man-o-man-o-man. What a drawn out battle (seemed long to me anyway!).
Thanks so much for stickin' around for it guys... lol. But we're not done yet.
Long story short. The lock is open. It was NOT a false set...
rather, something in a pin chamber obstructing full rotation.
I'm thinking collapsed spring along with a mangled masterpin.
Farmer, going by what you said earlier, I recreated my first 3 cuts on my previous key and impressioned again...
focusing on pins 4 & 5. I did that twice this morning with no success.
Going by the markings I received towards the
end of those two attempts, I decided it was pin 3 that I had cut too deep from the very beginning! So, I started
once more from square one. But here's the kicker: Not even 1/2 way into this attempt, I grabbed a key from my
"failed" pile (
guess I just wanted to see that "false set" again)... and the damn thing opened. *shakes head*
Turns out I had made TWO working keys already (
sort of). Both of em' setting in my pile of failed attempts.
They only work when the lock is
up-side-down. I've no excuse for not trying this earlier when picking or
working the key. I know better. A collapsed spring, yes... but a spring would not have held up to the torque
I was placing on this thing. You can't remove the plug with these older cores, but you can take out one of
the retaining pins so the plug can be turned to dump the keypins. Just as Gordon shows it
here. This one
stops just shy of allowing me to actually dump the pins.
You can see the keypin in chamber 3 sets low of the shear. What do you guys think? I'm thinking that a
masterpin/wafer belongs atop it. Instead, it's still up in the chamber along with a collapsed spring.
To verify it, I suppose I'd have to continue deepening the cut until it allows it to drop.
Honestly, I dunno if it's really worth any more effort & time at this point.
So Jeff, the good news is - the son-of-bitch is open. The bad news is... well.... yeah.
Think it over n' let me know what (
if anything) ya want to do with this one for now.