Re: Technique for cracking American Padlocks
flywheel wrote:I think this whole thread boils down to using the screwdriver as a wafer breaker and then popping the lock open directly. I don't know how many wafers you can break at one time considering the tight spaces within the lock body.
No screwdriver that fits down the plug is going to make a hole anywhere near large enough to admit a tool to turn the cam!
Also, if you simulate the tool Peterson make to turn the cam, it will almost certainly fail - few metal alloys will stand up to the job. It is highly unlikely the calibre of thief discussed would buy the tool from
Peterson & if they did, they'd surely buy the wafer breaker, too.
Furthermore, the description of the attack in the article doesn't match.
I'm sure the article is talking about locks of similar shape being opened, more specifically cheap disc detainer locks whose disc packs can be removed quickly with a screwdriver, like this : http://youtu.be/cI_09j-b84I
...Mark