HP's Picked Locks

[huxleypig]

MTL Classic



Wasn't sure if this deserved to get in but it's in because it took me so long.

[fgarci03]

Oh it deserved!

Very nice pick Hux!

[huxleypig]

I never realised but I suppose this is as close to picking as you get with this lock.

[rerun12]

thats damn cool hux

[huxleypig]

Abloy Classic:

[GWiens2001]

Abloy Classic:

Dang, that is GREAT, Hux!

Gordon

[mister sour]

Very cool. I typically use thermite to pick open abloy locks not really

[huxleypig]

Dirty overworked toolmaking fingers:

[huxleypig]

Better fingers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-B1YHKz9Nk&lc=z12xylkaxvafujiog04cdb15clq5y10qukk0k

[GWiens2001]

Out-friggin-standing! The music is soooo appropriate, Hux. That is an impressive design, build, and demonstration, good sir!

Gordon

[huxleypig]

Abloy Classic High Profile:





Another day, another profile!

[macgng]

HUX is at it again! 1 more down... how many more to go???

[huxleypig]

Abloy Exec Profile:

[Patrick Star]

Cool! I was wondering why there wasn't anything on picking Exec!
Was anything different picking it compared to Classic? Apart from the profile of course .

[huxleypig]

Cool! I was wondering why there wasn't anything on picking Exec!
Was anything different picking it compared to Classic? Apart from the profile of course .

I've never heard even a whisper about Exec. I've heard tons more about Protec NDE than Exec!

It is a very different lock to the Classic. Yes, it has rotating discs and the same principle of 'bind and move' still applies but it presents a whole new raft of problems when it comes to picking it.

I would say that the DSS (disc steering system) has a larger function as a partial curtain in this lock than in others. In other Abloys with the DSS, (at least) the deepest disc is physically attached to the DSS arms...in this lock nothing is attached to it, it floats around inside the lock, eating up precious tool space (which is already restricted). It only steers anything when the key is returned to the insert position, resetting everything.

To complicate matters further, if you try to tension the lock from the front disc then it over-rotates a good 30 degrees or so, going well past the gate. I am nowhere near done with this lock yet too btw!