Thisisthelockpickinglawyer, andwhat I haveforyoutodayis a cardoperatedpathlockthatwassenttomebyRandyinDetroit.
Thebrandappearstobeoperatortime, butitseemstobenearlyidenticaltothiscraftexcardlockthat I featuredinvideo 5 29 I trynottobetoorepetitive, buttheselocksaresomuchfunthat I decidedtofeatureitanyway.
Yousee, ratherthan a traditional K, thislockopensbysliding a cardintothisslotontheside.
Heputitin, giveit a firmshoveanditpopsrightopentheholesthatyouseeinthecornerofthecardinherfacewithfourdimplepinson a slidingcarriageontheinside.
Andthat's whatensuresthatonlythecorrectcardworks.
Infact, if I weretousethiscardfromthatcraftdickslock, youwouldseethatnothinghappensatall, asyouwouldexpectnow, I'm notsurehowoldthislockis, butthestylecameoutinthelate 19 eighties, andtheseweren't madeforallthatlong, soThisisprobablysomewhereintheneighborhoodof 25 to 30 yearsold.
Pickingtheseisrelativelyeasy.
Onceyouunderstandthemechanism, whatweneedtodoisputpressureonthatslidingcarriage, andthenwecanpickthosedimplepinsaswewouldin a normallock.