Make all your locks use the same key 

Back in the 90s I had two mazdas they had keys that were cut symmetric on top and bottom. They make it that way so you can stick the key in upside down and it will still work. I had a new key made where the top matched one car lock and the bottom matched the other. Now one key worked for both cars, just had to flip it if it didnt work the first try.

Before reassembly.. drill a small half depth starter hole in the bottom plate mounting holes. Drill down to only half thickness of the bottom plate. This will allow the clamping pins to stand proud when bottom plate is reinstalled. The pins can now be replannished with a hammer and diy punch anvil. The anvil can be made by drilling a 1/4 moon pocket in the business end of a round flat-faced punch the same dianeter as the original padlock clamping pin heads.Use a drill bit the same diameter of the original clamping pin 'rivet 'head when drilling the 1/4 moon in the punch. Support the padlock in a vice with the closed shackle between and parallel with the vice jaws before using hammer and punch anvil. Use minimum vice jaw clamping pressure. This will produce a clean looking dome on your clamping pins

Thing that got to me was watching you pull those apart over your vise and bench. Any time I play with that stuff I do it over a big pan to catch those tee ice weenie parts.

Can you send one of these to lockpickinglawyer and not tell him it was modified?

I am constantly amazed by your skills and know hows ! Love the vids !! great job !

If they're all master locks with those cheap cores I find it's easier to open em with a rake and tensioner than the actual key sometimes. Good idea, but I wouldn't bother with masterlocks.

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Moe, you always have original and amazing content. Thumbs up!

If it's that easy to get into those locks, there's almost no point to having them. :( Very interesting video. I had no idea what the inside of a lock looked like. Love your vids and seeing you play with your dog at the end of them.

Put that grinder away! If you're starting with an open lock just remove the hex bolt in the shackle hole. The cylinder will come out of the bottom of the lock (on a rekeyable lock).

Excellent video. I have many locks around the farm and not enough pocket space for all the keys. in these times of "save the planet", "recycle/repurpose/reuse everything" it's very funny to me to listen to all the people saying just throw them away and buy new. buy 10 matching locks and when 1 fails just buy 10 more and toss the 9 good ones? seems silly although i've done it.

You can easily do house locks the exact same way if you don't have the Kwikset smart key versions. Right after moving into our new home, I rekeyed all the door locks that way. So easy...

Don't do this to laminated padlocks, unless you just want them for permanent decoration. You can buy cheap good padlocks that you can rekey.

Awesome Idea. Thanks for teaching me about locks

Have keyed house and car locks the same but never tried a master lock or seen how they were made. Excellent how to video! Thank you!

Thank you that was great. I have a bunch of master locks with no keys. Beats carrying a lot of keys

That’s way to much work just go on EBay and order 20 🔐 Keyed the same and be done with it

My father-in-law could re-key a lock in seconds. He was a dairyman by trade, gentleman farmer-type, jack of ALL trades. I miss that guy. He was a gem.

hay man the lock rebuild. video was just awesome i dobt know how but i am glad you have so much time on your hands thats really something we all lose keys find scrap locks on the road. but not all of us are handy we with tools as this is a mans world were we need to think to survive !!! good work love it just love it

I like this! Very cool outside the box thinking - that's what I like about this channel!

Just used this info to make a few of my abaondoned locks use the same key. Thanks Moe! I filed the pins flat and then chucked them up into a drill and used the file to chamfer the edges of where I filed them flat. That seemed to make them turn a little more smoothly.

you forget to say all the key ways have to be the same style not all locks use the same profile as a retired locksmith there are many locks that cannot be matched

so most of the comments here are picking at this as useless and its so much easier to do this and why do it, well guys why watch it. i appreciate any knowledge i can gain anywhere, most of your comments are ridiculous anyway, of course you can go but a set of locks keyed alike, most of us older people have done it for years, me because i worked for a company and it was my job. but look closely, all of these locks are not the same, and the entire idea of most of the diy videos are for people that don't want to just throw something away, im afraid the new generation views life a lot different that some. if i can fix something i fix it and do not buy new. not just the money but some day our life may depend on it. i taught my kids and grand kids all their life, if you think you know everything then you leave no room for learning. quit bitching about videos you are not forced to watch and try to learn something. and never hesitate to throw hate at me, i thrive on it, when your speak your mind for over 60 years you get to where you almost need it.

that would be nice. all locks one key

While this will work, you greatly reduce the security and longevity of the lock. Because of the working nature of the lock, the more you file away, the greater the shear line, the more combination of keys that will work it, the easier it will be to pick, the more prone it will be to failure. This is an old locksmith fix, to make the key pins fit flush you just file the top of the plug flat. They've been doing it for about 70 years. But never that extreme, you should at least make sure you have the right pins. A flat spot on your plug that deep is a no no.

