need help with unexpected outcome

by **sublime progie** » 7 May 2005 18:06

ok. first i just want to say that i picked this up strictly as a hobby and i just hit sort of a road bump. i was am staying with my girlfrined and her mom while i am out of college and i was practicing on a door handle around the house. the problem is once i picked it and turned the plug the the whole thing came out. :shock:

the plug and the hull. now i cant get the hull to stay in because there is a metal piece that is keeping me from turning the hull back into place because it is wedging between some metal. i dont know if anyone can understand this but any help would be great.

by **rayman452** » 7 May 2005 18:09

Well, the lesson is don't pick locks that you don't own. Now, this lock, Im betting is a wafer? I only know of wafer locks that will pop out, and if it is, your pretty much screwed if a spring flew or the wafers were shifted. Your best bet is to say sorry, and offer to pay for it. And don't go picking locks you don't own.

by **Mad Mick** » 7 May 2005 18:10

Can you post the name of the lock, or even better...a picture?

by **sublime progie** » 7 May 2005 18:21

just to say she knows that i have been picking her locks and doesnt mind. that is why i am looking for help because i dont want to get her upset

and i couldnt find a name of the lock but it is the kind that you lock by just turning a little knob on the inside.

thanks for the advise so far all of it. and i agree that i probably shouldnt pick any that arent personaly mine
thanks again

by **Mad Mick** » 7 May 2005 18:24

If you can't ID it, someone on here will from a picture.

by **sublime progie** » 7 May 2005 18:27

how do you put on an image from your computer sorry this is the first forum i have participated in

by **sublime progie** » 7 May 2005 18:31

1st time i participated in a forum is what i mean

by **sublime progie** » 7 May 2005 19:06

after looking around it is definatly not a wafer lock. i picked it with a feeler in about 30 seconds

by **digital_blue** » 7 May 2005 19:23

a) Images can be hosted via a hosting service like http://www.photobucket.comand linked to.

b) I suspect that maybe what has happened here is that you accidently popped the cylinder and face out of the handle. This is possible on knobsets such as the Weiser Beverly line pictured here: http://www.locksonline.co.uk/acatalog/NA580B.jpg

I'm not entirely sure I can explain this but here goes... You can only insert the face and cylinder back into the handle at exactly the right angle (rotationally speaking). Once you find the sweet spot, you will be able to insert the cylinder back flush with the handle but it will only stay after rotating the cylinder back to the upright postition. In other words, insert the cylinder and face plate in as far as you can, rotate the plug to the correct angle where the whole assembly fits in flush, then rotate it to upright and you should be set. I hope I've done an adequate job with this. I could be totally misinterpreting the problem tho.

Good luck!

db

by **sublime progie** » 7 May 2005 19:28

thanks db i will mess around with this and thanks for the pic postng tip. i gotta go for a bit but i will put some pics of the problem up later. thank evryone

by **SFGOON** » 7 May 2005 20:01

It almost sounds like you picked the control shear on an IC lock, but WTF would a residence have that sort of setup for? Does the lock look like a figure 8? How strange...

by **sublime progie** » 7 May 2005 20:11

no the core is just a circle. it was pretty simple to pick. i say that because i have only attempted picking locks for the first time and it only took about 30 seconds or something. i dont think it was very technical. it is just like a regular door knob.

by **sublime progie** » 7 May 2005 20:35

rayman was right. it was a wafer lock and db is right about what hapened so i guess i am just out some cash. thanks guys. oh well cheap lesson

by **digital_blue** » 7 May 2005 20:37

A wafer lock in a residential door handle? Really? Are you sure?

db

by **rayman452** » 7 May 2005 20:50

sublime progie wrote:rayman was right. it was a wafer lock and db is right about what hapened so i guess i am just out some cash. thanks guys. oh well cheap lesson

Ahh, I can't get enough of him saying rayman was right. Not to be snobish or anything. I know what you mean about those wafers, I almosed poped one outa a computer server box. Then theres this other time I bought a set of locks, picked the wafer in 1.2 seconds, and poped the plug out so it was garbage.

sublime progie wrote:rayman was right. it was a wafer lock and db is right about what hapened so i guess i am just out some cash. thanks guys. oh well cheap lesson

Just can't get over it. I beat you D_B!!!!!Major achievement there...I knew it was a wafer!!!!!(little wired right now, Ill calm down later)

need help with unexpected outcome

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