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by **Addi** » 26 Apr 2005 15:31

Right,
first of all, i want to say that i managed to pick my desk. Good on me.
Now, i've buggered the lock

Was just wondering if you could help me.

Right, so i pushed the pins down and i turned it with the tension wrench. I turned it 360Â° but now i've got pins at the top of the lock and pins at the bottom and the ones at the top stop me pushing my key in. And the desk is still locked.
, what did i do wrong?!?! and most of all, how can i fix it? ^^

I hope it was a suitable explanation, if not , i'll try making a picture of the lock...

by **pinky** » 26 Apr 2005 15:52

silly question, but did you desinitely turn the plug 360 and not 180 , as if only a 180 turn a simple solution, but if you turned a full 360 somethings amiss.

by **Bagntag** » 26 Apr 2005 16:28

Dang thats gotta suck!!!

by **master in training** » 26 Apr 2005 17:16

sounds like a stupid solution, but remember how much you turned it by for definite, then pick it and turn it back the opposite way again, that should solve the problem.

it is more likely the lock turned 180 degrees, not 360, which will make your life easier.

it involves knowing how a lock works to understand the theory really, but basically it sounds like you've picked it, its pushed the driver pins and springs up into the shell, the lock has turned and when it got to 180 degrees, the driver pins came back into the plug by the force of the springs and locked it. to move the lock again, you may be able to take the back of your 1/2 diamond pick and lift all the pins together then turn the lock.

count yourself lucky though, on a lock i have, it got to 180 degrees and i got a load of driver pins in the plug and a spring got stuck between the plug and the shell and had to be snapped to sort it out.

hopefully this helps a bit! good luck sorting it out.

~ Master in Training ~

by **WhiteHat** » 26 Apr 2005 22:11

the MIT guide has some nice diagrams for you - it does sound like you've only rotated it 180 degrees. use the flat side of your pick to push the drivers back up into the shell and rotate the lock

by **Addi** » 26 Apr 2005 23:44

..........but there are pins at the bottom AND at the top of the lock now..and its still locked.
Why does this have to happen to me

by **poisoned** » 27 Apr 2005 1:48

just check the mit guide :wink:

by **Romstar** » 27 Apr 2005 3:17

Addi wrote:..........but there are pins at the bottom AND at the top of the lock now..and its still locked.
Why does this have to happen to me

Slide the tension wrench into the lock under the top pins. Raise the tension wrench, and turn the plug.

Sounds like the top pins fell into the groove at the bottom of the plug. Just push them out of the way, and keep turning.

Romstar

by **Geek142** » 27 Apr 2005 3:22

Thats exactly what happened to me the other day, but then i asked luke what to do because if i didnt do it quickly (He was on msn at the time) mum would have strangled me (Not really

) and he told me what to do, he was a life saver that day

Geek

by **Luke** » 27 Apr 2005 5:34

Without those stoopid life saving hates

by **Addi** » 27 Apr 2005 7:32

Thanks Romstar and the rest for the quick responses.
I can now open my desk without a key... thats easy, but all i have to do is push all the pins up...
I think im gonna go to the supermarket later and see if i can buy a beginners lock...

by **patrick101** » 27 Apr 2005 10:39

For future reference I would not advise picking a lock that you actually need.

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