xylok

[kilae]

This is what a xylok looks like inside.



From a half double cylinder I made a half cylinder.



And in a padlock.

[femurat]

Very cool lock! It looks difficult to pick. Reminds me a Kaba or a Keso.

Cheers

[jwrm22]

Cool lock. Thanks for sharing these pictures.
Also nice that you printed a new body for it.

[GWiens2001]

It is just my eyes, or is the key square and the pins come in at each corner?

Gordon

[kilae]

It is just my eyes, or is the key square and the pins come in at each corner?

Gordon

Yes, that is correct.
It's a special "security twist". The key is inserted normally. The pins are not yet moved much. Then the key is turned by 45 degrees and pushed back a little bit. This way the corners push the pins to the correct height and the cylinder can be opened normally.

I hope this is understandable with the pictures.

[GWiens2001]

Awesome! Thanks for the explanation.

Gordon

[cledry]

To me it looks like 3 sets of the pins are equal in size and only one set of the 4 varies. Why?

[Boro]

All the rows are offset a little bit to disable the key from coming out every at 90° increment (The key is not perfectly square and will only go in at either of 180° increments). So i guess they ran out of space to complete all 4 rows.