[573] Mul-T-Lock E8 Padlock Picked and Disassembled 

Depends on the electronics, if it uses an encrypted key then you might never get past one.

tallman11282 I agree it is just the other way round the passive element is in the core and the active element is the key

bryan latimer-davies Good point. A subtlety I (and I hope someone else!) missed.

Randy Mack speaking as a machinist, absolutely yes. Spooled inner pins .. oh my.

All that work and engineering for a lock picked in 2 min

bkman444 - remember the LPL is a particularly skilled lockpicker who has a lot of experience picking this sort of lock. The security here is being an unusual lock that is resistant to picking, raking, and bumping - which is strengthened by the fact that a decent set of dimple lock picks is hard to come by and very expensive compared to a normal set of picks. The reality is that quality locks like this one aren't meant to keep good lockpickers out (i.e. locksmiths paid by the legal owner of the lock) they're there to stop someone with a bogota or bump key from jiggling it open, and forcing destructive entry.

+Olivier Cauffopé Really? Why?

because 8mm shackle will fit pretty much any hasp you'll find, the body is so tough and thick. and i love the shutter on the bottom

This is easy to put back together... Honestly, not much harder than a normal Kwikset.

+Bill S That's definitely true on their smaller stuff, but their larger locks are in the right ballpark.

Battery is in the key, the chip is the same style as in a "chip & pin" bank card and can be incredibly tiny. the hard part is the solenoid, there is a minimum size for strength of that, we need to send it to AvE to check it's Skookum factor.

Might make more sense to send it to someone who actually knows a thing about engineering and would be able to analyze and maybe even hack it. Mike from Mikeselectricstuff maybe. Chris (if that's his real name) might have the gift of the gab, but he won't be able to make heads nor tails off the squiggly lines on the scope, I can assure you that. Even Dave would make more sense...

+stefantrethan Hopefully sometime soon. 🙂

+Michael He would be the first to admit that, and I watch his channel, it's not hard to tell. Chris is a mill wright "Mr. Fix It" kind of guy, has been his whole life, he said that himself, he has no background in electrical engineering despite the channel name. I have no envy towards AvE (well, I could like his Mazak mill maybe), but I think it is unfair to compare his highly entertaining dog and pony show to people like Mike from electricstuff, Ben Krasnow (applied science), or Shahriar (the signalpath). They are experienced engineers with a day job where they do this stuff all day, not get their hands dirty fixing some kind of tar sand mining beast. Even Dave fromm EEV blog was working as an electronics engineer, although some of his colleagues are apparently glad he is now making videos full time ;-). Look, everyone has different strengths. Mike and Shahriar put me to sleep frequently, but they know their stuff. If you want the lock smashed open in a creative way and laugh about the useless little bits inside, AvE is your man. If you want to actually know how the communication works you have to send it to someone else and hope they have the time.

I really don't get the controversy when the man himself is quite forthright about what his expertise and background is, it's like some kind of fan-boy cult. He has many, comparatively broad, strengths and it is not surprising that the butter sometimes gets spread a little thin around the edges and he just muddles through regardless. That takes guts too, knowing you'll have to deal with the response to any errors later. I just don't see why people insist on making him some kind of all-knowing expert, especially in electronics, which he has never once claimed to be and often denied, and get offended if you point out he might not be the most qualified for a particular task. It's not like I get offended when he bitches about design engineers and the mistakes they make, just a different perspective.

add as many ball bearings as you like to make the lock even harder to drill out?

It only comes into play if the lock has the funky electromechanical feature he showed at the start of the video. Otherwise it's part of a two-part system that prevents unauthorised key duplication. The keys can only be cut with an official Mul-T-Lock key cutting machine, which apparently does some sort of identity verification based on the interactive feature and a code on an order card that comes with the lock when you buy it.

Ah, thanks for the info.

It does, he caught it and put it in the tray.

+douro20 I think only on the older version, but that's on my try list.

On batteries.

+David Galbraith Only batteries are in the keys. Key powers the lock.

I hope you can make a video when you put this thing apart because I really wanna see this on the inside and know exactly how this stuff works

+LockPickingLawyer I know, I was being sarcastic.

Camilo Andrés Lemus Gomez Elements that will get pushed into a groove like a sidebar channel if the wrong key gets used... keeps the same bitting on the key adding NO masterpins that make picking easier. Hope that helps.

Steel Pinnings thanks for the explanation 😀

Also lock makers are supposed to refuse duplicating keys with key control elements unless you have the security card that came with the lock

+My1 That's only true when there is a (non-expired) utility patent on the key.

I did say "supposed to" without reason. I mean patents allow to restrict copying the keys from the manufacturer side, but even after a patent expires a key maker can refuse duplicating this because the key does have these markings and especially in cases where the key is part of a larger system of locks duplicating the key without control would be a serious security problem.

+Spraggerdog wilko No

Someone with more experience please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you can shim any padlock using ball bearings (and a rotating shank). To shim it, it has to be spring loaded.

+mercoid No