I have been buying duplicate keys at Lowes for a couple of years. They seem to bend easier nowadays and I have to replace them. Is there a stronger metal that can be used so the key will last longer.

Comfucious; the key to inner peace ... is consistency

This is super brilliant! I unfortunately had the fortunate event of acquiring a master lock key that happened to open all of the different keyed Brinks, MIT, and Master locks that I have acquired. Not to mention a Brinks key that opens up several different Master locks! I happen to already be in that situation LOL! And another thing that really blew my mind was that I have some janitor keys (being that I work in that industry), that just so happened to unlock the door of my girlfriend's dad's cabin up north and also opens up her key access garage door opener LOL! I think that I must have the key to the universe!!!!!🔐♾

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That was cool, nice hack! Your dog got some good air! lol

Did the same thing years ago. 5 locks on sheds and trailers at home,5 more at my business.1 key, 2 good friends also have key if they need to borrow trailer or get into gate of my business to check on things for me. Thanks for sharing

Any positive knowledge is good knowledge. But, this guy has a lot of time in his hand.

Nicely done video

Ever heard of the old saying...Don't put all of your eggs in one basket? That's logic, that works with anything, locks included and it was said for a good reason! Quick story. I'm on crutches, fishing way down hiking trail with a friend, at a metro park. One of dozens of parks. Ranger comes through on p.a. announces, please leave the park, gates locked in 5 minutes. On crutches I can't get out fast enough, now I'm locked in park. Staring at huge master lock on gate that looks like my tool box lock. Take out my tool box key.....bingo.....gate open, drive out and lock gate. Our huge group of friends had free reign of dozens of metro parks all night long for well over a year, before locks were changed. They all had the same lock!!!! Yahoo! Great video. After watching that, I feel I could do it pretty easy if I wanted to. Great tutorial! Thanks! Jpol.

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OMG you have a lot of helpful videos!!!!

I haven't had any HUGE issues with this lock yet! ru-vid.comUgkxfyHDlEqk6hqu9acdvK5NGzZsGKSokSbv It seems sturdy and like it will get the job done. I really like that it has a twisting lock feature to keep out dirt and debris. However, the mounting system is much too light for the lock, and continues to get loose/move around. It's mostly made of plastic parts, and I've had to tighten it a few times in the past week or so that I've had it. I'm worried that it's going to break off at some point while I'm riding. I'm considering just scrapping that part, but that would mean having to carry the heavy lock i my backpack and adding more weight. I wish I could have given this more stars, but without the mounting system, it's just another heavy lock that I have to cart around. UPDATE: Increased rating to 5 stars because the seller offered to provide a new lock and mounting system. Really appreciate the attention to customer service!!

Or just buy a set of keyed-alike Master Locks for $3 each, new.

this is like having the same password for all your accounts

Your videos are the best. I just thought you'd like to know that. Thank you for sharing your immense knowledge of... Like everything. I love how you make use of and repair everything and don't let things go to waste.

I weld them shut,.......and slipknot a hanky through them,.......and use them as Monkey's knuckles. My key to locks is the smallest blade in an Old-Timer stock-man Knife. You just wiggle and turn. Remember he showed you in front of the key it opens your lock. So your blade bypass's the key way and just opens the lock. You want the 3 1/2 inch stock-man or a thin piece of metal long enough to reach the release button in front of the lock cylinder. That works on most cheap lock's.

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@65ford 👍👍🙂🇺🇸 I completely amassed, and please forgive me because in my comments it seems I am reporting myself, how similar interests in doing projects are with mine but no way close to the level of skills you have my friend. Thank you again 🤘👋

Nice hack bud. Thanks for sharing.

i've been doing this to deadbolts for years, but hadn't got to padlocks yet ,guess they are same just about .now i don't have to wreck one to figure out ,thanks for another great tip brother

Good video but a whole lotta work.

Master lock makes about 15 different keyways for different styles of locks one key will not go into all of them buy American padlocks they have one keyway and are rekeyable with out doing all of that not everyone owns a Welder.

I was beginning to think I was the only person that had a collection of keyless padlocks. I never felt adventurous enough to start tearing them apart.... yet.

So all I need to do is decode one lock of yours and I have access to everything you lock up great right... don't do this people the reason why everybody uses different keys is to stop attacks like that all one needs is the right lishi tool and a way to make or buy a key which is easy, you will be less safe by doing this and this guy just gave the Internet a invitation for thief's to come get his stuff

Easier to buy a case of Master locks all keyed the same. I have a dozen locks all keyed the same. My friend worked for the railroad, and all their locks were keyed the same. He gave me a case of Master locks and I still use them today.

I have watched this video before and it’s an awesome video print also have liked it before a few different times but every time I watch it, it shows that I can like it again. I don’t know if it’s just me or if other people have the same problem he would think if it was like to video, it would show that you liked it not that you have the option to like it again Like always awesome video I can’t believe talented you are .

