What have you picked today

[Papa Gleb]

HT you can rake those Medecos lol

Cali, thats pretty lucky mate. SFIC cores are a beast with a mood of its own lol. You can pick a SFIC for weeks never getting control then one day it only picks to control lol.

Use a RU46 to make a working key for that oval assa that is all over from ebay.

[HT4]

HT you can rake those Medecos lol

Yup. I figured that out. It works about 1 out of every 3 times I try, which isn't bad. I originally got this as a starter Medeco... i.e., a practice lock for the regular locks. Turns out, these driverless locks don't really develop the skills needed for the full monty. Right now I'm working on a standard biaxial with all but three pins removed. That's much better practice.

[Papa Gleb]

Yea thats a good start. Many say biaxial are easier then the original but Im not sure why when there are more cuts with the biaxial.

[caliusoptimus]

Those things are rakeable?! I'll have to give that a try.... I can do the standard biaxials (youtube.com/caliusoptimus) without too much trouble but I've got a pair of those driverless vending machine locks and have never had success.

[HT4]

Those things are rakeable?! I'll have to give that a try.... I can do the standard biaxials (youtube.com/caliusoptimus) without too much trouble but I've got a pair of those driverless vending machine locks and have never had success.

Definitely. A Triple Peak/Bogota with moderate tension worked best for me. Good luck!

[caliusoptimus]

Woohoo! Got one. Top one opened several times in a row. After about 5min I decided the bottom one had defeated my bogie. A .015 might do the trick.... until next time.

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[davesnothere11]

Had a good night of picking for a change. Luckily the silver Best only had 5 of 7 chambers pinned up, but they were all in the back. It seems for now 5 pins is my limit and the half diamond has become go to pick.

[HT4]

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[femurat]

Had an hour to play yesterday evening and dug out the old toys-box. Picked up random locks without looking and opened them.
I had a lot of fun!

Cheers

[Papa Gleb]

Good to see others are contributing to this thread lol Great picking gents.

Dave, the reason the 5 pins were in the back is because best counts the last pin as their first. So in a standard lock the pin closet out which you can see if actually the last pin in a Best system.

[davesnothere11]

Good to see others are contributing to this thread lol Great picking gents.

Dave, the reason the 5 pins were in the back is because best counts the last pin as their first. So in a standard lock the pin closet out which you can see if actually the last pin in a Best system.

Thanks. I remember hearing that, but didn't think about it at the time.

[jeffmoss26]

Had a good night of picking for a change. Luckily the silver Best only had 5 of 7 chambers pinned up, but they were all in the back. It seems for now 5 pins is my limit and the half diamond has become go to pick.

Not uncommon for someone to skip chambers when pinning up a Best. I've seen it a few times. Could also be a construction core where they purposely only pin 3 or 4 chambers.

[HT4]

Why not... I'll put it in this thread also!

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[twenglish 1]

Today i picked my first Medeco!!!, with 5 out of 5 pins installed, unfortunately for something like this a picture doesn't do justice, i will make sure i get it on video next time, what a feeling!!!

[femurat]

Another half hour of fun

Congrats to all the fellow pickers that are picking locks a lot harder than these. The locks inside my first toys box were "boring" when I've put them in it. Now I'm a bit nostalgic and dug it out. It's nice to see that I can still open them easily. I remember the personality and what pick worked better with some of them. Others are a surprise after all these years.
I'm planning to dig out all of my locks and pick them, and then decide if I still want to keep them or not. Then I'll find a way to dispose of the unneeded ones. Trades? Sells? Dunno. I'll let you know.

Cheers