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Happy 2020! A lock a day keeps the doctor away
Sun Mar 08, 2020 2:55 pm
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Day 68 of 366. This Burg Wachter padlock was a gift from a very special friend.
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Mon Mar 09, 2020 1:03 am
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Schloss and Burg pretty much mean the same. Nice combination and perhaps not a coincidence.
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Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:45 am
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Day 71 of 366. This is a rare tubular padlock with some brass and some copper-looking pins. It would be interesting to impression a key for it. The key diameter is so small it'll be difficult to find a blank. Brass pipe? The first raining day I may think about it again.
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Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:52 am
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Is it such a tight fit, or how do you prevent that tensioner from slipping?
Not sure if you could roll a sheet to the right size and impression it. Thought just crossed my mind and perhaps it's a bad idea.
Not sure if you could roll a sheet to the right size and impression it. Thought just crossed my mind and perhaps it's a bad idea.
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Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:52 am
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It's a super tight and precise fit. I try a few tension tools until I find the perfect one. And if I don't have it I just file one down to size.
Usually I prefer a different shape wrench, with the bottom part that extends towards the outer side of the keyway, like the key does.
This time I happened to have such a perfect fitting wrench I didn't even need another one.
About impressioning a key, I'll figure out something when it crosses my mind again. I've done what you say with a rolled piece of brass in the past. It works but it tends to bend and it's not a nice key.
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Usually I prefer a different shape wrench, with the bottom part that extends towards the outer side of the keyway, like the key does.
This time I happened to have such a perfect fitting wrench I didn't even need another one.
About impressioning a key, I'll figure out something when it crosses my mind again. I've done what you say with a rolled piece of brass in the past. It works but it tends to bend and it's not a nice key.
Cheers
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:34 am
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Point of that key is that you can use it both sides and it aligns with the grooves?
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Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:59 pm
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Yes edocdab, it's a reversible key, like the old car keys. It's not a wafer lock but a standard pin tumbler. The grooves on the sides are for key control.
Day 74 of 366.
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Day 74 of 366.
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Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:37 pm
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Day 75 of 366. I had to fight for two days to get this DOM open!
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