MartinsHewitt's 3330
Martin Hewitt, Investigator Chronicles of Martin Hewitt
MartinHewitt wrote:The theory where the highest and lower areas are made my altashot are not valid here, I think. (Unless the wheel should indeed be viewed from the back.)
jharveee wrote:It has been a long time since I read "Altashot Theorem".I have between 10 to 20 openings on my practice LG3330, none on a real safe. I start out AWL and if I get nothing, then AWR, cause my reading change when going in different directions. If and when direction change fails to produce, I start parking wheels in different locations to expose the lower areas.
This is incorrect. And is a very common belief that I myself hung onto for a long time! LaGard wheels are in fact
fairly concentric. Actually, they're about as 'round' as any other wheel type in any other lock. Extreme fluctuations
exhibited by LaGards (and Ilco's P67 lock) are a direct result of what's known as 'wheel float'. Wheel float exists, to
some extent, in nearly every lock. But LaGard has it to such a degree that it tends to throw most of us for a real loop.
MartinHewitt wrote:After 84 minutes I'm kinda stuck. The behaviour around 5 is a bit strange. Also the lock is scrapeing between the contact points. Might be the spindle and the safe door or a loose spline key. In any case it should open. Maybe I should look into W2@R0. Or I should graph also the LCP.
PS: Maybe I should rescan W3.
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