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Post Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:57 pm

righty tighty, lefty loosey

i just recently got a medeco classic. so far i've been able to pick it with 5 pins and side bar but only ccw. it seems a lot easier to pick it ccw. is that how it generally is for medecos, or does it depend on the lock and user?
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Post Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:00 pm

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I'd guess that latter from what I've seen others do.
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Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:27 am

Re: righty tighty, lefty loosey

As a general rule. Medecos generally pick angles first, then depths counterclockwise. And usually depths first then angles last clockwise. This rule doesn't always hold true, but more often than not it's does.

Following that rule. It can be easier to pick ccw because after setting the angles you won't need to pay attention to them again.

That said I have one that I can only pick ccw, and it has nothing specifically to do with the fact that it is a Medeco. It has a deep shallow combination in the back and I haven't been able to get it clockwise because of the binding order.
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Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:32 am

Re: righty tighty, lefty loosey

I was always under the assumption that Medeco had to be picked CCW because of the sidebar, just what I was told. I don't claim to be an expert on Medeco though......
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Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:12 pm

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Farmerfreak wrote:As a general rule. Medecos generally pick angles first, then depths counterclockwise. And usually depths first then angles last clockwise. This rule doesn't always hold true, but more often than not it's does.

Following that rule. It can be easier to pick ccw because after setting the angles you won't need to pay attention to them again.

That said I have one that I can only pick ccw, and it has nothing specifically to do with the fact that it is a Medeco. It has a deep shallow combination in the back and I haven't been able to get it clockwise because of the binding order.


Hey farmerfreak does that mean if i set the angles on the Medeco Classic and then set a pin...........and then say i drop the pin by setting another one, does the pin lose the rotation when dropping meaning that i would then have to reset rotation and the pin to shear line. Or just because i dropped the pin out of set position it wont affect the rotation setting??

Just curious cause i can do the classic with 4 pins and sidebar but when i put 5th pin in i cant get it........maybe that could be my problem. !!!!!!
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Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:36 pm

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bouncer965 wrote:Hey farmerfreak does that mean if i set the angles on the Medeco Classic and then set a pin...........and then say i drop the pin by setting another one, does the pin lose the rotation when dropping meaning that i would then have to reset rotation and the pin to shear line. Or just because i dropped the pin out of set position it wont affect the rotation setting??
If you are picking counterclockwise, then it probably won't lose it's rotational setting. There are no guarantees that is won't rotate on you, it's just less likely to to it if you are going ccw than if you are going clockwise.
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Post Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:33 pm

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Farmerfreak wrote:
bouncer965 wrote:Hey farmerfreak does that mean if i set the angles on the Medeco Classic and then set a pin...........and then say i drop the pin by setting another one, does the pin lose the rotation when dropping meaning that i would then have to reset rotation and the pin to shear line. Or just because i dropped the pin out of set position it wont affect the rotation setting??
If you are picking counterclockwise, then it probably won't lose it's rotational setting. There are no guarantees that is won't rotate on you, it's just less likely to to it if you are going ccw than if you are going clockwise.


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