So how do those work? I assume all six (on mine) plungers have to be pushed in the correct amount. The pictures in that article don't seem to show any obvious way of pressing the different plungers different amounts, even if you had a way of discovering how far each one needed to go?
Blimey. I still don't fully understand how they work but the video looks convincing enough.
See tubular lock section of this article
Blimey. That's an interesting concept for a store! Perfectly legal, I'm sure ... but his customer-base?
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Thanks, but I still don't fully understand (specifically, why the first tumbler to reach the sheer line magically stops there rather than carrying on with the rest of the tool as it is pushed in further). But, while the engineer in me is intrigued, there are enough more savoury things to engage my curiosity
I imagine it is a similar way to how picking a regular cylinder lock is possible. In that case, when the pin shears, gaps between the cylinder and barrel due to manufacturing tolerances keep the pin there.Thanks, but I still don't fully understand (specifically, why the first tumbler to reach the sheer line magically stops there rather than carrying on with the rest of the tool as it is pushed in further). But, while the engineer in me is intrigued, there are enough more savoury things to engage my curiosity
Yes, but when you're picking a Yale-type cylinder lock, don't you keep the rotational pressure in a single direction, and feel each tumbler in turn till you find the one that (due to manufacturing tolerances) is binding first? Or so I understood. The video shows that tool being wiggled backwards and forwards.
Yes.Blimey. That's an interesting concept for a store! Perfectly legal, I'm sure ... but his customer-base?
Bit like all the hydroponics stores I ride by? Yes, I know it's in common use in commercial vegetable growing, but have you EVER met anybody who uses hydroponics in their garden/allotment? (Hmmm - careful how you answer that
