(1799) Tri-Circle 103 (Innovative Design)

[@ObiwanNekody]

Thanks for the upload! I really enjoy the teardowns which involve unusual mechanisms.

[@Ralesk]

Whenever I see a direct mechanical blocking core I always comment on how ridiculously easy and simple it would be to do this instead of the spring loaded shimmables that have more parts to break. This is another such time :D I love how they put the return force in there with the angled hole, that's something that was completely missing from the Elzett Tutius for example.

[@Westhelockpicker]

I know it takes a tremendous amount of work to do all that you do Bill but I really wish you could upload everyday

[@LockpickingsGal]

Wow!! Love seeing the secret sauce in this lock!! Wake up MasterLock!! They could learn something here!!

[@bradw0535]

Nice picking Bill! Those smaller locks are always a struggle for me and my fat fingers.. always appreciate when you go into "instructor mode", you are great at conveying how things work. Thanks as always sir!

[@gozzendk]

Thanks for the video Bill

[@ranig2848]

Making simple things that work is MUCH MUCH harder than complex things that sometimes work, but sometimes just end up having embarrassing bypasses. Kudos for Tri-Circle for building a simple lock that works.

[@felixokeefe]

What a wonderfully simple and effective design.

[@ericelfner]

Sweet design.

[@twjohnson1203]

There's nothing I like better on Monday morning than a lock that fights back to point of cramps. Stay safe, legal and don't forget to bring your rat yokes inside at night, it's gettin' cold.

[@scottyTy]

Bill, with all the bad that us going on it's nice to get a break by watching your excellent lock picking. Can't forget the gutting disasters too :)...Thanks Bill...

[@nanaki-seto]

Interesting simple elegant design.

[@parapicktog7734]

Simple but effective. I like it.

[@markcloudchaser874]

Nice little lock Bill 👍

[@gerardthomas9023]

Nice disassembly. Didn't expect such alevel of innovation from the humble tri circle. Impressive.

[@Someone-mo3ye]

Nice lil video . 👍

[@eustache_dauger]

Used that for my storage locker 20 years ago. Not bad for the price I'd say. Don't have to worry about misplacing or forgetting the key in the locker, locking myself out thanks to the key retaining feature.

[@John_Doe62]

I really like the brass tri-circle locks, especially the mid size ones

[@alger8181]

That was very cool! Thank you for taking the time to gut this, and the show us the way of the 103.

[@dirtworm666]

Tri circle makes more of an effort than master lock

[@brysonalden5414]

Thanks for the video; very interesting design decisions they made.

[@jobil4261]

It’s one of the first lock I tried picking, but never had any luck. Bold of me to assumed it would be easy. Guess I’ll keep trying.

[@beardy736]

With all standard pins in the lower does that leave the lock vulnerable to being picked 'down' , shove all the pins up as high as they will go and then rake them down

[@bosnianbill]

Yeah, tried it. Didn't work. Tried combing too. Didn't work. Tried rapping too. Didn't work. Tried soaking it in urine. Worked, but didn't open the lock.

[@derekbowbrick6233]

@@bosnianbill lol.

[@metamorphicorder]

@@bosnianbill wow. Nice.

[@Hrethgir]

@@bosnianbill Wait, what did I just read????? Caught me off guard there with that one!

[@liquidbass84]

That's a neat little lock. Wouldn't mind giving it a go.

[@vagabond-yj8pn]

Nice.

[@nigozeroichi2501]

Nice, interesting lock, I also find all you do interesting AND informative, I've learned a lot from your videos, just today I had a situation at work, a coworker lost the key for our job box and my new Southord pick set is in the mail so I tried rapping the Master lock open, never having tried it before I didn't give much hope of it working for me BUT I had it opened in about ten seconds, shows how crappy Master locks have become or just beginners luck.

[@NothingPicksLocks]

Happy Monday Bill! It would be neat if you put grub screws in those holes and made it a training lock.

[@frankbiz]

Very interesting little lock, thanks Bill for posting. 👍🏻

[@lefracusss]

This explains a lot. I'm very much a noob at picking. Have managed to pick quite a few cheap low security padlocks and some bike locks. Have an old triCircle which I never managed to pick . Never counted in the factor of bad tolerances and poor quality.

[@bigdaddy6642]

Love your channel

[@RiCHBoyZer]

yeah this brand very popular in my country (Malaysia).....remind me my childhood!

