(picking 110) Abus 45/40 padlock with evil keyway gutted and picked

[@lockpickinglawyer]

Excellent evaluation.

[@Potti314]

+LockPickingLawyer Thank you. Your last video of the narrow keyways and the tip of how to pick them inspired me. Thank you for the idea to look inside a plug to understand the warding. Cheers.

[@hugomartel8552]

+Potti314 I need to break a Y1 Yale plug !!

[@Potti314]

+Hugo Martel Yes. I also will break more plugs in the future.

[@hugomartel8552]

I have a trick to break them easy!!!

[@Potti314]

+Hugo Martel Actually, I will try to make a nice cutaway like here kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIXGYqaon7aIjNk Will you show us your trick?

[@thekrautist]

Cheers, sir. I was wondering why my (old style) 45/40 was behaving the way it does, since it seemed to me a bit on the cheap side to have any fancy pins. Now I know better.

[@rjrobertjames9804]

Excellent video. Sparrows has a SSDEV hook set. maybe that could be used on a lock like that

[@Potti314]

+RJ Robert James Thank you. Will check out that hook set.

[@mokseee]

I have been struggling with this one for a while now. I considered trying to pick it with dimple picks, but haven't tried yet

[@peteboggy4435]

Thanks for this. I bought 3 of these and haven't opened one yet. I thought about making a pick especially for them. Now I know what I'm up against! Great video.

[@Potti314]

Thank you and good luck :-)

[@Swynndla]

Another excellent demonstration :D :D ... thank you for opening it up!

[@Potti314]

Thanks mate - I was very curious to look inside a keyway for a long time, so this one was a great opportunity.

[@javidpatel344]

Great breakdown of the lock amazing effort you put in to this video really enjoyed it

[@Potti314]

+Javid Patel Thank you Javid. That's something I always neglected - keyways. I really wanted to see what the pick does inside. Great that you had fun watching.

[@TallanPick]

Great vid as always mate, very interesting. Always learning with you my friend. A pleasure to view. Thanks for sharing buddy.

[@Potti314]

+Tallan Pick Thank you Sir. Great that you enjoyed watching.

[@dirksecrets]

Fantastic explanation as always, very interesting. Currently I've got an old one here, and I was wondering about the problems I had the last time. I had to grind down the width of the pick to reach the pins.

[@Potti314]

Yes, these keyways are nasty. Glad you got your open.

[@tensilespider]

Excellent video! Well worth sacrificing an Abus for.

[@Potti314]

+tensile_spider Thanks you! Yes the ABUS has died for good reason. But its pins will continue living ;-)

[@lukeb6394]

awesome video !! Thank you! its amazing to see the inside of a core like that !! very well done sir !! :)

[@Potti314]

+Lukes Locks Thank you. It was a nightmare to not being able to pick this lock, so I decided to look very close to the spaces left in the plug for a pick to maneuver. Thank you very much for your nice comment. I appreciate it very much.

[@noakeswalker]

Very interesting to see the cutaway of this lock, and how the pin tubes/keyway are so tight. I have an Abus 70/45 which I have never been able to pick except by accident - until today - after seeing your vid, I understand the problems I was having, which were mainly with setting the spool pins - they would start to move, then seem to stop, and I would be bending the pick :o( I can now just about pick it - I have ordered a deeper Southord hook like yours, which I may modify when it arrives to make it thinner still ! Thanks for the effort you put into this video :o) Dave

[@Potti314]

Nice to read that my video was helpful. Great that you can pick your lock with some confidence now. Good luck and happy picking with your new tools. Cheers Michael.

[@pickbeard2690]

A truly remarkable video my friend.👍👍👍 Thanks for sharing I really enjoyed that,bye bye😘😘😘🔓🍻 Happy new year😘😘😘😘

[@Potti314]

+Pick Beard Thank you very much. Glad you had fun watching it. Happy new year :-) :-) :-)

[@TomiBorchert]

So always start with standard pin and after every pin set standard again?

[@crispeybear]

brilliant vid mate!! really interesting, was sad it ended when it did, really got into it with you, thank you! ;)

[@Potti314]

+crispey bear Thank you Chris. Was a pleasure to make the video. Great that you had fun. BTW: Today I sent your parcel - 2Kg of lock ;-) Cheers.

[@hugomartel8552]

+Potti314 your package will go out this week Potti its ready to go!! Nice vid too!!!

[@crispeybear]

+Potti314 wicked bud, looking forward to that!! thanks mate ;)

[@Potti314]

+Hugo Martel That's cool - don't forget the shims ;-) Thank you mate.

[@hugomartel8552]

They are in buddy!!!!

[@adrianleon9487]

excelente vídeo como siempre michael gran trabajo con ese candado. SALUDOS

[@Potti314]

+adrian leon Thank you Adrian. Servus.

[@se032131]

ABUS uses 3 types of key profiles. The 2 you have and a Yale type. The oldest lock is a cheap version the newer lock is the most expensive.The Yale type costs inbetween the other locks.

[@Potti314]

Thanks for the info.

[@merrypickster7824]

i have an Abus 45/40 but its a steel laminated one not brass, have u come across one of these and is their any difference in the core, its 5 pins, one standard & the rest spools, unfortunately i have no key, thank you

[@Potti314]

No, I don't think that I have tried a lock that you describe. Is it hard to pick? Does it have this nasty keyway?

[@merrypickster7824]

@@Potti314 no actually keyway is rather wide open with a little warding, the spools dont feel real deep either, theirs almost no counter rotation its real subtle

[@waddac2]

Great video mate and again very informative. Happy New Year my Friend ;o))))

[@Potti314]

+waddac2 Happy new year Rich! And thank you for your kind words.

[@jeffmoss26]

Great video!

[@Potti314]

+Jeff Moss Thanks.

[@serdargentsch735]

Geiles Video Potti.

[@Potti314]

Danke :-) Ich fand's auch klasse mal in the Kern reinzuschaun.