30 Nov
2018
30 Nov
'18
7:41 p.m.
At 07:05 PM 30/11/2018 -0800, you wrote:
On Sat, 1 Dec 2018, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
I wouldn't know. There are few retro-tech resources here in Australia, and I only
found and joined this list in Aug this year.
It very likely is. Ha ha, this is funny.
And now, back to machining a lock pick for a
PDP-8/S front panel cylinder lock.
http://everist.org/NobLog/20181104_PDP-8S.htm#locks
Are you sure that it's not an "XX2247"? (Widely used on MOST PDP8's, and pretty much all
keyed alike, unless there
were major needs to rekey to a different key)
If so, there are a number of people on the list who have them.
In fact, currently, there are TWO listings on eBay for that particular
key! ($25)
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=x…
Heh. and one of them from Australia too. Pity I didn't know that a week ago.
$25 if I can't pick it myself. Minus what the locksmith will charge to make a key
given pin depths from my pick. We'll see.
If you prefer, the tool that your locksmith uses is
readily available,
even on eBay. there are a couple of minor variants, including different
diameters.
Yeah I did know this. Though a quick Aliexpress search failed to find one.
And I didn't want to wait the extra several weeks for shipping from China.
It would seem that you can make a better quality one
than most
of the cheap (Chinese) ones. (particularly if you need a rationalization
for continuing your machining of it)
Yes, yes, I do. x_x
Partly it was that I really had been getting annoyed with myself for not having
the dividing head set up yet. Needed for other things including gear cutting.
This was just 'adequate incentive.' Now it's working I will be having some
fun with it.
Anyway this makes for a funny aside on the web story.
Nice. Definitely going to buy one. I wonder what was wrong with my search terms before?
I made such a pick half a century ago, with no
knowledge that there
already was such. At that time, they were called "UNPICKABLE". (until
you had an appropriate tool.
On some locks, there is a special "jiggling" needed, rather than "just
shove it in". And, occasionally, you need to just use it for torsion, and
feel the pins while sliding each slider in and out manually.
This is what I expect to be doing.
Once the pick is set to the lock cylinder, it is
straightforward to
measure the depths. SOME duplicators can copy from the pick tool, but
some will knock sliders out of place.
Pins on mine will be individually solidly lockable, for that reason.
Or, if you prefer, I can dig through some old posts on
this list, and tell
you the depths of the cuts for XX2247. It has been widely discussed a few
years back.
If I can't pick it easily I'll ask.
Guy