at last- 5pin olschool lockwood picked

[psykro]

been pretty busy, but still getting the odd pick in. popped this the other day, big breakthrough for me.

5pinlkwd.jpg

find these harder than any other lock i have tried by a long way.
needed a lot of patience to get the binding order, the super-fine tolerances make it real hard to detect.
i think that is the main issue i have with these older lkwds.

[GWiens2001]

Good job! They are well made.

Gordon

[MrWizard]

Why pick it to the left was that the only way it would pick?

[AULockpicker]

You might find that it's not only fine tolerances that makes picking Lockwoods difficult. Have you seen the bevel on some of their pins? The bevel on the pins in some Lockwoods are in my mind extreme bordering on the ridiculous ~ from a pickers point of view. I did a short vid a while ago showing that bevel.

[psykro]

Good job! They are well made.

Gordon

thanks Gordon : ]

[psykro]

Why pick it to the left was that the only way it would pick?

it could go either way but ccw was the better feedback option on this one.

[oldlock]

The best way I have found with these is moderate tension, run through the pins once, then tickle each pin again. That usually deals with the bevel on the pins and then they are straightfoward.

[psykro]

You might find that it's not only fine tolerances that makes picking Lockwoods difficult. Have you seen the bevel on some of their pins? The bevel on the pins in some Lockwoods are in my mind extreme bordering on the ridiculous ~ from a pickers point of view. I did a short vid a while ago showing that bevel.

hi AULp, a fellow convict !
i haven't dismantled one of these, i like em too much. i have a repinnable assa lockwood though and i didn't notice any extreme bevelling on its pins.
do you have a link to your vid, i'd like to have a look at that mate.
i find the 4pinners lots easier, tho' they seem to have 1 or 2 spools in them. so far with these old 5 and 6 pinners i haven;t got one false set- just lots of oversets and stalemates due to wrong binding order... and perhaps. as you suggest, bevels!
thanks for the input, there isn't a whole lot i can find on these old lockwoods out there.

[psykro]

The best way I have found with these is moderate tension, run through the pins once, then tickle each pin again. That usually deals with the bevel on the pins and then they are straightfoward.

cheers oldlock. this is great, a veritable hotspot for aussie lockwood data!
i have found your method essential for my newer [assa] 6pinner, buti don't seem to have much luck applying it to these old ones.
the 334B45 assa one was relatively easy for me compared to these. i hope one day i can regard them as straightforward lol.

[oldlock]

That is a fairly old padlock you have there, factor in wear and tear + dirt (maybe) and it all equals problems.

No standard lockwood 5 or 6 pin products had (untill recently !) any anti-pick pins at all.

[psykro]

That is a fairly old padlock you have there, factor in wear and tear + dirt (maybe) and it all equals problems.

No standard lockwood 5 or 6 pin products had (untill recently !) any anti-pick pins at all.

yeah, i have been wondering about the dirt and wear n tear on my ones of this vintage. this one is probably hte cleanest body and most rust-free shackle of the lot.

that's what i had surmised from getting not one false set in the hours i have spent on 5 and 6 pinners, cheers for confirmation mate : ]

[AULockpicker]

You might find that it's not only fine tolerances that makes picking Lockwoods difficult. Have you seen the bevel on some of their pins? The bevel on the pins in some Lockwoods are in my mind extreme bordering on the ridiculous ~ from a pickers point of view. I did a short vid a while ago showing that bevel.

hi AULp, a fellow convict !
i haven't dismantled one of these, i like em too much. i have a repinnable assa lockwood though and i didn't notice any extreme bevelling on its pins.
do you have a link to your vid, i'd like to have a look at that mate.
i find the 4pinners lots easier, tho' they seem to have 1 or 2 spools in them. so far with these old 5 and 6 pinners i haven;t got one false set- just lots of oversets and stalemates due to wrong binding order... and perhaps. as you suggest, bevels!
thanks for the input, there isn't a whole lot i can find on these old lockwoods out there.

I checked my videos and it was a rim cylinder which had the large bevelled pins. I did perform surgery on a lockwood padlock some time ago to see how they are shielded, and that particular one had standard pins with standard bevels. I don't know if some lockwood padlocks have the same pins or if in fact the pins in the rim cylinder I put on YT had been doctored by a locksmith?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43_vPttdIZc

[oldlock]

Where the pins colour coded ? 99.999 % of aussie locksmiths use after market pins, they come in a variety of colours, silver, gold, green, purple, red .. They also have a different shape at their 'top' to the OEM pins.

[kilby]

Well done,

I have a Lockwood with a removable core and I have a feeling that it is going to be a long fought battle before I beat that one.

[psykro]

I checked my videos and it was a rim cylinder which had the large bevelled pins. I did perform surgery on a lockwood padlock some time ago to see how they are shielded, and that particular one had standard pins with standard bevels. I don't know if some lockwood padlocks have the same pins or if in fact the pins in the rim cylinder I put on YT had been doctored by a locksmith?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43_vPttdIZc

cheers for link mate, didn't realise but i had already subscribed to your channel : ]
i reckon those pins look modified but just speculation really. i have repinned a few lkwd rim cylinders now, and i haven't struck any with that hardcore chamfer.
that is an old cylinder though [no faceplate] so who knows?
let me know when you pick that bastard!