[@ryanwilson_canada]

Now I wish I had sent my tricircle to you instead of another picker. Haha. I have no idea what model it was, but it was huge and made of cast iron, but brand new. The bitting on the key is what sold it to me. Between that and the amount of spring tension on the core? Took me ages to pick it.

[@GordieGii]

@2:00 Wouldn't you have to lift the pins to the shear line to get the shim in there?

[@The_Doc_Rocks]

Another good video, @Bosnianbill - thank you. One suggestion, hopefully constructive: we had a lovely in-focus view of your right thumb for most of the picking. Have you tried turning off the autofocus and setting manual focus to stay on the lock? Have noticed this on a few videos from you and others recently - the autofocus is just too bloody fast, and shifts to a thumb or hand instantly.

[@roysammons2445]

Great job! I have a bunch of 30mm keyed alike tri circles that's been in use for 23 to 25 years in my place of work. A couple of them died so I stripped one down and was surprised to find something between molten blobs of security pins and those ones in this video. Tri Circle are evolving, or is it adapting 🤔. Anyhow, it was interesting to set what they put in that lock. Thanks Bill 😉👍🏻

[@s1gen]

these locks are very popular in Asia and used as luggage locks. They are cheap, retains the key when opened and hardy

[@steamer1]

9:44 What word would you use, Bill?

[@junkman8742]

9:20. Would the resulting thinness of the shackle at the actuator (and only being secure on one side) make it very vulnerable to a hammer strike on the top?

[@cheyannei5983]

It's a brass body. If you're going to destructively open it, just cut it with a cut off tool.

[@junkman8742]

@@cheyannei5983 didn't really answer my question

[@cheyannei5983]

@@junkman8742 no, steel is pretty hard to break with shock unless it's overhardened. There's still a relatively high amount of steel there. Maybe there's some potential for damaging the steel actuator's attachment to the brass core. Leverage attacks should be fine, though.

[@junkman8742]

@@cheyannei5983 ok. Thanks. Probably a lot of ways to destroy this lock 🔐

[@cheyannei5983]

@@junkman8742 the most effective will be leverage attacks, since the shackle is only retained on one side and not incredibly strongly.

[@BD90..]

Finally a lock that I picked before Bill did.

[@Cooldudewhotellsamazingjokes]

Is it fair to say that if a lock is not precisely made you use light tension to pick it?

[@caseydarrah]

Not in my experience. Masters are kind of the default for garbage tolerances, and my 3 wants a ton of tension, 140 somewhat less.

[@seeitpickitbinit2510]

You’ve gotta pick a Tri-Circle like a Gege, they are crunchy or clicky. Go very light on the pins and they open reliably.

[@RWBHere]

So, is the quickest way past this lock to lever the shackle open, because it is only held closed at one end, and is not hardened? Interesting lock, nonetheless. Thanks Bill.

[@LokiCDK]

Can you actuate with a flag or bypass driver?

[@allenshepard7992]

One chance assembly. I can not believe they put the pins in and then cover the bible with brass. Would love to see a factory video of how they are made.

[@johndododoe1411]

I guess the rearmost holes are somehow stuffed with springs before inserting the plug (with key), snapping together when fully inserted. Also a special trick would be needed to drill the bible chambers without leaving visible holes on the surface.

[@allenshepard7992]

@@johndododoe1411 - That is what I was thinking. Cast the shell with an insert to create the "pre drilled holes". Insert the top pins. Assemble the cylinder and cover with a shim. Insert the spring / shackle and hold down so they are ready. Insert cylinder 90 degrees CW. Final step rotate the cylinder CCW till the retaining spring falls into the grove on the cylinder locking everything in place. Permanently. Just a guess.

[@johnboleyjr.1698]

I ain't gonna lie, this lock kinda impresses me a bit.

[@lorenkoehler5704]

In the past Tri-circle padlocks have been susceptible to over-lifting with comb picks. I would have loved to know if this one is too.

[@lockhak33]

Why not just drill the holes out so you can then tap them and use grub screws to make the lock functional again?

[@thelockpickinglebowski633]

Nice pick job! Thanks for sacrificing this one. It was well worth it and very educational. I'm curious to know if you keep the gutted security pins around for other projects or as part of giveaways or if they're simply discarded after the video has been produced.

[@johndododoe1411]

Those security pins remind me of ASSA "gin bottle" pins.

[@DonzLockz]

A strange looking little lock. Small locks are a pain.

[@bosnianbill]

I agree! I have nightmares about having to pick open that crappy TSA lock with dimples. It was the first one I'd ever encountered and it really put up a fight. Because of it, I bought one of those expensive sets of TSA keys, just to get the dimple one.

