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Cutaway locks: has anyone attempted to make one?

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Cutaway locks: has anyone attempted to make one?

Postby Chronos » 25 Nov 2004 13:59

I want to attempt to make a cutaway lock for practice. My current plan is to take a dremel to a cylinder, cut away the holes for the screws, half of the part where the top pins are located, and part of the actual plug and the surrounding area, than taking some clear plastic (plexiglass, acrylic?) and, with heat, forming it to the areas I cut away. Than I would just take a drill and some small screws or some epoxy and secure it to the cut up lock. Has anyone attempted to do something like this before that could offer me tips? Does anyone know of a good, see-through material to use to replace the stuff I cut out?
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Postby TOWCH » 25 Nov 2004 14:15

If you leave enough metal then you won't have to make a plexiglass cover. There have been a couple of posts on the subject but I don't really feel like searching for you. Homemade Cutaway, DIY Cutaway, Cutaway padlock. are the search terms I would try. The one I'm talking about has pictures of a completed one done with an angle grinder.
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Postby Chronos » 25 Nov 2004 14:21

Thanks, I hadn't seen anyone posting about them so I guess I just assumed they weren't talked about much here.
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Postby Jarod » 25 Nov 2004 14:22

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http://www.1st-net-lock-museum.com/ca1.htm
viewtopic.php?t=3183
there you go, some good info there
towch, i saw your reply in the review window while typing tihs
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Postby skold » 26 Nov 2004 3:32

yes, cutaway's i remember making one...now i will be creating a new 2 new ones, inspired by a visit to the lockmiths when i saw the most beautiful, beautiful thing in the world, a perfect abus 83/45 cutaway.


i will ise and angel grinder, hacksaw and a jigsaw to create them and possibly a dremel.

the two locks i will be carving are the old lockwood 234 padlock and and either an abus 83/45 or lockwood 234/45.

i may be bothered to take pictures of them, that is if i feel like taking photo's :)
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Postby maldotcom2 » 26 Nov 2004 5:44

yeah, i did a cut away on a small lockwood padlock and put a perspex cover over it secured with stainless steel pins.

I think it was one of the little pads like skold is talking about in his sig, they can be a for some reason.
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Postby skold » 26 Nov 2004 7:17

That reason happens to be 4 spool pins in the 110/30 series to the larger 120 series
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Postby Luke » 29 Nov 2004 3:10

That Abus padlock i think your referring to used to be sold from LSC for 25 bucks, they happened to tell me this then i get all excited last year then... Well they kind of said they had been out of stock for 2 years LOL
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Postby oldlock » 29 Nov 2004 3:50

I have seen one of those at work somewhere, it is a very nice cut-a-way both the padlock locking mechanism and the cylinder are nicely done. If anyone is interested I will find it and post some pictures ?

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Postby skold » 29 Nov 2004 15:33

I'd say it be the same manufacturer, this one happened to be at Marion Locksmiths, me and hojo were almost crying it was os beautiful
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Postby Luke » 30 Nov 2004 2:04

figgures :roll:
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Postby skold » 30 Nov 2004 5:51

ok, one lockwood 234/45 padlock half made into a cutway, now if got my abloy and my abus to go...hard work :)
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Postby MrB » 30 Nov 2004 13:17

Perhaps the best way to make a cutaway lock is to use a milling machine, if you can get access to one. See Matt Blaze's examples for an illustration of how nice they can be.
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Postby skold » 30 Nov 2004 14:52

yes....but not many people have access to a milling machine
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Postby Chronos » 1 Dec 2004 0:07

MrB wrote:Perhaps the best way to make a cutaway lock is to use a milling machine, if you can get access to one. See Matt Blaze's examples for an illustration of how nice they can be.

Where can I find that? I searched for "Matt Blaze" and it didn't yield any results :(
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