Familiar Face
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Joined: Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:40 pm
Location: near the Rubicon trail - U.S.A.
Impressioned my first lock, a Masterlocks #34
I did lots of internet reading and decided to give it a go.
The lock uses a master M1 blank which is a 4 pin tumbler lock mechanism which most say is best to start with...
My process was slightly modified from the normal way of doing impressioning as I used a set of space & depth keys, a mini-mite 008A duplicator, blue sharpie permanent marker, and magnification.
First I marked the blank with the sharpie to check for bitting "0" and did the bind and wiggle-jiggle etc... to get a mark which all 4 pins did leave.
Then I cut all spaces that had a mark to the next level with the space and depth keys and repeated until the marks were not present.
The first cut to not show a mark was the tip which I then no longer changed the depth on that position, then the next was the 2 center pins and last was the pin nearest the bow. The cuts I ended up with were 5441 when I measured them with a gauge, then I cut my final key for the lock by code (poor mans code cutter space & depth keys and a mini-mite 008A) which didn't look that much different than the first just the ramps were a little better on the final key.
The whole process took me about 20 minutes and I used only 3 blanks, 2 to impression with as I was a little too rough on the first and one more for the final key.
Next I am going to try out a schlage 5-pin to see if it is just as easy but I hope it is not, or I will be changing to many house locks...LOL
Is the schlage SC-1 5-pin any tougher than a master M1 4 pin type of cylinder to impression?
P.S. I have not even attempted to pick any locks yet, no picks yet... I am probably starting out at this bassackwards learning impressioning first LOL...