Lockwood 334B45 PiP challenge lock

[aeporia]

(If this should go into the R&D forum plz move it ;s)

After the fun I had in modifying two LW 234M45s recently to use Flywheel’s Pin-in-Pin design and trading them on, I decided to do another. With knowing exactly what’s in it and where I’ve gotten really close to getting it, but with my current 5 attempts still no open.











#3 driver is a drunken T-pin, with the lower part pictured made from the threaded end of a bicycle spoke, separated from the spring by a master wafer. #4 and #6 are Flywheel-style Pin-in-Pin drivers. This time I polished the nails, thinning them a bit, and used a smaller drill bit on the outer jackets.

The core is from a LW 334B45, which it’s back in now. It was originally packed with 5 of the newer discrete steel spools from Abloy. I found some amazing cut-aways on KP actually of this padlock and core by jzz20: viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2808 (very awesome)

If someone wants to trade for it please nudge me (Papa Gleb?) (:

Hats off again to Flywheel.

[HT4]

FYI. I got some deeper hooks, and I'm picking this one pretty regularly now. I'll make a video soon... Maybe tonight.

Also, the original flywheel PiP challenge lock should be arriving at my house tomorrow, so I'll do a follow up/comparison once I get a chance to spend a few hours and get to know that lock.

More soon.

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[aeporia]

FYI. I got some deeper hooks, and I'm picking this one pretty regularly now. I'll make a video soon... Maybe tonight.

Also, the original flywheel PiP challenge lock should be arriving at my house tomorrow, so I'll do a follow up/comparison once I get a chance to spend a few hours and get to know that lock.

More soon.

Niiice. Looking forward to the video. (:

[Neilau]

Aeporia.

Those are some "beautiful" looking key pins.

Bitting is pretty savage too.

All up -- very nice.

[GWiens2001]

Beautiful work. Would not mind adding one of those babies to my collection. Thanks for the lock porn.

Gordon

[aeporia]

Beautiful work. Would not mind adding one of those babies to my collection. Thanks for the lock porn.

Gordon

Cheers.

I’ve got one more spare core (334B45 brass(?) core), and a body (234M45 marine) it can live in, that I’ve already begun work on — since you’re in the US and LWs aren’t so prevalent, I’m happy to set up a trade if you like? (:

It’d be a bit of an oddity, with a technically lower-grade core in a higher-grade body (I think, per LW’s catalogue) but I can also throw in a few LW5 blanks, and the stock pins it comes with so you can repin it to factory if you wanted after beating the challenge lock pinning.

@Neilau: offer goes to you too btw (there are more LWs in my collection I’m meaning to gut and modify…). (:

—aeporia.

[HT4]

FYI. I got some deeper hooks, and I'm picking this one pretty regularly now. I'll make a video soon... Maybe tonight.

Also, the original flywheel PiP challenge lock should be arriving at my house tomorrow, so I'll do a follow up/comparison once I get a chance to spend a few hours and get to know that lock.

More soon.

Niiice. Looking forward to the video. (:

Just uploaded it!

[GWiens2001]

Beautiful work. Would not mind adding one of those babies to my collection. Thanks for the lock porn.

Gordon

Cheers.

I’ve got one more spare core (334B45 brass(?) core), and a body (234M45 marine) it can live in, that I’ve already begun work on — since you’re in the US and LWs aren’t so prevalent, I’m happy to set up a trade if you like? (:

It’d be a bit of an oddity, with a technically lower-grade core in a higher-grade body (I think, per LW’s catalogue) but I can also throw in a few LW5 blanks, and the stock pins it comes with so you can repin it to factory if you wanted after beating the challenge lock pinning.

@Neilau: offer goes to you too btw (there are more LWs in my collection I’m meaning to gut and modify…). (:

—aeporia.

I'll take you up on that. Contact me via PM and we'll work out the details.

Gordon