnt hobby related. We dont want to help you today and have some bored teenager find this post tomorrow and get into their dad's gun safe or something like that, hope you can appreciate our discretion.

looking forward to your lock photos, is it a 7 pin lock ?
Squelchtone