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- From: amb@cs.columbia.edu (andrew m. boardman)
- Subject: Re: Gumball machine - new thread - help
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- Organization: Slug Hordes of the Planet Gamma
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:53:59 GMT
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- In article <mis.727602996@sug.org> mis@sug.org (Mark Seiden) writes:
- >most of these are chicago double sided wafer locks. not difficult
- >to pick, but on a threaded shaft that requires repeated picking once
- >per turn. i have heard that (but not seen) a coil spring used
- >once the lock is picked to rapidly spin the core through several
- >revolutions.
-
- Personally, I prefer a good power drill, with a piece of thick wire-tie
- used as a bit -- it's rigid enough to spin the lock, but if at some point
- you lose and the lock catches, it still has more than enough flexibility
- to twist out of lock rather than wreck it...
-
- andrew
-