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Always the good stuff, Sixty-Five. Thanks for sharing, man.

I have a drawer full of locks that I am saving until I find the key. No longer do I have to wait to find the keys. Thanks

You sound like Jack Black

Everything is completely wrong in so many ways, but gotta give you credit for doing it your own way,

I just buy new locks. Whew, a lo' of work. Now, I ain't afraid of work. I can sit around all day and watch it.

i've fooled with lock tumblers, it takes patience

i think i'll have to give this a try, this is pretty cool. :D

Hey I dropped my lock and it was opened and froze and won't lock.

Now that was interesting thanks for sharing

Real life MacGyver

All locksmiths are rolling their eyes. How turn a lock into trash.

Why are you so smart? But thanks! Your knowledge has made me smart too!

Or you can buy a master lock with matching key code and not do any of this

So the point is to modify all the locks..is that right?

My master key comes with two pieces and other people call them shims

so... instead of (@ 07:30 mark) taking key in and key out to get that burr off, empty that chamber (the hole in the plug the key pins ride in) and chamfer it with a #2 Phillips screwdriver. It fits right into the chamber plug hole and only takes one twist to clear any burrs. FYI, wafers are flat rectangular pieces and pins are, well, pins. Bottom pins and top (or driver) pins.

Awesome idea man! Great handy work! Drill….grind…hammer….solder…and repeat!😧 Not sure it’s worth the time though!😬😆

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This link "_Amazing Cable to help you lock anything with your padlocks: amzn.to/2bvntrs I use these all the time!_" points to a padlock, not a cable.

By The time you do all that crap I went to Home depot and bought 10 locks keyed alike. 😆 You can also buy locks that haven't been "keyed". With a tool sold at Home depot take the key you already have, insert the key -- using the tool and a light hammer hit down on the device with straddles the key. This is how locks can be keyed alike new.

I knew I could do that with car tumblers to match 1 key for doors and ignition but is awesome to know you could do it for padlocks as well. Great trick! Thanks for sharing the knowledge!

But it's a masterlock it's quicker with a pick

ya know, you can re-key alot of different types of locks. but these aren't meant to be. fyi: the top "tumbler" is called a driver pin and the bottom that touches the key is the "key pin". You can make shit happen, I can respect that. go get a little lock knowledge and apply that knowledge :)

Great idea unless you lose the key. You could take your chances and hope no one finds the lost key or have to re-key all the locks again. Otherwise this is a great use of old junk locks. Just so people know they do sell loose pins and kits online if you do lose or damage the pins.

thanks for the amazing video

They are Pins,not tumblers. Tumblers are in wafer locks.......

Unfortunate someone is teaching people to bastardize locks. There is a correct way to do this.

I guess it comes down to how much is your time worth. Unless you wanna just have fun toying with it but those locks are not going to be as secure as they were even though they are not secure to begin with.

Love your videos. Full of great tricks.

If you have the key to the lock before you take it apart you don't need to grind the top of the bible to get the cylinder and pins out.

Nice explanation and video. Thanks.

I hope the key you show is not the key that operates *all* your locks, because it's very easy to copy one from image ;)

Thanks for sharing the lock and key change you made it lot easy to do.

They make pinning kits for this shit

Do you really stop your car to pick up locks you see lying in the road? That's some hardcore tinkering my friend! Great video!

i thought the key for a masterlock was a butter knife ?

Clean the keys and resell them. Free $$$

I have a few key less locks I am gonna look for ...Thanks for the video !!!

i work at RONA.CA and 6 years in hardware.. locksmithing house locks ..never padlocks

Good video. I've done similar. By the way, what you are calling tumblers are actually pins. Tumblers are uses in a different type of lock.

Thanks for the video {and others}. I found several Master padlocks around the house, and some of them I cleverly rubbed off the number. Now I don't have to pay for someone to build a key from the number. I'll just do what you did. Thanks again.

I did that to a car lock on and old Dodge I had worked great

5:43 aint the tumblers what goes in the Bible? Ain't u talking about the key pins?

Mr. You have a lot of good ideas. 👍thanks. This is crazy because I was thinking about getting 20 padlocks for 1 key but now I can just change all my work keys myself. Thank you for saving me lots of paper work with the government.

Thanks for the tricks!

Seems easiest to just buy like-keyed locks.... 🤔🤔🤔

Why this is SUPER WEIRD! I do have a pile of derelict locks! I always pick'em up on my runs. Thank you SFF!!! I'm really looking forward to trying this and I really appreciate that you took the time to share this Information!!! Stay safe and virus free out there man.

You can hit these locks in the side of the body with a jewelers hammer and they open right up, no key involved....