What did you pick today?

[Eazy123]

Doing easier pickings today. Or fewer i suppose.



And playing with ruko too.

Titalium...easier. Oh yeaaaaaah. That bastard still has me stuck.

[OrMeanGene]

Doing easier pickings today. Or fewer i suppose.



And playing with ruko too.

Titalium...easier. Oh yeaaaaaah. That bastard still has me stuck.

Lol. You'll get it. Once i got my 1st open, i had zero issue with any other so far. Seems like its same routine. I use medium tension.

[GWiens2001]

I see soot on that Corbin, adi_picker. A little candling to make a key

Gordon

[Squelchtone]

The world's most challenging Master 140...



David

nice job tapping that Master, that's a good idea! did you do anything to the pins to make them more serrated or more spooled?

Thanks for sharing,

Squelchtone

[Squelchtone]

VonDuprin apparently made mortise cylinders once upon a time. KW1 blank fits it.


Something strange about it, when it is locked the keyway is rotated somewhat counter-clockwise. The shell was drilled by the factory from the bottom. Works fine, maybe it was miss-drilled at the factory?

I like that logo, and which super wacky bogota wave rake is that? did you make this? its awesome!

Thanks
Squelchtone

[Robotnik]

The world's most challenging Master 140...



David

nice job tapping that Master, that's a good idea! did you do anything to the pins to make them more serrated or more spooled?

Thanks for sharing,

Squelchtone

Having done something similar to an old CCL and a few others, I concur - it's an excellent way to make your practice locks rekeyable. If you already own a tap set & have a well-stocked hardware store nearby for the set screws, it's simply a question of locating and drilling out the chamber caps. Nice work!

[dhk42]

The world's most challenging Master 140...



David

nice job tapping that Master, that's a good idea! did you do anything to the pins to make them more serrated or more spooled?

Thanks for sharing,

Squelchtone

Thanks! Yes.

First it may be the world's first five pin Master 140:
http://www.lockpicking101.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=63771&p=473402#p473402

And second all of the key pins are now American serrated pins and the drivers are two serrated pins, one serrated spool, one spool, and one standard that didn't extend far enough into the plug for it to matter (all American factory pins).

And third, I guess, there is more spring tension in some of the chambers.

David

[Razor2016]

My progressive security pin setup keeps the challenge going. P = Plain Pin S = Spool Pin and E = Serrated Pin. The double serrated on the right still only plays nice once in a while, I plan to change the 2 on the left to combination spool serrated and add to the right side


Cheers Ray

[Eazy123]

Lol. You'll get it. Once i got my 1st open, i had zero issue with any other so far. Seems like its same routine. I use medium tension.

Not to diminish your skills because I know you have them, but your Abus bitting looks pretty tame. I'm almost inclined to head to Fry's and pick up another Titalium just to see how different it is to pick. This is the bitting on mine:



I can get it in and out of false sets all day long but that's as far as it goes.

[Jacob Morgan]

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I like that logo, and which super wacky bogota wave rake is that? did you make this? its awesome!...

The Bogota is from Peterson. Now that I have one I might try making my own variation. It has been interesting seeing what it can do.

[Eazy123]

Picked my first dimple lock today!

[adi_picker]

Eazy, cool pick on the KABA! I havent done any dimples yet due to lack of a pick, what brand is the one in your picture? Is it one of those multi types where you have one handle and can change the picks? Im guessing there isnt really much variation in the picks, probably only ever need one type.

Gwiens, Im not the impressionist on that Corbin. I got it from OrMeanGene already keyed, but it does look to be an impressioned key. Works great, perhaps he is the artist? Ive done a little impressioning, I did some Master Lock padlocks no problem, but have struggled with others that dont have as much play, and hence leave much finer marks. As always though, practice is the key (heheh), and I havent given up, I might try another today, something different.

-adi_picker

[Eazy123]

Eazy, cool pick on the KABA! I havent done any dimples yet due to lack of a pick, what brand is the one in your picture? Is it one of those multi types where you have one handle and can change the picks? Im guessing there isnt really much variation in the picks, probably only ever need one type.

Thanks! I'm having some trouble picking it a second time, but practice makes perfect. Anyway, it's a Southord, and yes they're interchangeable. There's quite a bit of variation, actually. I think there are 6 or 7 different picks, but I'd almost rather have had one solid pick, as there seems to be some shifting when I try to pick the pins at the top of the keyway.

[GWiens2001]

With dimple picks, my favorite is from Femurat. But a half diamond pick works decently for a lot of the dimple locks I have tried.

Gordon

[Eazy123]

With dimple picks, my favorite is from Femurat. But a half diamond pick works decently for a lot of the dimple locks I have tried.

Gordon

Is Femurat a poster here? Also is there a decent beginner dimple lock you can recommend? Another user recommended a mul t lock but I'm still looking around...