Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:13 pm by ToolyMcgee
awol70 wrote:cool.. does yours have the stainless keypins?
(i am guessing not, with a radical bitting like yours.)
the decoder comes with the brinks housekey padlock,along with a small pinning kit.
i find this lock much more challenging W/O security pins...
(the stainless ones are a real ßIT¢# to pick.)
Actually it did have 5 stainless steel key pins, but I have repinned it more than a hundred times. Why do you find the stainless pins harder to pick? I havn't ever really noticed a difference other than they are a little slippery for a round tipped pick.
So, a brinks padlock? I don't know where to find one like that retail, but I'll keep an eye out. Ebay is bound to turn up something. Got my eye on a nice yale shrouded with the rekeyable Y1 cylinder. Makes sense they would give you the depth card with a padlock you could master key to your front door lock.
If I repinn a lock and I think I might not be able to pick it easily, lots of security drivers or just in case I jam a spring whipping on it with a rake out of frustration for example. I usually do it to a factory key I already have to save the trouble of cutting a new key. Also, good practice for key bitings straight from the factory. I probably have a hundred keys, non of them have 0 cuts, and I have never seen a factory 0 cut. The only 0 pins I have are from master keyed pin stacks I get from second hand locks on occasion. I know you didn't ask, but seeing the card made me think about it.
-Tooly
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