On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:05:22 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Leon Fisk on Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:33:45 -0400
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:54:19 -0800
pyotr filipivich wrote:

Gunner Asch on Thu, 23 Nov 2017 04:55:06 -0800
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Here in California..they are still using padlocks..least the storage
units some of my customers use. Thanks for the heads up!

It seems to be half of one, six dozen of the other.

Sort of... but at least with a padlock it has other obvious, tested
through the years uses. Plus you have many, many different locks
and security levels to choose from. This lock needs a very specific
sized, shaped hole and mechanism to be of use.

Going by what I could see in the images it looks like it could
be defeated with an 18 inch pipe that just fit over it. Picking would
take less than 5 minutes but there are very few thief's that pick locks.

I skimmed the patent, it was specifically designed for roll-up
doors:

https://www.google.com/patents/US6719334?dq=6719334

Without good security cameras and other access logging it looks to me
like security by weirdness. As in "I've never seen a lock like that
before Jim, how we gonna get in that one..."

They come with three keys. Considering how I mislaid my 2 spares,
I gave some thought to how I would remove such a lot - without a lot
of collateral damage. Just a matter of "what do you consider
'reasonable', eh no?" I mean, thermal lances are right out. (There
are too many wooden and cardboard things on the other side.

I guess that rules out the Barrett M82 can opener, too, huh? Darn.

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