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    Default Master Lock padlocks - junk!

    Many of us have our sheds and valuables protected with a padlock, and Master Lock is considered to be top notch.

    Watch this guy open a brand new one by tapping with a hammer :

    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pU9MB5XPsp4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>



    Yikes! I'll be getting rid of those tomorrow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NightTrain View Post
    Many of us have our sheds and valuables protected with a padlock, and Master Lock is considered to be top notch.
    I worked with and on locks as a locksmith when I was "Security Chief" on an installation.

    Master is fairly good, but the finest is BEST locks. Everything they make is from bar stock bronze
    and not poured blends. BEST uses a 7 pin core system....the rest 4 or 5. You cannot break
    one open with a hammer and the shackles are darn near impervious to only the largest
    bolt cutters.

    Quikset and Sclaghe are cheap as hell and easily broken and picked. I can open a Master with a ballpeen
    and chisel...
    Last edited by Elessar; 03-05-2016 at 02:18 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elessar View Post
    I worked with and on locks as a locksmith when I was "Security Chief" on an installation.

    Master is fairly good, but the finest is BEST locks. Everything they make is from bar stock bronze
    and not poured blends. BEST uses a 7 pin core system....the rest 4 or 5. You cannot break
    one open with a hammer and the shackles are darn near impervious to only the largest
    bolt cutters.

    Quikset and Sclaghe are cheap as hell and easily broken and picked. I can open a Master with a ballpeen
    and chisel...
    Good to know!

    BEST is the brand all the major telecom companies use up here to secure the gates and doors to cell sites. Never really thought about it before, but that's probably the reason.

    We never go out of town on a trip without a 3 foot "Master Key" with us - a big set of bolt cutters. Too many times we arrived at the site without the right key - someone had changed out locks without telling anyone. 4 guys standing around at the gate drinking coffee gets expensive real fast.
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    I had just saw this yesterday as well:

    “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    I had just saw this yesterday as well:

    Saw that one yesterday, too.

    That guy got mobbed in the comments about using those cheap locks. "Try that shit with a Master Lock, you wienie!" ... which is how I arrived at the Master Lock hammer trick! lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by NightTrain View Post
    Saw that one yesterday, too.

    That guy got mobbed in the comments about using those cheap locks. "Try that shit with a Master Lock, you wienie!" ... which is how I arrived at the Master Lock hammer trick! lol
    When I was younger we used to hang out at the apartment complex down the end of my street. At basement level is where they had all of the wash rooms. But when closed, they were locked with your typical master locks, and yep, I remember that vividly that they were Master!! Anyway, I used to just grab a brick, and come down and nail it where you clicked it locked and it would break it open usually within 2-3 hits.
    “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    When I was younger we used to hang out at the apartment complex down the end of my street. At basement level is where they had all of the wash rooms. But when closed, they were locked with your typical master locks, and yep, I remember that vividly that they were Master!! Anyway, I used to just grab a brick, and come down and nail it where you clicked it locked and it would break it open usually within 2-3 hits.
    Why you little hooligan!

    Let me guess - Jeff taught you all those juvenile delinquent tricks, yeah?
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    Quote Originally Posted by NightTrain View Post
    Why you little hooligan!

    Let me guess - Jeff taught you all those juvenile delinquent tricks, yeah?
    No way, ask Jeff, I taught him all the devious stuff! Jeff was just a drinker then, I was the benign lawbreaker!
    “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock

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    Quote Originally Posted by NightTrain View Post
    Good to know!

    BEST is the brand all the major telecom companies use up here to secure the gates and doors to cell sites. Never really thought about it before, but that's probably the reason.

    We never go out of town on a trip without a 3 foot "Master Key" with us - a big set of bolt cutters. Too many times we arrived at the site without the right key - someone had changed out locks without telling anyone. 4 guys standing around at the gate drinking coffee gets expensive real fast.
    The only drawback is that BEST is usually used on larger commercial places, and rarely a domestic site.
    However, a good locksmith may be able to provide one. Ohh...BEST was bought out by or merged with Stanley
    a couple of years back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    I had just saw this yesterday as well:

    The bodies of those locks in the demo are cheap, poured pot metal. You do not even
    need a pair of wrenches to bust that crap. A ballpeen will do it instantly.

    Why do people put up such videos? <not you>....teaching others how to break and enter??
    I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elessar View Post
    The bodies of those locks in the demo are cheap, poured pot metal. You do not even
    need a pair of wrenches to bust that crap. A ballpeen will do it instantly.

    Why do people put up such videos? <not you="">....teaching others how to break and enter??

    I don't know, but he got his ass kicked in the comments! </not>
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