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My Mechanics Machines a Bolt Into a Combination Lock

David Spira

8 December 2019

1–2 minutes

🤯 Here is an incredible mixture of the right tools, a ton of skill… and a lot of thought.

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You can tell that this person is skilled, not just by the quality of the finished product, but also by the lack of hand damage.
I can’t tell if those divots were false gates machined onto each disk or if they are just there to make it click when twisted.
If I could add one more thing, it would be an indicator line for the code.

A beautiful hand machined steel and brass 5 disck combination lock.

This beauty really should find its way to the LockPickingLawyer for testing.

One response to “My Mechanics Machines a Bolt Into a Combination Lock”

Justin Nevins

December 8, 2019 at 5:09 pm

The lack of hand damage is impressive. I have cuts and scratches and scuffs on my hands and I’m doing a lot less hand work than he does! Yes, I believe the divots were for the bearings and to make the clicks. There does not seem to be any false gating that I could see, but his precision machining and quality materials would make picking less likely (but still possible). DEFINATELY an indicator marking would be needed and I would personally add a changeable code feature as once someone knows the code, you need a new lock.

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David Spira

Co-Founder of Room Escape Artist & Co-Host of Reality Escape Pod. David conceived of Room Escape Artist because he saw the potential of this new entertainment medium back in 2014. From the start, he applied his professional skills as a digital experience designer to the burgeoning industry of escape rooms. David is full of ideas: from in-depth research pieces to new content types… like cute animals solving puzzles. He is always pushing REA to try new things, take risks, and be something more.