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Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 5:10 pm
by Site Admin
well guys, tonight i have finally worked out a way to pick my brinks shrouded everytime. i've had this lock for ages now and i've never really had a good go at it, i'd pick it up, try and pick it for like a few minutes and if i couldnt do it i'd put it down for weeks but tonight i decided that i was going to pick it, so i sat down with it for a while and instead of tensioning it at the bottom of keyway as normal i tries it at the top, i got it to the false set straight away and worked my way through all the pins untill all but one was set, i was praying that the last pin i had to set would do it and sure anough it did, i was really happy i managed to do it because most brinks shoruded use spool pins but mine is loaded with spools and serrations on both driver and key pins making it very difficult to pick.

anyway stay tuned for the vid!!

Lew.

Re: Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:53 pm
by Josh
congratulations :D

Re: Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:17 pm
by safety0ff
Lockylew wrote:because most brinks shoruded use spool pins but mine is loaded with spools and serrations on both driver and key pins making it very difficult to pick.

I think they ALL have:
- 4/5 Spoorated Driver pin
- 1/5 Anti Drill Driver pin
- 1/5 Anti Drill Key pin
- 4/5 Serrated Key pin

The anti drill being almost always the second pin, you can usually figure that out with a flashlight looking down the keyway (as it's a different color.)

I just lubed my shrouded today, so we'll see if that helps or makes it more difficult. ( I think it'll be easier.)

Top tension for the win!

Re: Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:27 am
by j0siah7
yea I think putting tensoin at the top of the keyway is one of the best methods of opening that lock, it also works well on the american locks cause they have the same keyway.

Re: Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:51 pm
by 93940joe
thanks for the info lew. i actually jst got one in the mail today form raventattoo. ill try the method your using. i havnt gotten it picked so far.

Re: Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:16 am
by raventattoo
yeah, ive got a great tool that ive been using in my 1105 vids. top of the keyway stuff, ill try out a brinks shrouded later on

Re: Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:19 am
by ChipShuhart
Lockylew wrote:well guys, tonight i have finally worked out a way to pick my brinks shrouded everytime. i've had this lock for ages now and i've never really had a good go at it, i'd pick it up, try and pick it for like a few minutes and if i couldnt do it i'd put it down for weeks but tonight i decided that i was going to pick it, so i sat down with it for a while and instead of tensioning it at the bottom of keyway as normal i tries it at the top, i got it to the false set straight away and worked my way through all the pins untill all but one was set, i was praying that the last pin i had to set would do it and sure anough it did, i was really happy i managed to do it because most brinks shoruded use spool pins but mine is loaded with spools and serrations on both driver and key pins making it very difficult to pick.

anyway stay tuned for the vid!!

Lew.


Congrats dude! Thats a nice accomplishment. But I gotta say, that was the longest sentence I think I've ever read! :lol:

Re: Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:19 pm
by Site Admin
haha, my bad, must have been the excitment :D

Re: Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:30 pm
by Site Admin
how about: :o

Re: Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 7:21 pm
by Josh
you should hear my old American lit teacher's 1,000 word sentance.... hahahaha i wonder if i can email him and get him to type it up... :D

Re: Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 12:39 am
by HallisChalmers
Lockylew wrote:well guys, tonight i have finally worked out a way to pick my brinks shrouded everytime. i've had this lock for ages now and i've never really had a good go at it, i'd pick it up, try and pick it for like a few minutes and if i couldnt do it i'd put it down for weeks but tonight i decided that i was going to pick it, so i sat down with it for a while and instead of tensioning it at the bottom of keyway as normal i tries it at the top, i got it to the false set straight away and worked my way through all the pins untill all but one was set, i was praying that the last pin i had to set would do it and sure anough it did, i was really happy i managed to do it because most brinks shoruded use spool pins but mine is loaded with spools and serrations on both driver and key pins making it very difficult to pick.

anyway stay tuned for the vid!!

Lew.




Congrats...I'm jealous. I've been fighting my shrouded for almost a year now and I still can't get it. I have no trouble getting the false set - I can get it every time.

And I can pick almost all the pins - but I drop them when I try getting to
the 3rd pin from the bow. The problem seems to be the 2nd pin - which is a deep cut.

I used a key gauge and measured the first three cuts (starting at the bow), and they are 262. That is what's getting me. I can't get to the third pin without pushing up on that damn #6 cut....

I've tried every tool I have. I even used a Peterson DCAP hook to fiddle with it but nothing! :x :x

I got kids kicking sand in my face! :roll: I even slept in a Holiday Inn...no use. Didn't work.

I feel like a pencil-necked twerp.....Sheez!

Re: Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 12:29 pm
by HallisChalmers
Romstar wrote:When you run into something like a 262 cut, you have to be ready to change picks while you are working.

Something that works here is a taller hook that you can slide under the deep pin, and lift the high one.

Once you feel it catch, pivot the hook back out, and slide in again with a smaller lifter or a diamond.

Romstar




Thanks Romstar...I'll keep that in mind and give it another shot....persistance will pay off eventually.

Re: Finally Picked It!!

PostPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:58 pm
by m0ose
HallisChalmers wrote:
Romstar wrote:When you run into something like a 262 cut, you have to be ready to change picks while you are working.

Something that works here is a taller hook that you can slide under the deep pin, and lift the high one.

Once you feel it catch, pivot the hook back out, and slide in again with a smaller lifter or a diamond.

Romstar




Thanks Romstar...I'll keep that in mind and give it another shot....persistance will pay off eventually.


Yes, yes it will. And yeah, as he said, a taller hook should sort you right out. Kinda hard to get used to since you don't always use them, but damn right they have a use. I've only had to use mine once, and even then, I didn't have to, but it was easier.