OldddffAASSTT the Spin Master Extraordinaire and American Lock Slayer
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Location: Michigan
Fri Nov 21, 2014 6:34 pm
Kwikset Reloaded
.............................. Home Brewed Pins ..............................
My goal here is not necessarily to create a Kwikset spawned from the pits of hell. lol
I'd just like to be able to make these locks a little more secure. For better or worse
Kwikset dominates the residential market. Of course this depends on where you
live. But for me it's usually a Kwikset or Schlage. If I'm servicing one of these
and the person shows enough concern, I can at least give them the option
of throwing in some of these pins with the idea that they will "help some"
My test subject: I've acquired several of these 'old school' Kwiksets.
Nice to see a time when they were built solid & comprised of all brass.
So I'm currently focusing on several pin designs - all based off of other lock manufacturers.
I'm creating these from pins directly from a Kwikset pin kit. There's two sizes of drivers;
Kwikset's standard drivers are .180 long. The red one's are a bit shorter at .160.
The 3 on the far left... around here, these are affectionately referred to as "trampoline pins"
Based on TrioVing pins as Xeo has highlighted HERE. You'll notice the first two are a little
closer to the original. I think they may prove to be just as, if not more effective than the 3rd
more drastically angled one (which is more like a VingCard pin, as Ed has shown us here)
On the right... "T-pins" were introduced by Schlage and were never intended to be security pins.
But as FarmerFreak has illustrated on more than one occasion, stacking these pins can create
some devastating effects. I plan to experiment with these in hopes of getting similar results.
And in the middle... "lipped mushroom pins" found sprinkled throughout Medeco cores.
I'm not yet sure how these will pan out. They're not exactly easy to make... and there may
be other more simplistic designs that would prove to be just as effective but with less work.
And naturally, I'll be roughing up the tops of some of the longer key pins.
We need to make sure all you sloppy pickers out there pay for it
lol
This is one of my 'side projects' that I continuously revisit. I make a little more progress each time.
Next time I pass through I'll have some pictures of my setup (dremel & various files) that I'm using.
I'll also talk of some of the problems I've had. Some I've worked around, and others still haunt me.
My goal here is not necessarily to create a Kwikset spawned from the pits of hell. lol
I'd just like to be able to make these locks a little more secure. For better or worse
Kwikset dominates the residential market. Of course this depends on where you
live. But for me it's usually a Kwikset or Schlage. If I'm servicing one of these
and the person shows enough concern, I can at least give them the option
of throwing in some of these pins with the idea that they will "help some"
My test subject: I've acquired several of these 'old school' Kwiksets.
Nice to see a time when they were built solid & comprised of all brass.
So I'm currently focusing on several pin designs - all based off of other lock manufacturers.
I'm creating these from pins directly from a Kwikset pin kit. There's two sizes of drivers;
Kwikset's standard drivers are .180 long. The red one's are a bit shorter at .160.
The 3 on the far left... around here, these are affectionately referred to as "trampoline pins"
Based on TrioVing pins as Xeo has highlighted HERE. You'll notice the first two are a little
closer to the original. I think they may prove to be just as, if not more effective than the 3rd
more drastically angled one (which is more like a VingCard pin, as Ed has shown us here)
On the right... "T-pins" were introduced by Schlage and were never intended to be security pins.
But as FarmerFreak has illustrated on more than one occasion, stacking these pins can create
some devastating effects. I plan to experiment with these in hopes of getting similar results.
And in the middle... "lipped mushroom pins" found sprinkled throughout Medeco cores.
I'm not yet sure how these will pan out. They're not exactly easy to make... and there may
be other more simplistic designs that would prove to be just as effective but with less work.
And naturally, I'll be roughing up the tops of some of the longer key pins.
We need to make sure all you sloppy pickers out there pay for it
lolThis is one of my 'side projects' that I continuously revisit. I make a little more progress each time.
Next time I pass through I'll have some pictures of my setup (dremel & various files) that I'm using.
I'll also talk of some of the problems I've had. Some I've worked around, and others still haunt me.
" Enjoy the journey AS MUCH as the destination."