[@RWBHere]

@@bosnianbill I guess that this lock is an older, discontinued line, because none of this type seem to be available on Amazon or Fleabay.

[@bosnianbill]

@@RWBHere I just Googled tri-circle and see a LOT of their other models, but everyone seems to be out of this model. When you DON'T want them, they're everywhere... Keep checking eBay.

[@theteenageengineer]

I know bill means it, although he hasn’t said it that I can remember, it’s great to donate to the lock lab, but if you are not in a position to donate, do not donate and keep your money to help you. One thing that does help if you cannot donate, then help provide content by sending in locks that are unique to have bill pick.

[@twjohnson1203]

Speaking of special sauce, I halfway expected some lettuce and onions to come out of there, maybe a few sesame seeds...I guess dead birds were too much to hope for.

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

It must be Chinese Master Sauce. 😆😆 (For those who don't know, Master Sauce is an actual thing in Chinese cooking. So this was a locksmith/cooking crossover joke.)

[@aserta]

I have an ancient one of these that's smaller than the 103.

[@WaynesElectrical]

*YAAAAAAY!!!!* I have one of these padlocks, and have had my one since the mid 1990s. I keep mine on an...... . . . .........Electricity meter. An electricity meter, I hear you ask, with some kind of confusion????? Yes, that's right. In the UK, up until the mid 1990s it wasn't uncommon to have an electric meter in the home where it had to be fed with coins to keep the power turned on! :D Today, such electric meters are still in use in privately-rented houses where the landlord wishes to recover the cost of electricity before it is used (i.e. pre-paid electricity) and because these meters have coin boxes, a padlock is required. I have only ever seen ONE of these little Tri-circle 103s, and it is the one which I keep with my electricity meter *======================================================* You can see the electricity meter and the padlock on this link: www. youtube. com/ watch?v= vwWn_Ex0t9I You will need to copy-and-paste the link and then remove the spaces from it to get it to work, as sometimes, KZbin swipes comments from the comments box which contain clickable links. *======================================================* The other padlock which shows in the video is a L&F padlock and is attached to the electricity meter's coin box in the opening to the video. This is to serve as a TEASER to a future video on that lock! If you're reading this and wish to know more on that L&F lock, then head-on over to *_Wayne's Electrical_* right now and be sure to *_BAAAAAAANNNG_* that subscribe button! Get the bell on and make sure your subscriber perks are enabled! :D In the meanwhile..... If you wish to see many more electricity meters, then once again on *_Wayne's Electrical_* if you head over to the *_Electricity Meters Play List_* there are many more in there right now waiting...... Just for you! :D Do I power them up and rev their loadwheels? Of course! How about running them at *TOP WHACK?!!!!* Do I also spin them in reverse? *ABSOLUTELY! :D* ......For the optimimum Sssatisfaction of the loadwheel action of course! :D For the loadwheel action, you will need the *_POWERED Play List._* Accuracy tests? Yep, I do those as well, and yes, the Accuracy tests can be found in the *_Accuracy Tests Play List_* for the suspense of sitting on the edge of your seat, wondering if the loadwheel will make it back to the beginning in time! :D What about even more electricity meters in the future? Well, I cannot see into the future, so *_Just In Case_* I do get even more electricity meters in the future, head-on over to *_Wayne's Electrical_* right now and be sure to *_BAAAAAAANNNG_* that subscribe button! Get the bell on and make sure your subscriber perks are enabled! :D Thanks for showing this little Tri-Circle 103. A nice little lock overall and definitely interesting to see inside one of those, even though you destroyed it (which really speaking, makes my one that _little_ bit rarer! :D Thanxx, -Wayne's Electrical. _26th October 2020, 19.40_

[@Caladian]

Wow, even if you could get a shim in there, that is definitely unshimable

[@wot_hog]

First Chinese padlock ever that might be semi decent?

[@evilborg]

wow that's a first for me... a chinese lock thats not a complete joke

[@MC-ib7rk]

now you can tap and put set screws into that Bible and make a padlock challenge lock type deal out of it that can be re pinned easily and send it to somebody

[@Monothefox]

-8 You've got to jiggle it Just a little bit -8

[@VictorSilva-rq4kz]

Real cheap lock but kicks Master Lock best lock's but.

[@numberyellow]

Wait... so what you're telling me is that there is a chinese product that isn't a low-quality trash knockoff?

[@dedge511]

Bourgeois

[@michaelgodborn]

1 minute ago but 3 views???