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Professor Emeritus Of Lockpickology and Smithery
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Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:01 pm
whizdumb81 wrote:I wonder.. Is a strip of soda can aluminum the right thickness for doing this?
Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:15 pm
KokomoLock wrote:whizdumb81 wrote:I wonder.. Is a strip of soda can aluminum the right thickness for doing this?
No, Way too thick!!! Use soda can for shimming padlock shackles!!
Professor Emeritus Of Lockpickology and Smithery
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Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:22 pm
ChemicalRobot wrote:KokomoLock wrote:whizdumb81 wrote:I wonder.. Is a strip of soda can aluminum the right thickness for doing this?
No, Way too thick!!! Use soda can for shimming padlock shackles!!
I tried to use a soda can once, and I can verify that they are too thick. It ended up jamming up the plug once it was past a few pins. Luckily it was a cheap cylinder.
Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:32 pm
KokomoLock wrote:Really, you actually shimmed a couple of pins with one?? I am gonna have to get a soda can and see, they must be making them a lot thinner than they did back in the old days!!
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